Dear Readers,
I don’t know if there are any people out there that view this blog regularly but if you do you’ll notice that this is my first post of the week. I finally have some time to send out an update, so here it goes.
I am back in school! It’s exciting and very scary. I’m glad to be learning again but homework and papers are still not my cup of tea. Last weekend I went for a walk with my good friend, Whitney. After I got home from having a reflective life conversation I realized that I really didn’t want to waste my time and I want to move forward with some long term goals. I had been communicating with an adviser at UNL and he suggested that I get into certain courses immediately. I had a meeting with him on Monday and I was in class by 12:45 p.m. I walked around on campus so much that day getting permission from my office and forms signed that I came home with blisters. It also didn’t help that I got totally soaked from the incessant rain. It was a long day.
The classes I’m taking in the next 5 weeks are Inclusive Music Education (online), Woodwind Literature and Pedagogy (on campus), and Dynamic Strings Course (on campus). I had to adjust my work schedule in order to attend class so I now work 7:30-12:30, go to class, and then back to work 2:30-5, Tuesday-Friday. It’s made for some early mornings and long afternoons. This weekend is very busy as well. The violin course meets just this weekend from 6-9 tonight and 9-6 tomorrow. If you see me Sunday looking unkempt, you’ll know why.
I give you those boring details so you can understand why I’m not writing, hosting parties, cooking, or doing anything much in the way of recreation for the next 5 weeks. By the end of the time I will hopefully have completed 7 graduate credit hours and be that much closer to a music education teaching certificate and a Master of music ed degree. I have a couple semesters of classes to take before I can student teach. Still, it’s good to be actively pursuing music again.
I hope you all have a great weekend and pray for me if you think about it! I certainly will need some heavenly intervention to get through this busy time. We’re also accepting offers from anyone who wants to clean our house for free. 
The title of this post is inspired by the scene from My Best Friend’s Wedding where they sing in the restaurant. It makes me smile so here’s a link to the YouTube video.
Allison G.
p.s. I have another online course in July, Human Relations, from Chadron State college that will satisfy a requirement for (substitute) teaching. I’m not too worried about that one.
