And so I'm back, from outer space...

Well, not outer space exactly, however we did perform music from Star Wars at the spring concert this year. Let me get everyone up to date and what's been up because dang...time flies as does our lives. #1 Career I am officially the Department Chair and my middle school now. It's mostly a title with no power but hey, looks good on a resume. Orchestra program keeps growing and we've added a chamber music class and an ensemble class that we're super stoked about for next year. I'm "playing nice" with the other teachers and actually have a good relationship with pretty much everyone so feeling great about that rather than hiding in my classroom and sprinting out the door the second contract time has ended. #2 Performing I'm actually performing regularly again! It took a while to swing into, but it's happening. I am now Principal Harp for both The Desert Winds Contemporary Wind Band and the Henderson Symphony Orchestra. I love it, got to play the orchestral version of Clare De Lune and I didn't mess it up. Winning. #3 Personal Life Personally, I feel like I'm killing it lol. Just moved into a new house after selling the condo (oh yeah, I bought a condo in there a few years ago) and selling the husband's house (oh yeah, there's a husband now too). He deals the World Series of Poker in the summer and teaches math a a middle school the rest of the year, he got me hooked on scuba dicing so we do that frequently and actually dove the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) for our honeymoon. We're headed back "down under" in less than 2 months to do it again! So that's a quick catch up in a nutshell, will attempt to do a better job of not lagging out and stay tuned!