1. Alarm clocks do not rub your back until you wake up (like mom did).
2. "I have a three and a half-octave vocal range. My mom was a choir director. MYYYY voice teacher thinks that I will be famous some day." (this person will not graduate with a job)
3. Walking alone at night at 3am may result in rape...oh wait, I knew that already.
4. You fail to sleep, you fail a test, you fail a class....very logical progression.
5. If a prof gives you a surprisingly poor grade in yoga and then promptly peaces out of the country....there may be something shady going on.
6. ECU boys are too shy to talk to a pretty girl in class, but they don't mind telling the whole student body how they feel about her via pirate rants.
7. It is not considered popular to be a white, conservative, 21-year-old music major who is also a wife and an "overachiever" at East Carolina University.
8. If you're cool, you party. If you party, you are likely to fail classes. If you fail classes, it is possible that it will take you approximately 5.5 years to graduate. If it takes you that long, you may become depressed and party some more. Lesson: it is not cool to be cool.
9. ECU students will do anything -- and I do mean anything -- for a free t-shirt.
10. You text, you drive, you die.
.....so proud to be a pirate. :)
Monday, May 16, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
At Last, My [Degree] Has Come Along =)
(for the record, the title of this blog post is borrowed from Etta James)
I have to say, these degrees has been a marathon for us! I have had senioritis for at least 20 months, but all of my coursework for my BM in Music Therapy is DONE, and I just have the internship in West Palm Beach to look forward to. The last 12 have been quite a feat for Ben as well; getting a Masters in 1 year is NOT for the faint of heart! He has 2 more classes this summer to finish that degree, but so far he has come through with determination, strength, a few all-nighters, and a 4.0!
Graduation day was amazing; second to our wedding day, it was probably the best day ever. We enjoyed some great family time, ate some great food, and celebrated a great milestone together. We started the party out with a brunch at Rachel's house; we ate good food and visited with sweet friends and family. I felt more relaxed than I have in a VERY long time; it was so nice to sit and drink coffee without having a laundry list of tasks sitting in the back of my brain. I also felt incredibly loved by my sister, mother, mother-in-law, and the rest of the people who were there to celebrate with us; one of the things that I have been working on recently is learning to let people love me and not feel guilty about it. I think that yesterday I was finally able to completely let go and enjoy being "waited on" and loved by my family. It was a sweet time. Here are some pics from the brunch!
My sisters, mom, and Nanny (mom's mom)
My parents
Ben's parents
From the brunch we went on to ECU for my School of Music departmental graduation ceremony. I was blessed to be able to sing with the vocal ensemble that provided a special piece as well as the alma mater (someone MUST do something about our horrible alma mater!). I was also given the opportunity to address the ECU School of Music Class of 2011; what a great opportunity to praise and challenge the people whom I have worked alongside for the past 4 years as students of the art of music! It was such a great feeling to hear the words I've been working for: "Sarah Joy Fortney Sparrow, Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy." Wooohooooo!!!! (the only better words that I've heard were, "I now pronounce you man and wife!"). Yes, it was an awesome day. Here are some more pics that we took after the graduation ceremony.
The whole group!
Parents again =)
Sweet friends Vicki Eyre and Betty Jo "Grandma" Jones
Sparrow Family
Happy Sparrows: we are so glad to be wrapping up the "student" phase of our life together!!! :)
My life would not be complete without these 2 crazyheads. :)
So that's our gradauation day in a nutshell. We stayed away from the University Graduation and the College of Education (Ben's) graduations, which were both 3 hrs long and we had little emotional connection to either. :) We ended the day with a great dinner at Winslow's tavern and some tea-drinking with the sisters Fortney, as well as an appropriate bedtime (we can do this all the time now -- yay!).
It was a great day indeed.
I have to say, these degrees has been a marathon for us! I have had senioritis for at least 20 months, but all of my coursework for my BM in Music Therapy is DONE, and I just have the internship in West Palm Beach to look forward to. The last 12 have been quite a feat for Ben as well; getting a Masters in 1 year is NOT for the faint of heart! He has 2 more classes this summer to finish that degree, but so far he has come through with determination, strength, a few all-nighters, and a 4.0!
Graduation day was amazing; second to our wedding day, it was probably the best day ever. We enjoyed some great family time, ate some great food, and celebrated a great milestone together. We started the party out with a brunch at Rachel's house; we ate good food and visited with sweet friends and family. I felt more relaxed than I have in a VERY long time; it was so nice to sit and drink coffee without having a laundry list of tasks sitting in the back of my brain. I also felt incredibly loved by my sister, mother, mother-in-law, and the rest of the people who were there to celebrate with us; one of the things that I have been working on recently is learning to let people love me and not feel guilty about it. I think that yesterday I was finally able to completely let go and enjoy being "waited on" and loved by my family. It was a sweet time. Here are some pics from the brunch!
My sisters, mom, and Nanny (mom's mom)
My parents
Ben's parents
From the brunch we went on to ECU for my School of Music departmental graduation ceremony. I was blessed to be able to sing with the vocal ensemble that provided a special piece as well as the alma mater (someone MUST do something about our horrible alma mater!). I was also given the opportunity to address the ECU School of Music Class of 2011; what a great opportunity to praise and challenge the people whom I have worked alongside for the past 4 years as students of the art of music! It was such a great feeling to hear the words I've been working for: "Sarah Joy Fortney Sparrow, Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy." Wooohooooo!!!! (the only better words that I've heard were, "I now pronounce you man and wife!"). Yes, it was an awesome day. Here are some more pics that we took after the graduation ceremony.
The whole group!
Parents again =)
Sweet friends Vicki Eyre and Betty Jo "Grandma" Jones
Sparrow Family
Happy Sparrows: we are so glad to be wrapping up the "student" phase of our life together!!! :)
My life would not be complete without these 2 crazyheads. :)
So that's our gradauation day in a nutshell. We stayed away from the University Graduation and the College of Education (Ben's) graduations, which were both 3 hrs long and we had little emotional connection to either. :) We ended the day with a great dinner at Winslow's tavern and some tea-drinking with the sisters Fortney, as well as an appropriate bedtime (we can do this all the time now -- yay!).
It was a great day indeed.
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