Gleek!

I have a small confession to make...

I am a little bit in love with Mr Schuester from Glee.

I only started watching Glee a few weeks ago but already I'm hooked and am desperately trying to catch up on the episodes I've missed. I love the music and the songs and the dance routines and, ahem, Mr Schue's bottom.

I love singing and music... it is such a powerful way of expressing feelings and emotions. It can make you so happy and cheerful, but also throw you into the deepest darkest depths of woe and despair. I tried to learn to play musical instruments as a child but I was always too lazy to practice so I can't play anything these days. I sing, but badly, and mostly when there is nobody around to listen!

Inspired by Glee, I went to a singing class for beginners. It was rather scary and nerve wracking and I didn't really know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. There were about 14 of us in total, most of them were aspiring stars with drive and ambition whereas I just wanted to improve my voice so that when I sing in front of other people it's not completely out of tune. We did lots of breathing and warm-up exercises, which were actually surprisingly quite difficult. It's a whole new way of breathing and singing. I had loads of fun though, not quite an adult version of Glee but fun nonetheless. As part of my 'doing new things for me', I've decided to take proper singing lessons - haven't decided whether to take group or private lessons though. The groups appeal to me because I'll get to meet new people and have fun and it would be more of a social thing, but I'm wondering whether I'd progress more on a one-to-one basis. I'll investigate and let you know how it goes!

On a side note, the rest of my Bank Holiday Weekend passed without further thought about H and what might have been. I'm trying hard to look to the future and not think too deeply about the past, and indeed the present. I feel like I'm riding on an emotional rollercoaster at the moment. Technically I am single, but for some time now there has been someone very special in my life and I'm sad because he is moving away soon, and I'm not sure how I'll get through that. I know I'll be okay in the end but it's gonna be a rocky road ahead. I'm feeling a Glee moment coming on - what should I sing? Something like Kelly Clarkson's 'Behind These Hazel Eyes' perhaps...