let the blogging begin

i have officially begun a "blog". switching from LJ is going to be hard, but my friends have convinced me. "everyone else is doing it!"

so...back to square one. i am no longer a part time nanny. now i am a part time voice teacher. i have 7 students, soon to be 9 hopefully. its fun, but i get really mad if students are late. also some of my students are very young and it is quite the challenge to find appropriate songs for them to sing. i have thought about going to grad school, but i m just not sure. music is supposed to be one of those things that connects people, something that makes you feel not alone, something that makes you feel like you can identify with others. but when i was in undergrad, it made me feel really isolated. i want to be good, i want people to be moved by hearing me. but it takes a lot of practicing, practicing means being alone. and i cant justify being like that in my life right now. i want to make a difference. maybe i could do that teaching music. if i went to grad school i would probably get an education degree.
in other (more realistic) news, yesterday i had an interview with starbucks. it went pretty well. i tried to make myself sound pretty good. thats what you always have to do in interviews. also, i have turned in an application to SRM (Sacred Road Ministries). This ministry is located in washington state working with native american people. i think i would be helping with manual labor (roofing and such, which i am a pro at), organizing volunteer groups who come, and working with fetal alcohol syndrome babies. i really want to go. it is 9 weeks long this summer.
and another thing, I am hoping to move in with my friend amanda hannah some time in may. it would be good to have a job (or a steady income) before i move out of my parents house. there is a lot that is up in the air right now. so, i'm doing a lot of waiting. waiting for the manager at starbucks to call back, waiting to hear from SRM, waiting to find out what my life will consist of in the next 3 to 4 monthes. so much to think about. a lot to worry about. all i know is, i want to be around people.
another fun tidbit... some "touring band" had an add in the black n white for a back up vocalist. so i called... and maybe monday night i am going to hear them practice. i talked to the band manager and she said they were a "show" band. they do covers by the supremes and such. so if it did work out that i got to do gigs with them, i would be one of the dancing back up singers who says "oooh ahhh" or "shoooop", and i would get to wear cool sparkly outfits! that would be way cool huh?
oh yea... and one more thing: i am a brand new member at Red Mountain Church. i need to dememberize myself from dawson memorial baptist church.