Ouch!

Ouch #1: My fingers are throbbing right now b/c i practiced an hour of guitar yesterday and half an hour today. I think i might finally be getting some callouses (sp?). It is alot of fun to play guitar but it's hard for me to press so hard to so long. When i'm not practicing guitar i'm practicing flute, piano, or picc., so there's no rest for the fingers. even now...i'm typing... anyways, ouch #2 for the week: on tuesday we played "sharks and minnows" in fitness swimming. I was all excited at first b/c it meant we wouldn't be swimming for long distances. However, soon after the game began i realized that it was much more difficult than i'd first imagined. I couldn't decide whether it was better to be a minnow and have to swim under water the length of the pool multiple times, or be the shark and try to tag people by diving under water and pulling them to the surface while at the same time avoid being kicked in the face. (wow, that was a long sentence). Yesterday, when i woke up in the morning i was really sore...and then i noticed a huge bruise on my right arm. then in my flute lesson, Dr. Mattern was like "you're really tight today, you need to relax your elbows and shoulders more. " ouch #3: yesterday in wind ensemble we played a piece called "Lauds" by Ron Nelson. It's a cool piece but the flute and clarinet parts are about two octaves too high. The flutes play a high c-a trill (yeah, i didn't even know that existed) and the clarinets are so high it is ear piercing! It's been a great week though. I got to see my family on Sunday at the wind ensemble concert. they also came to church to see the handbells! I've also enjoyed watching some of the oylmpic games...mainly ice skating! Spring break is in ocho dias! I'm going to L.A. (Lafayette Area) and will probably be looking for a summer job and just hanging out with friends and family. can't wait!!! this psalm is one of my favorites and has been an encouragement to me this week:
Psalm 146:3-6
"Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth: In that very day his thoughts perish. How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob. Whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made hearven and earth..."