Busy Beaver…
So I should be happy about it. I’m a bit stressed out but really, it’s all good things.
1. Part time job at the afterschool is going well. They just asked me to teach 2 kindergarten classes on Fridays. I put together a basic curriculum from now until June going through the history of music and basically covering all of the National Music Education Standards. Pretty good for not taking 1 music ed class in college.
2. The kids are really excited about my make a cd club. Every wednesday we sit down, brainstorm ideas for songs or create new songs and by the end of the year I think we’ll have an album ready. It’s awesome to see that they are interested as it’s like pulling teeth to get them to come to any of my fun (or I think fun) music activities.
3. I start my Berklee job next weekend. I’ll be interviewing potential students as part of their application process. I’m hella nervous but I’m meeting with my boss next week to do some more mock interviews. I really need to work on what questions to ask and how to deal with those students who don’t talk.
4. I’m interviewing for a volunteer position at Season’s hospice tomorrow. I’m really excited to be volunteering. I never really had time during school or internship, so now I have a few hours a week to volunteer and it will also help me decide if hospice is what I want to do with Music Therapy… which leads me to…
5. The day to (re) take my certification exam is coming. I’m so so so so nervous about this as if I fail (again) I’ll need to wait until March. And failing (twice) would really makes me think I shouldn’t be a music therapist. I missed passing last time by 2 questions. I’ve been reading flashcards and studying books, so once I do a bit more studying I’ll sign up for the test and hope for the best.
Sorry for the life ramble, but even in the midst of all of that good stuff going on, I still am running. I’m not quite at 5 miles for the turkey trot happening in 2.5 weeks but I hope to get there by then!
