12.21.04

Christmas is here, bringing good cheer...

Bah I just wrote a whole entry and accidently clicked something and made it go back, deleting it...GRRRR.... I'll try to remember what I said...


The South concert was really good. I was very impressed with Ms. Life and her very first concert. I don't know that it can be fairly compared to the past few years, but I know that as she learns and gets experience that she will just get better and better.

The clogging Christmas party was Friday night. It was fun, except Seth wasn't "allowed" to stay the night. He's 19 years old for heaven's sake! And it's not like it's a party for two! The rest of the team was there too! Oh well he did stay till midnight so it was nice that I got to see him then.

Tonight I went to PHS's choir concert. It was an EXCELLENT concert but then again who could expect less? I mean they had a decent choir to start with and this year Mrs. McClain is teaching there. It was nice getting to see her and talk to her tonight. I do miss her and being in her class.

You know what I wish I could do? I wish I could go back to seventh grade... when a lady at church gave us a piano. I asked once about piano lessons, but I wish I would have pushed and nagged about it so I could've actually gotten my mom to call and get me lessons. I didn't though. If I could play the piano, then I know that I would change my major to Music Education. I never thought about teaching that at all until my senior year in high school. Just the experience of South's choir and chamber and having an excellent teacher like Mrs. McClain really made me think "I wish I could do this". But I can't play the piano. While that may seem miniscule, really it is something you need to be able to do, and do well in order to succesfully teach choral music. But I can't. I wish I would've started lessons in 7th grade, because by now I'd have 5 years under my belt and at least another 3 years to get even better. But I guess at the time it wasn't as important to me. Needless to say, I can't go back and change it now... and really I can't learn to play the piano now. Two reasons... 1) I only have like 3 1/2 years of college left in which to learn and get "good", which is next to impossible. and 2) I have neither the money nor resources for a piano OR lessons. So I guess since it didn't work out that way I'm NOT meant to do that for a living. Sometimes I just wish I could go back and change that though...

I am excited about being an elementary school teacher though. And though I'm not teaching music, I hope to be able to take the positive impact that Mrs. McClain made with me, in that I will keep music a part of my life anyway, and that I can make a difference in my students lives.

ANYWAY... enough thinking...I don't want to hurt myself. :p

I hope I didn't get Seth in trouble tonight... we were on the phone for way over the time limit (yes-- he still has it, and it's still 30 minutes) but we were just talking and not really paying attention to the time. Well I hope he's not in trouble anyway. :S

Alright, well I just realized that it's 20 till 1 so I'd better be getting to bed. TTFN!

~Melissa

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