Soon...

...my vacation will be over and I might have more interesting blog content! School starts on Monday. We start later than everyone else, it seems, but it's kind of nice. But now I'm READY TO ROLL!! Last night I went to a back-to-school meeting with all the parents. It's neat to see their excitement and vision for their children's education. I can certainly understand, as I think this is an incredible school, even if it's still small. If I didn't plan to homeschool (hubby willing), I'd want to send my kids to a classical-Christian school. Anyway, the meeting went well. I had to get up and give a short little speech about the value of music education. I realized as I was speaking that I kept taking short breaths but never let out any breath. Have you ever done that? My lungs just kept expanding and expanding and I felt like I was drowning or something. I didn't feel that nervous, but I guess I was still affected somehow. When I was done I had to very consciously let out all the air. Now I know what a balloon feels like.

So life will definitely be busier come next week. I have about 17 students in harp, voice, piano, and even clarinet. School is three days a week. Spare time will be consumed with college studies, my own practicing (which isn't very much these days), coordinating music at church, various social occasions, and occasional performances. One thing I don't like about teaching at a school (i.e., being employed by someone besides myself) is not having the freedom to take time off when I'd like. There's a retreat in Michigan the end of this month that I really wanted to go to, but I'd have to take off two days of school and my boss sort of frowned on that. So except for three weeks at Christmas and one week in the spring, plus occasional three-day weekends, I'm kind of trapped. But I've gotta trust that I'm right where God wants me right now. Even though I have almost no social life. Sigh.