Ch-ch-ch-changes

So, it's been quite a while since I've put anything up here...I'm going to blame the initial lack on a disastrous roommate situation last summer that lasted far too long, which lead right into the beginning of a crazy busy semester/year of school. I'm now two short months away from being done with school (again) and entering the real world (again). I took two years off after finishing my undergrad, so I had a little taste of "adult life" then, but I knew the whole time that I'd be going back to school, so it was just sort of killing time. I could always go back to school again, if I decided to get a doctorate, but right now I'm not sure I could handle another 3 years of school. Which leaves me with scary adult life....

Luckily, I have a little bit of time before I have to really get into that world, which is partly why I decided to start back up here. I have some interesting/big decisions to make over the next couple months, and I thought that maybe getting it all out here, and who knows, maybe getting some feedback, could be helpful.

I'm so incredibly blessed and lucky to be getting to go to Europe this summer with my school orchestra. We're going to be playing for a summer opera festival and will be overseas for 6 weeks. The best part is, it's all expenses paid!!!! My lease is up here right after we leave, so before we take off I'm going to have to move...somewhere. I honestly have no idea where to though. My current best career option is playing on a cruise ship for a while, making some moolah, paying some student loans. I have a friend who's done it before, so I have some contacts. I think it's a good option for me right now, because, well, there just aren't tons of jobs out there in the music field (I know, *shock*!). If I do that though, one of the perks is that I hopefully wouldn't have to worry about paying rent somewhere, so I can actually be making the moneys. I would, however, still need to put all my stuff somewhere. I'm in Kansas, my parents are in Tennessee. If I wanted to put my stuff at my parents house, it would mean getting it back to TN, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to really leave Kansas yet. So there's my first big dilemma. Any KS friends want to stash my life in their basement/garage indefinitely? Yeah, that's what I thought....

Well, we'll see if I can make this whole blog thing a little more regular!