Sorry about neglecting the blog, guys. It's been a challenging, time consuming semester. But I loved being able to spend a few minutes on the computer and feel somewhat reconnected with my family! So let's get back into this. Thanks, Stef for leading the way.

Saturday morning . . . and Daniel is still fast asleep, while I'm ready to jump out of bed and start my day. We have a lot to do today, and it's going to be a fun night! We're hosting our first dinner party for a few friends from school. :) And so in addition to preparing yummy food, we're trying to do all those little things around the house that we've put off for so long. It's been fun - almost like nesting all over again. So off to target to find a table cloth, and enough water glasses for 6 people, and picture frames. And also lots of grocery shopping for the meal. Menu: Salad with Apples and Maple-Walnut Dressing, Pasta with Creamy Wild Mushroom Sauce, and Lemon Bread and CC cookies for dessert. Oh, it's going to be sooo good! I'm a little nervous because I've never really cooked for people like this. And I'm worried that maybe someone won't like this, another won't like that. But oh, well! Daniel and I tried out our recipies on Thursday, and they all tasted wonderful to us. ::fingers crossed::

This semester will be a good one for Daniel, I think. Although it's also going to be crazy busy. But he has so many opportunities these days to just lose himself in music and audio. The school requires that students help out with various school-run live shows, and Daniel had two full days of shows last weekend. It's hard, because tempers flare and not everyone is nice when they're under pressure, but I still get the sense that with every show, Daniel gains experience and confidence. In addition to that, he has various mixing project to do for his classes. His first project was a simple overdubbing project, but we both had so much fun thinking of ideas to make it interesting. He felt creative, and that makes him very happy (in turn, it makes me very happy!). He's also taking guitar lessons, and I already hear his playing improving, and I see his motivation and desire for playing growing.

And I - well, I'm having a pretty good semesters. I'm enjoying my Greek classes so much. And my Latin class is going to kill me. . . But it's what I needed. I needed a very intense and challenging Latin course, and my Latin is getting better and better every day. I'm just sweating blood every time I sit down to do my Latin translation! The teacher is supportive, and understand that my Latin is years behind everyone else's, so he's been spending time outside of class helping me.

So, not much else to update on yet. But I'll let you guys know how the dinner party goes!