October 3rd first blog

So this is my first time blogging.......ever. I read Annie and Glen's blog and thought it was a good idea to keep friends who are far away updated. So i am back in good ole' Morgantown. I never thought I would be starting my first job back in WV. I always told people I would never teach in WV, and look where I am. I am actually happy to be back in town, I still have friends here, the jobs I have are all low stress and pay pretty good money, the house I am living in is beautiful, my roommate is pretty awesome, and it is close to Dan. For those of you who don't know, Dan is this guy i am dating. He is so awesome and that is the main reason I don't care that I am back in Morgantown, because it is a whole lot closer to Pittsburgh then Philly, Maryland, or Virginia. Well so far this year has been pretty good, I have 26 piano & voice students ( I know, me teaching piano). For the most part I like it, i have a couple of really strange students, but it is really nice teaching one-on-one. I get to bond with my students on a completely different level, it's more of like a friends teaching them piano and voice rather than a teacher in front of the class teaching. So I got this lesosns job, and it was great, but I wasn't sure how I was going to live off of the lessons. Luckily, Dr. Robbins (Music Ed Professor @ WVU) e-mailed me a whole bunch of job openings around the area, so i interviewed, and interviewed and got a job as band director at St. Francis. I am very excited, because it is where I student taught. The pay isn't as much as I would like it to be, but I will manage. I will also be subbing in Mon and Marion county on the days I do not work at St. Francis. So while I will be working 3 jobs this year, none of them are high stress jobs, which will be nice. My first band rehearsal for St. Francis is Monday. I am very nervous because I never thought about teaching band to anyone, I don't know what I'm going to do. I mean I know it's the frist day so a lot of the time we will be going over my expectations and rules, but then what do I do on the second day. I know I went through Instrumental Methods with Mo Weav, but I'm just afraid I am going to forget something, or make a really stupid mistake and then that will be it. Oh well, if I do make a mistake at least I won't have someone in the back grading my every mistake. Wow I didn't realize how much I was rabbling on, I kind of like this blogging thing. Thanks Annie & Glen!