Well folks, I realize that I said in my last blog that it would be a monthly thing, but that was back in November, and here it is the end of January. Oops. However, in my defense, after Thanksgiving, things were extremely insane. After several presentations at school, finals week, work, being in a wedding, Christmas, the family beach trip, and New Years, December was over before I barely had a chance to breathe. I probably had no brain to blogJ

At the end of my week-long vacation after Christmas, the idea of going back to work thoroughly depressed me, but the idea of going back to school was actually….wait for it…EXCITING!!! And that pretty much sums up where I am right now in all of this.

Work is…well, work. I do it because I am a big girl now and I have to pay bills and buy other stuff that I need. But school is what I love. Aside from the homework, it’s what I wish I could do all day. And the cool part is, someday I will! And believe me, I am getting more and more anxious for that. Last Thursday, I went to my first practicum session of the term. It’s not even with the population I think I want to work with someday, but I still could not have been happier. I know that I have so much to learn and may not be very good at it right now, but the challenge of learning and growing in the field is so attractive to me. I NEVER felt that as a vocal performance major. Granted, I am very glad I did it. It challenged me, allowed me to improve my skills, and gave me great experiences. But so many singers would talk to me about things like that “high” you get when and after you are performing, and I would think, “What high? I’m relieved that it’s OVER, is that a high?”

Well, now…I think I’m starting to understand the “high”. I got a little bit of it today when I led my first intervention in Music in Recreation and Special Education. I also felt it when I was singing to a woman with late stage dementia and helping her play a drum, and she looked at me gave me the most wonderful smile. It’s times like that when I think, “How can I NOT love this?” So if I am ever complaining about all the work, just smack me and remind me of thatJ

Well, thank you for reading all of my updates and ramblings! I promise that I will try and post and update more on this thing. I hope you are all having wonderful 2006’s so far!

Oh, and in conclusion, I have also started dating one of my best friends, and I couldn’t be happierJ

Ciao!