Ha Ha - I suck at LJ!!!
Well, it's been more than two years, but I still know my login info... :)
Let's see - Since my last post, I attended the National Repertory Orchestra and performed a concerto. I attended the National Orchestral Institute and got to play picc on Mahler 7. So fun!!! I won a principal position with an orchestra outside Boston and was a soloist. I graduated from New England Conservatory, and won my first full-time job. I'm now a member of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band and I love it! I wasn't sure I'd be happy, since I've been dreaming of an orchestral career for the last 15 years or so, but the job is wonderful. I get to play at the White House and other venues around DC with really superb musicians. Many or most have degrees from conservatories like the ones I attended.
Even more importantly, I reconciled fully with my husband. We had separated for almost two years before getting back together just in time for me to move to Boston and start my Master's... Now that I've graduated and signed a four year contract with the Marine Corps, we're together and so happy. I even finally finished putting together our wedding album, which had been in pieces in a box for the last five years. The years we spent apart matured us, and reminded us of how much we love and need one another. We're thinking of and hoping to buy a house in the next few months, and we'll keep our two bed two bath condo as a rental. (It's beautiful, but just too small for us since we both want to teach and we plan on starting a family in the next year or two.) If anyone's interested in a 2 bed, 2 bath condo, please let me know - we'd prefer to rent to someone we know and are giving a price break to friends.
Sara, our border collie, is five years old now, and still acts like a puppy. We love her, and can't imagine life without her.
My Mom's life sucks. I don't really know what to do to help her, except send money, and hope to end up in a house with a separate garage that we can build an apartment on top for her. She can't find work because she's in a totally depressed part of the country, thus she can't afford to move away from her abusive mother. Her unemployment will run out in January. Her medical assistance, which is paying for her chemotherapy to treat debilitating psoriasis (which also keeps her away from a job), will end at the end of this month.
My brother's health is not great either. His heart troubles were getting better until his insurance changed. Now he can no longer afford the medicines that keep him well, but the state and federal government won't help him. He'll graduate soon, and have to begin paying back his loans as well as his own insurance...Not a good situation.
Wow - all of a sudden, my mood has darkened. I came online bubbly and ready to share my happiness with anyone who wanted to read it. When I remember the difficulties of those around me, and how little power I have to help, it just makes me angry. Grr....
Let's see - Since my last post, I attended the National Repertory Orchestra and performed a concerto. I attended the National Orchestral Institute and got to play picc on Mahler 7. So fun!!! I won a principal position with an orchestra outside Boston and was a soloist. I graduated from New England Conservatory, and won my first full-time job. I'm now a member of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band and I love it! I wasn't sure I'd be happy, since I've been dreaming of an orchestral career for the last 15 years or so, but the job is wonderful. I get to play at the White House and other venues around DC with really superb musicians. Many or most have degrees from conservatories like the ones I attended.
Even more importantly, I reconciled fully with my husband. We had separated for almost two years before getting back together just in time for me to move to Boston and start my Master's... Now that I've graduated and signed a four year contract with the Marine Corps, we're together and so happy. I even finally finished putting together our wedding album, which had been in pieces in a box for the last five years. The years we spent apart matured us, and reminded us of how much we love and need one another. We're thinking of and hoping to buy a house in the next few months, and we'll keep our two bed two bath condo as a rental. (It's beautiful, but just too small for us since we both want to teach and we plan on starting a family in the next year or two.) If anyone's interested in a 2 bed, 2 bath condo, please let me know - we'd prefer to rent to someone we know and are giving a price break to friends.
Sara, our border collie, is five years old now, and still acts like a puppy. We love her, and can't imagine life without her.
My Mom's life sucks. I don't really know what to do to help her, except send money, and hope to end up in a house with a separate garage that we can build an apartment on top for her. She can't find work because she's in a totally depressed part of the country, thus she can't afford to move away from her abusive mother. Her unemployment will run out in January. Her medical assistance, which is paying for her chemotherapy to treat debilitating psoriasis (which also keeps her away from a job), will end at the end of this month.
My brother's health is not great either. His heart troubles were getting better until his insurance changed. Now he can no longer afford the medicines that keep him well, but the state and federal government won't help him. He'll graduate soon, and have to begin paying back his loans as well as his own insurance...Not a good situation.
Wow - all of a sudden, my mood has darkened. I came online bubbly and ready to share my happiness with anyone who wanted to read it. When I remember the difficulties of those around me, and how little power I have to help, it just makes me angry. Grr....