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Old and new happy

October 22, 2007 at 11:05 a.m.

Had a superfun gig this weekend. Playing for hours and hours is hard work on my arms, and boooy howdy are they feeling it now. But an appreciative audience and knowing that after all the years of practice and struggle led up to me being able to play music I love with people I love AND get paid for it?

Yeah, I'll ice my arms and count my blessings:)

So anywho, one of our fans at the gig took some pictures of us, and then disappeared for a bit, and returned with the develpoped pics and gave me one of me -so freaking sweet!!

I look so happy - I AM happy. I love playing my fiddle with the people I get to play with, they are just absolutely incredible people and musicians. Looking at this picture reminded me of another pic I had in my violin case of a similar time I was happy - in a different way.

This was taken at my graduation party when I finished up my masters. My roommate's friends had an awesome band who agreed to play for the party, and they let me play some stuff with them. I was so relieved - so sick from the previous 2 years, and really kind of sick of my violin. It was so good to say IT'S DONE and play it just for fun again.

Then I looked at them side to side...

Its been what, just over 3 years? I'm so much happier today (being loved will do that for you)... more content, focused, and physically healthy. I think you can tell it in the picture.

But DANG it if I don't look way hotter in the first picture. Jared disagrees and says he hates the first pic. Understandably, I do look like an Arizona girl and that's not his cuppa tea. I was trying to fit in, dagnabit! I want that hair...

But to have hair like that, you have to do it every day. hurumph... I don't think I have it in me. I don't look worse after 3 years, but dang it if I look like a MOM. I am a mom, but I don't really dig the look, if you knowwhudimean.


Le sigh.... but this is me now, regardless. Happy, and in desperate need of a stylist.

SUPERCRACK stylin'.

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