take violin lessons

on my first attempt to tune my new violin a string snapped. which was odd, seeing as the note was still lower than it was supposed to be by a bit (you would think tight enough to snap in your face would be a really high note). it makes me think the violin was refurbished and not new. oh well. have to put this goal on hold until i go in and fix the string which i will probably do sometime this week i hope.

i played the violin for 3 years when i was in jr.high. i was good enough to be first chair for the first 2 years. the 3rd year i was an angst-ridden teenager, with my first real boyfriend whom i was forbidden to see when my parents discovered the intimate nature of our relationship. although i couldnt see him outside of school, i did have him in my orchestra class, where he played the bass. i took to spending my time in class writing passionate back-and-forth letters about running away and starting up a life in some imaginary town that allowed 13-year-olds to marry, my instrument abandoned. when i started high school after abandoning the boy, i broke my mothers heart by refusing to continue playing the violin. i wanted to be in a rock band and couldnt see how the violin had anything to do with that. now, of course, i want to be in a bluegrass band playing the fiddle. my mother just got me a violin and i am contenting myself with relearning the notes and musical terms. when i have accomplished this i will sign up for lessons.