Too busy to know

It is a busy and emotional time of year!
It's BEEN a busy and emotional school year so far.

Taking on some additional roles and making big decisions have made this first semester of school a memorable one. I've been at the extremes of my emotional range, for sure.

School's great - still love my kiddos and my work. Because I feel I still have more room to grow and like a lot about my life currently, I decided to stay another year at my school. So! Not going anywhere (permanently) until June 2016.

BUT! Between now and June 2016, who knows where I'll go.
We had two students accepted to the AMIS festival, so I'll be traveling to Singapore with them right before spring break. A visit to Toronto is on the calendar for this summer... and then who knows what'll happen next year.

I'm headed home for christmas, but not until we've had our two christmas concerts. ALL of my students will be performing - grades 6-12 on Wednesday evening, and then grades K-5 on Thursday morning. Can you tell I don't have any say in the scheduling of concerts? hahaha. I'm going to be seriously tired when I get onto that plane on Saturday morning. Scheduling complaints aside, I am really excited for my groups to perform - they just keep sounding better and better!

As a musician, I just finished up my first season with a chamber choir - we finished our year with a performance at the British Embassy on Tuesday. The rest of the week has been filled with rehearsals, preparing for Handel's Messiah. I sang in the chorus last year and really enjoyed it. This year I am playing in the orchestra and am really excited for our performance on Saturday! I felt like myself again after a 3 hour rehearsal - it is so therapeutic and soothing to make music with other humans. I felt challenged and determined... and I wasn't leading rehearsal (a nice break for a music teacher :P)!

Between ordering presents to be shipped to minnesota, rehearsing the Messiah, coordinating KIMEA honor festival details, getting the details for the AMIS festival travel in line, and leading classes I've had NO TIME to enter grades! Uff da. Does anybody know if Delta has wifi on the plane? Maybe I'll read my HS semester projects and listen to my MS playing test on plane ride home :P

SO many good things.
Happy Christmas, Harry!
just yes.