Jazz Band Rocks my Socks

I'm sitting in with the JCHS jazz band this season. The talent in that group amazes me. Eighteen year old kids who hold more passion for music and their instruments than half of the people that I studied music with in college........ Yay for them!

The band I conduct is holding its concert next Monday. I am SO ready for it to be over. Middle School age peformers have no concept of how absolutely stressful organizing this kind of event can be.

26 more school days (with students...I go a week past that) I will survive!

What have I gotten myself into?

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can be great."
-Mark Twain-


"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it."
-William James-


Just a few of my favorites....

Happy Palm Sunday, everyone.

Wow

On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after
1:00 in the morning...

the time and date will be...

01:02:03 04/05/06

How awesome is that?? That's right... pretty darn awesome!

OVER

Well, these are my last few precious hours of Spring Break....
*crying out over-dramatically*
I'LL MISS YOU SPRING BREAK!! HURRY BACK!!


"Do not waste time bothering whether you 'love' your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him."
-C.S. Lewis-


Tim and I planted my "balcony garden" for this spring. It's so pretty! Flowers everywhere! There are Gerbera Daisies, Snapdragons, Petunias, Begonias, Violets, and tons more that I can't remember. I sure hope that my "black thumb" doesn't kill them!