yay for my best friend being officially published! i'm so proud!!  whew. it's only day three of classes, and my list of things to do is already a million and half entries long. eek! BUT i'm super excited about my new job as music director- it's very exciting to work with these adults and children- they are all very responsive and eager to learn, so it makes my job oh-so-easy.  and i have about 324395373983209 little munchkins this semester- i absolutely love them to death!!! but after four straight lessons with these high-energy folks, i find myself a bit tired...  dr. godes is going to be in for a treat when she observes one of my munchkin lessons.. hmmm... i guess i'm just super glad and lucky that i've found such incredible professors who make learning so intriguing. i LOVE my private music lessons- all of them- piano, organ, violin- i LOVE working with such talented people who are such wonderful musicians- and they're all so smart! they've really helped me "own" my music- knowing exactly how i want it to sound, where it should lead to and how to get there, what the music is actually saying, etc- i love exploring, discussing, experimenting, analyzing, etc!! but while i'm so thankful to have such blessings in my life, they kind of accentuate by contrast the other side- my lessons are so great that they make my other classroom classes and teachers seem even more boring and less inviting, and that's just putting it nicely. oh well. gotta take the shitty with the great, eh? | 
