Well I started a new job this week at UNM. I now work in the main music office doing whatever may come up such as copying, running errands, answering phones and more...the best part is, when the office is slow I get to do homework. It's only about six hours a week but it's a constant flow of easy work for a decent pay check. I am still working at Keller Hall as well but not as much due to having later evening classes two days a week and leaving campus by noon the rest of the week. Target will be back come summer but for right now I am grateful to not be working there because I am so busy.
School is going well. I really like all of my classes. Children's Theatre is proving to be an out of comfort zone type class but it is just so much fun. I am learning some awesome new games to use with the Voice of Angels Choir and doing basic acting. Children's Literature is just fun because I get to read children's book and get credit and graded for it. I have been reading a lot of silly books for the elementary grades, such as Dr. Seuss and other favorites from childhood. I love it! The other classes are just as fun just not as exciting. I have a wonderful set of professors and some great opportunities ahead. I finished the application process for the College of Education a little over a week ago, ending with an interview with a faculty member of the COE. I will find out if I am in the college by March 1st. Then I can start planning my life for the next three semesters as I enter the student teaching section of my undergraduate years. I look forward to seeing where it takes me.
Although I am not working at Target on the weekends, I find that weekends are very busy. I am going to plays, concerts, church activities, hanging out with friends, doing homework and other fun things during my days off from school. Today for example, I am going to the baby shower of the children's director at church, heading to the 4pm service at Sagebrush, then picking up Grandma for dinner and the NMSO Pops Concert in Popejoy. Such fun! I even managed to do all of my homework by about 5pm last night, except reading one 20 page chapter from a book for Children's Lit. It's amazing! I don't have to worry about homework for a day. I was going to practice but don't have time now before the baby shower...oh well. I will make up for it later! Tomorrow there is normal church in the morning then off to see Thoroughly Modern Millie with the Deuel Family, Alicia is in the play and I will be heading to see it with the rest of them. After is Daniela's birthday dinner (birthday is Tuesday). So yet another fun filled day. What a weekend! Then back to school Monday. And so it goes...
Other exciting things...well I am doing pretty good with my trumpet playing. Jeff was very happy with my progress in my lesson on Thursday. I even got my jury piece! Yay! Should be fun to learn and play. I am also having lots of fun playing in the jazz band. We had our first concert Thursday night. Twas a fun experience. I miss playing flute but I just don't have time right now. I hope to pull it out over Spring Break to work up a piece to play at my joint recital/concert with my private students and the Voice of Angels Choir. Here's to hoping...I would love to make it work. :)
I have also been doing a lot of Bible study lately. I have been working through a few books and really feeling at peace lately. I have joined the new young adults Sunday school class at NCC and have been going to the YABS on Thursday nights as school allows. On top of these two groups I have been reading two books on my own, has been really helpful in changing my attitude toward being in school longer after switching degrees and toward being single. God is teaching me so much through my study and I am grateful for it. I am also praying about a possible mission trip this summer. At first, I wanted to go to Uganda with Dad. Well to be honest I still REALLY want to go but the dates just don't work for school. I hope that someday I will be able to go. Now I am looking at going to El Salvador with NCC. Amy went a few years back and really enjoyed it. I am hoping to decide for sure within the next month or so. I am praying about all that will have to be in place for this trip to become reality. I would like to be secure for paying for the trip, school and other things that I hope to do this summer, I would like to know for sure that this is where God wants me to go and to feel better about my Spanish. To work on my Spanish I will be talking/texting with my friend Paul in Spanish and hopefully emailing and talking with Amy some so that I feel more prepared to at least speak some with the people if I go. We shall see. God has big plans. I just don't know what they are yet. :)
Well off to start my fun filled afternoon! God bless!
Your sister in Christ,
Julie
Wow! That's quite an update. I'm glad to hear that things are going well. I think I'd really enjoy a class on children's lit, too. One of the things I'd like to know more about is familiy literacy (teaching children along with their parents), which would use children's lit. About your Spanish, I just heard about a social networking site designed for language learning. It's called livemocha. I've never used it, but it sounds cool. Might be worth looking into. Keep us posted on your adventures!
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