Full speed ahead!

Hi everyone! I know I tend not to blog for long periods of time. It usually means I'm swamped with school stuff or I just plain forget I even have a blog. :P Oops! Not much is really going on. School started on Thursday so that has been my main focus. I've applied for a student loan (they didn't give me much) so that will help some. I am currently unemployed for those who don't know that. I had to leave my previous job because I needed time to focus on finals if I wanted to pass my classes. (there were other reasons too) I think that was definitely more important and it really made a big difference.

So now, I really just want to have school as my big main focus and just get it done. Hence, the student loans. I have done everything I could to avoid it, but decided it was worth it just to be at school all day and just get it done finally. Then I can actually have a job I love and won't hate myself for. Can you blame me? I really hate those "means to an end" jobs where you're only there because you need the money and you want to rip your hair out because you hate it so much. I have had so many of those over the last 5 years that I have just had it! I want to teach!! I love music and I don't want to do anything else but teach music, eventually have a family, and enjoy life at last!

No offense to those who still have the jobs they don't really like. I'm sure you can understand where I'm coming from. However, it does pay the bills. Can't complain about that. I have always had the dream of being able to be a pure music person with the freedom (as much freedom life allows anyway) to be creative, share my talents, and share my love for music with my future students. I am not the kind of person who will settle for a job I don't love. Anyway... done rambling now. So back on track. I only have about a year to a year and a half before I get to the point where I will be student teaching. Gotta be done with all my other classes (except for a few I take during student teaching) before I can do it. Wish me luck! I will certainly need it considering I really have a hard time with morning classes. I just love that my music classes are only offered in the mornings. >_<

I do eventually want to get a Master's (maybe more). We'll see how I feel after I finally graduate with a Bachelor's and get my teaching degree. It would be so great to teach at a University! Wouldn't it? Gosh, I would love that. Gotta have the money to do it though. Well, one step at a time. I don't think I'll stress about the Master's thing too much at this point and time.

With love,

Amy