Busy as a Bee

I've been busy as a bee! Math studying takes up more time than you think. We have to apparently order our camera batteries online, my cell phone doesn't come with a USB cord, so no pictures. Urgh. Frustrated.
I hope that it's OK that we are so busy. Middle school has a ton of homework, and of course there's other things I have to do besides blogging. I hope people keep reading this blog, however, and I Kaya may be coming back home in December! Exciting!!!!!!
Blogging later,
Sonali

Ecuador

Kaya is now in Ecuador. She is going to Galapagos National Park today, and is very excited. She said it's a nice change after the bustling city of Copenhagen. Next, she will be going to Fiji, and can't wait.
I am busy practicing my flute, but I have been taken more and more interest in the piano and violin. At our school, we are required to take music, so Neela takes singing and plays the ekdara, Julie plays the drums, Rebecca sings, Ruthie plays violin and a little flute, I play flute and a little piano, Felicity plays guitar and sings a little, Gwen plays the harp mostly and violin sometimes, and Kaya played the drums. Julie was very reluctant to share her drum set, so Kaya decided to play the timpani. And she is very good at it! Ruthie was practicing a tarantella the other day on her violin, and I just listened, dazed by the material of the piece.
I sat down at the piano, and played the hardest piece I KNEW. It was the the famous Bach minuet that every pianist can play if they have been playing more than two years. I'm not very good. Srajana's friend E. can play Cat and Mouse by Aaron Copland. She just started, but she is at a flying speed! She says she needs to work on it at least the whole summer! Wow!
In the evening, I worked on my summer homework. It was to write a gavotte or tarantella. I decided to make a gavotte, because they are generally shorter, and easier to play, so they must be easier to write, right? But no! The notes float in my head easily, but I can't remember what the octaves and rhythms are at all! Oh-well.
Sonali

Valentines

I was very busy making valentines this afternoon, since it's the first day of February. Red, pink, white, and purple now surround my whole room. I was working on a light pink/white little quilt valentine for Gwen. It's the most special one. I'll be working on Chrissa's tommorow. I have all of mine done even though the party is not for two Sundays. Hurry up, days! I will post a photo story some time this week. But until then, bye!
Sonali