Falling Into a New Scene

It's been way too long since I've last updated my blog. So much has changed. I've finally got my bachelor of music in instrumental music education with teacher certification (graduated this past May). I'm now working on a graduate degree (master of arts) in music history. Still at Wayne State University though (so that hasn't changed).

I'm currently working on research about troubadour music. It's unbelievably fascinating yet incredibly difficult to find research about but I am determined to write about it (so take that universe!). I'm also taking a 'Schenkerian Analysis' class (whatever that is, I just know it's music theory...). So far I've been struggling in that class but I am mostly confident that I will be ok.

And, through observation over the past couple of months, I have figured out my "medical mystery": I am gluten-intolerant and I may possibly even have celiac disease. This makes perfect sense since I am allergic to oats and was told to stay away from wheat as a child. As of about 2 months ago, I have been slowly eliminating gluten from my diet and since I've been doing that, I've felt so much better. It's unbelievable that I was feeling so much pain for so long. I also learned over the summer that I have cysts which is another reason why I'd been feeling abdominal pain.

Overall, even though graduate school is enormously stressful and I've forgotten the definitions of "free time" and "social life", I am happy, or at least a lot happier than I have ever felt in a very, very long time, or maybe happier than I have felt in my entire life... 

I currently don't have any other musings to share presently. Hopefully I will remember to update more and share any random things that come to mind.