Frustration

So today was a good day at school... pretty productive (it started at 6:30... yay, jazz band!)... but then I got home.

And made the mistake of laying down. I took a two hour nap, which would've been great, except that I slept right through my yoga class, which made me really sad because it's the first week I had available to go since the beginning of last month. Sadface.

So I got up to eat and feed the creatures, did that, and now I'm back in bed all cozied up with a new ball of yarn and a brand new pair of knitting needles. See?

Unfortunately, the needles I bought are the wrong size for the pattern I was all excited to start.

Urgh.

However, since it is just a really basic pattern, I'm going to knit a swatch for guage anyhow, since I'm just about ready for bed but not quite. Summer was not very productive for knitting, but I'm hoping that fall and winter will pick up and I'll use the yarn that's been sitting around waiting for me... taunting me...

peace out.

Another Post.

So I haven't posted, which is o.k. because no one's really noticed I'm here yet.

I figured I'd just start typing and see if anything brilliant happened to come out... but it's not looking too promising at the moment!!

It's been a while since my visit to Kripalu, and a while since I've even been to a Yoga class. Been sick for the past week and a half, the week before that there were no classes, the week before that there was massive flooding in my area, aaaaaand before that I was just trying to soak up the end of summer and return to school.

Ah, "the norm". Not too excited about it, but lately I've been finding little jump-starts that remind me why I'm in this profession, and why I haven't left yet -- although I've been saying for at LEAST two years that I really want to. While the profession of teaching is rewarding in itself, there is a whole lot of CRAP to deal with all around the actual job of teaching. OOh, and here's what else I learned this weekend: professional musicians are totally underappreciated. Figures I have chosen the two most intrinsically rewarding careers to be my two main sources of income.

Curses.

On the up-side, I went to a concert band rehearsal tonight and was really excited to play again. And I'm even STILL excited to play again! I now have FOUR current outlets for playing... Woodwind Quintet, Community Orchestra, Concert Band, and a Big-Band jazz group. AWESOME!! I'm also currently in a few artistic hobbies... knitting, collage, and photography. I haven't taken many photographs lately because I've been so busy trying everything I can make room for... but it's always on the edge of my brain.

So there's the current update. I should learn to go to bed so that I can get 8 hours of sleep.
It's just not happening. I DON'T WANNA!

Peace, all.