Well, it's been a while.  To be more precise, a month and 3 days.  I guess I have just been busy.  So much has happened.  Where will I begin?  This time last month I was still without a car.  I am so thankful my car!  I never knew how much I really depended on it, until I did not have it.  Isn't that how it goes with most things?  We don't know how much we love someone until we lose them.   I went Iceskating for a second time on the 24th of January with Chi Alpha.  Erin went too.  It was a lot of fun.  I really like it.  When there were a lot of little kids... it got a bit annoying.. or when these psycho know-it-all I could be a professional people zoomed by and almost knocked ya down and the people in front of ya.  On the 29th I went to see Phantom of the Opera with Maria, Erin and Erin's old roommate, Valerie.  The show was absolutely amazing!  We didn't have the best seats in the world, but we could see, and they only cost us $16.  I really enjoyed it.  I hope to go to the theatre again.  The parking was insane though!  The 31st was Clarinet Day.  This professional clarinestist, Julie Deroche was the featured guest.  She was good.  The day before she pretty much killed me.  I had to play in master class for her.  She told me I was pretty much doing everything wrong.  My clarinet instructor told me no matter who would have been up there she would have done the same.  That made me feel a tad bit better, but not too much.  However, I listened to Julie, and I worked on my embouchure, well, I've made a more conscience effort to make it good.  My instructor says my sound has improved a lot because of it, and that it looks good.  I was relieved and a bit satisfied when she told me that.  In all my other lessons, I felt defeated.  I think I actually said I hated the clarinet quite a number of Friday's after lessons.  HA!  Anyways, back to where I was... Clarinet Day was long.  Partly.. because I would have rather been doing some other things.. and because I was a bit bitter to the women that killed me.. it is hard to sit there in front of all your peers and play.. and think wow hmm.. ok it sounded alright... and the lady ask you to play it again.. and then say you did everything wrong.. the first thing you learn after you put it together.. is how to hold it.. then.. embouchure.. and she killed mine.. she went off on it for like 30 minutes!  I guess in the long run it helped me though.  After Clarinet Day I went to the Men's UCF Basketball game.  It was so much fun!  I hadn't been to one before.  It was cool.  I was glad I went.  I had a lot of fun.  I hope I can make it to another one before the season is over.  OH!!! And on the 31st before Clarinet Day, I got my car back.  HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!  So, that brings us to the month of February.  I had to perform at Forum the first Tuesday of the month.  I was sooooooooooo nervous!  I was the first one to perform too!!  I played my clarinet solo.  I was shaking inside of my body.  Right afterwards I had to go on to play piano for Erin.  My left leg shook the whole time!  Overall, I think I did exceptionally well.. considering it was my first time, and I was nervous, and it was in front of my peers.. and stuff.  I survived though.  That night I met Mike in person for the first time.  I was nervous about that too.  We saw Along Came Polly.  I also went to the park and played softball with Maria that week.  I enjoy that!  I hope we do that some this week.  I don't want anymore bruises though!  Over the weekend I hung out with some people from church.  We went kayaking and played games.  I loved kayaking!!  It was a night.  And it was my first time.  That made it a bit.. SCARY!  It was rather chilly that night.  I almost pushed my friend into the weeds where all the alligators were.. OOPS!!  Atleast they would have gotten her first before me.  O:-)  Bad Laura!  On Valentine's Day I went to my friend's Lacrosse game.  It was my first time seeing one.  They beat each other with sticks!  It was mad crazy.  Afterwards.. I went to lunch with him and his family.. and two other people from church.  That evening I went out with Mike to Cheesecake Factory and the movies... we saw 50 First Dates.  I had a good time.  The movie was hilarious!  Cheesecake Factory has THE BESTEST!!!! Food too!  We got the Godiva cheesecake.. man oh man!!  Well, that puts me up to this past week now.  I had my Clarinet Midterm.  I got a B+ on it.  I'm glad to be over with that.  Last night I went to the mall with Mike and to Olive Garden.  He is a nice guy.  I enjoy being with him.. but I'm not so sure he is "THE ONE".  I don't want to lead him on.  I don't know yet though.  I am still getting to know him.  My mom doesn't like the fact that he is so much older than me.  Age is mostly a number.  If I enjoy being with him.. I enjoy being with him right?  It isn't the age I like.. it is the person.  So.. I feel a bit odd about that.. because usually she is right about things.. or well.. when she thinks something and I am doing kinda something different.. I get a weird feeling.. like.. uneasiness or something.. heh.... well today I went to Leesburg to see Lesley.  It was Danielle's baby's 1st Birthday Party.  It was fun.  I enjoyed seeing them all again.  We went to the mall for a bit and I got some things for my scrapbook and I went to Lesley's house and we played her drums and guitars and nintendo.  She showed me all her cool paintings and ceramics... and art stuff she has made too.  She is quite talented.  :-)  I hope to get around to seeing her more.  Well, I am getting tired.. so I am out.