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so I logged on and it said that I hadn't posted in 52 weeks. I said to myself, "self, it's high time you posted on livejournal."
so here it is.
my herd of dogs has increased to two. bonnie joined wendell about six months ago. please feel free to apply for free tickets to the nightly dog demolition derby. location: my living room and kitchen.
i was transferred to a new school this past year with an excellent built-in music program: full time position, lots of instruments, big classroom, the whole works...and crazy, crazy times. i'm in it for the long haul, though, much to the delight/chagrin of my students. (their opinion of the situation generally depends on the amount of times per day or week i time them out or kick them out for being ridiculous.) although this year was my most burnt-out so far, i'm back to teaching them again in a couple of weeks. it's going to be bad-ass.
i started grad school at nazareth college in january while working full time. in addition to the "combat pay" i receive from the city school district, they also pay for my graduate degree in full. which is sweet, because i'm one of the the cheapest people i know. it's been, in turn, a waste of my time, the greatest thing ever and more work than you can shake a stick at. i took one class in the spring, two accelerated six-week classes in may-june while in the thick of concert season and my cousin's wedding that i was in and 2.5 six-week classes starting two days after city school ended and ending two days after my wedding.
oh, yeah...i planned a big wedding and got married in the thick of all this stuff. craze. klausse's entire job for the wedding in the last weeks was to keep me from having psychedelic freak outs. it was not one of his more successful undertakings.
we just got back from two weeks in germany that included a 24-hour round trip to london to see the sights. several things:
i love pretzels.
alison + traditional german food = not a choice
mountains are really, really high.
radler is a german beer you should have immediately and in large quantities.
a drunken old german man at a wine festival bought me wine, sat with nick and i and (we think) told us we were beautiful and should have lots of sex.
we are still married. (thankfully.)
going to three voice lessons this week, cleaning the house again and gearing up for this weekend's second annual BURT, NY GIRLS' WEEKEND!!!!!!!!
holla.
so here it is.
my herd of dogs has increased to two. bonnie joined wendell about six months ago. please feel free to apply for free tickets to the nightly dog demolition derby. location: my living room and kitchen.
i was transferred to a new school this past year with an excellent built-in music program: full time position, lots of instruments, big classroom, the whole works...and crazy, crazy times. i'm in it for the long haul, though, much to the delight/chagrin of my students. (their opinion of the situation generally depends on the amount of times per day or week i time them out or kick them out for being ridiculous.) although this year was my most burnt-out so far, i'm back to teaching them again in a couple of weeks. it's going to be bad-ass.
i started grad school at nazareth college in january while working full time. in addition to the "combat pay" i receive from the city school district, they also pay for my graduate degree in full. which is sweet, because i'm one of the the cheapest people i know. it's been, in turn, a waste of my time, the greatest thing ever and more work than you can shake a stick at. i took one class in the spring, two accelerated six-week classes in may-june while in the thick of concert season and my cousin's wedding that i was in and 2.5 six-week classes starting two days after city school ended and ending two days after my wedding.
oh, yeah...i planned a big wedding and got married in the thick of all this stuff. craze. klausse's entire job for the wedding in the last weeks was to keep me from having psychedelic freak outs. it was not one of his more successful undertakings.
we just got back from two weeks in germany that included a 24-hour round trip to london to see the sights. several things:
i love pretzels.
alison + traditional german food = not a choice
mountains are really, really high.
radler is a german beer you should have immediately and in large quantities.
a drunken old german man at a wine festival bought me wine, sat with nick and i and (we think) told us we were beautiful and should have lots of sex.
we are still married. (thankfully.)
going to three voice lessons this week, cleaning the house again and gearing up for this weekend's second annual BURT, NY GIRLS' WEEKEND!!!!!!!!
holla.