Oops...

Hehe, so I've been gone for over a week O.O oops.

I haven't done any recent tutorials or anything like that, but I've been in a deep funk; a cloud of procrastination, if you may. I try to wake up early, but I just fall right back asleep as soon as I've turned off my alarm. It's terrible. I will tell myself that I will get everything done today, and then I'll settle on the couch and watch reruns of Glee on Netflix for 6 hours. I need to get in that hardworking mood, since school is only 3 weeks away.

Today, I came to the realization of how horrible my laziness has gotten. My step-mom doesn't trust me to get things done. I usually don't practice my clarinet out of pure laziness, and so my mom doesn't think I ever do it, since she can't trust me when I say that I do. My sister, Chiko, always practices, and so she doesn't give her a hard time. It's annoying, but I know that I've brought this upon myself. My skills on clarinet are decreasing, or so I believe. I take private lessons, sure. But, still, I feel like I suck, even if other people tell me that I'm good. I don't know. Oh, and about the private lessons. If I miss a clarinet practice in the next 28 days, I don't get anymore private lessons. It may not sound like a lot for those of you with instruments who practice every day once or even twice easily. But for me and my laziness, it's tough.

So, I'm going on now and re-picking up on the idea of today. Today, my alarm woke me at 6:45, which I ignored and slept until 7:30, and then I went back to sleep until 9. This, of course, unmotivated me bunches. I didn't feel like getting up, I mean, what was the point? I was already behind by 3 hours. I was thinking about how if I'd woken up earlier and gotten things done, I could have spent time with my friends, who I haven't seen in 9 days. Horrible. Anyways, I finally jumped to my senses around 3:00 this afternoon, at which time I practiced and did the rest of the things I needed to do.

:) It feels good to be back on top of things. Oh, and I ran for a short 15 minutes, which made me feel amazing. Fun fact: Exercising releases endorphins, which is a chemical that makes you feel happy. So, exercise!

Until next time,

Alex