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So has it really been over a month since my last update? Sheesh. Bad monkey!
I sit here now coming off a rush of caffeine (yay coffee), waiting for an hour to pass before I go teach trombone lessons. I'm up to three weekly students, ranging from 1 month to 2 years of experience. It brings in a decent amount of pocket money (especially considering how little time it involves), but I still wouldn't mind expanding to one or two more students.
I am listening to the Canadian Brass play music from The Beatles - an album I stole from Phil during my recent jaunt back to Ithaca. Ah, yes. It was good to go back to Hippieland for a few days. The entire weekend was very celebrative -- what with Phil's senior recital, my coming to visit, and it being the end of the semester. I got all my Christmas shopping done, spent way more than I should have on fancy beer, and bought a few books of trombone duets from Hickeys. Looking at my credit card bill, I am glad that I have until the end of the month to make the payment. Things will be close (at the very least, I have my savings, but I am trying *very* hard not to touch any of that during this 'skim' period).
Oh, I also interviewed for an internship at the Kitchen Theater up in Ithaca. It wasn't a home-run interview, but I think I came across as knowledgable, enthusiastic, and confident in what I wanted to learn. Right now, it would still be the best way to spend 2009 (that is, until I go off to a hopeful PhD), but I must begin to plan the "what if" I don't get in. First and foremost, I need to find a more reliable source of income that won't make me want to cry. Lessons + Substitute Teaching = Just Barely Getting By. I am (very quietly) considering a return to banking. At the very least, it required me to exercise a part of my brain that I don't frequently use (at least, not while teaching little children). But I also am enjoying the social aspect of teaching, and I think finding a job where people are closer to my own age might also be nice. Well, these are all just thoughts anyway.
Hmm... Since its been so long, I should mention that Thanksgiving this year was up in Vermont. It was decent, but the politics of my great aunt's estate seem to take precedence over any actual family bonding. The whole family up there is just dancing around each other trying to make an exciting life out of typical bullshit. Personalities clash. People bicker. Blah. The end.
Halloween, also, was pretty dull. It wasn't much different than any other night, and from what I remember, I wasn't really in the mood for excitement. For whatever reason, I didn't care to go to any parties.
Ah, we just queued up "Come Together." Trumpet solo, bah. I have another brass quintet version of this with Tom Brantley on the trombone--much better.
So anyway, the house is still on the market to be sold. It doesn't seem to be going anywhere, really. According to zillow.com, the mortgage would only cost $2,400/month. That's $600/person for four people (which is easy to arrange in 3 bedrooms & 2.5 baths). Unfortunately, there are no jobs in the area to attract a group of young adults looking to collaboratively rent/purchase a home. Yeah. That's a little depressing. So much, in fact, that I'm gonna head off.
Well, that, and I've run out of things to blather about. For now. 'til later.
I sit here now coming off a rush of caffeine (yay coffee), waiting for an hour to pass before I go teach trombone lessons. I'm up to three weekly students, ranging from 1 month to 2 years of experience. It brings in a decent amount of pocket money (especially considering how little time it involves), but I still wouldn't mind expanding to one or two more students.
I am listening to the Canadian Brass play music from The Beatles - an album I stole from Phil during my recent jaunt back to Ithaca. Ah, yes. It was good to go back to Hippieland for a few days. The entire weekend was very celebrative -- what with Phil's senior recital, my coming to visit, and it being the end of the semester. I got all my Christmas shopping done, spent way more than I should have on fancy beer, and bought a few books of trombone duets from Hickeys. Looking at my credit card bill, I am glad that I have until the end of the month to make the payment. Things will be close (at the very least, I have my savings, but I am trying *very* hard not to touch any of that during this 'skim' period).
Oh, I also interviewed for an internship at the Kitchen Theater up in Ithaca. It wasn't a home-run interview, but I think I came across as knowledgable, enthusiastic, and confident in what I wanted to learn. Right now, it would still be the best way to spend 2009 (that is, until I go off to a hopeful PhD), but I must begin to plan the "what if" I don't get in. First and foremost, I need to find a more reliable source of income that won't make me want to cry. Lessons + Substitute Teaching = Just Barely Getting By. I am (very quietly) considering a return to banking. At the very least, it required me to exercise a part of my brain that I don't frequently use (at least, not while teaching little children). But I also am enjoying the social aspect of teaching, and I think finding a job where people are closer to my own age might also be nice. Well, these are all just thoughts anyway.
Hmm... Since its been so long, I should mention that Thanksgiving this year was up in Vermont. It was decent, but the politics of my great aunt's estate seem to take precedence over any actual family bonding. The whole family up there is just dancing around each other trying to make an exciting life out of typical bullshit. Personalities clash. People bicker. Blah. The end.
Halloween, also, was pretty dull. It wasn't much different than any other night, and from what I remember, I wasn't really in the mood for excitement. For whatever reason, I didn't care to go to any parties.
Ah, we just queued up "Come Together." Trumpet solo, bah. I have another brass quintet version of this with Tom Brantley on the trombone--much better.
So anyway, the house is still on the market to be sold. It doesn't seem to be going anywhere, really. According to zillow.com, the mortgage would only cost $2,400/month. That's $600/person for four people (which is easy to arrange in 3 bedrooms & 2.5 baths). Unfortunately, there are no jobs in the area to attract a group of young adults looking to collaboratively rent/purchase a home. Yeah. That's a little depressing. So much, in fact, that I'm gonna head off.
Well, that, and I've run out of things to blather about. For now. 'til later.