Well I'm over half way to Alabama. I've driven 1200 miles in the past two days. Friday I woke up at 4am. FOUR A.M. I'm insane, but we've been through that before.
I made it to Colorado in record time, I'm sure. I made a nice little pit stop in Ft. Collins before heading to meet up with Selena at her lovely apartment in Broomfield, CO. I haven't seen Selena since some of the Brass Angels took a road trip up to see our gal pal/fellow Angel, Kristen back in 2009. That's forever ago! It was so amazing to catch up with her! We went to a lovely dinner at The Kitchen in downtown Boulder. I'm so impressed with Boulder, CO. What a beautiful place!
Yesterday was 500 miles, today was 700. 700 miles normally doesn't sound terrible. In fact, I've done it many times before...but 700 miles with most of those miles taking place in Kansas? Oh bless. The last 100 miles today, all I could think of was how incredibly sick of driving I was! At least now that I've made it through Borington, USA the drive should be a little more...hmm...populated?
Many people have asked me why I am driving home rather than flying. My friends, I'm crazy. Clearly that's the only explanation you need. Honestly, that's my only explanation for my actions and behaviors these days. Sometimes, I want so badly to just want the things that everyone else my age wants. I get these guilt trips from time to time, and desperately attempt to make these things that I should want a part of my life...It never quite works out the way I plan it all in my head.
Anywho, back to the inspiration of this post. Most of you know that I help out with the children's department at my church. I've been working with he 4th graders for about 15 months now. I love it. I love building relationships with those kids, asking them about their weeks on Sunday mornings, and giving them little bits of encouragement. I was sent a video of one of the kids that usually attends the children's service in Adventure Canyon. I watched it and immediately started sobbing. (In fact the waterworks are about to start up again just thinking about it.) This little boy isn't in my class, but I see him there every week. I hope you'll take 4 minutes to watch it, and I think you'll be blown away just as I was. Oh the things we can do...especially with a little encouragement.
The things this world could do if we all encouraged each other a little more.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Master?
Well assuming I passed Advanced Formal Procedures 1 for masters students, I am officially done with my masters degree at the University of Utah.
What a whirlwind.
The past two years have been quite the time for learning, and I have absolutely grown. I've experienced so many emotions, and met so many people. It's weird, I thought maybe by the time I finished a masters degree I would have some sort of enlightenment and know exactly how my life would pan out. I have a much more narrow idea of where I'd like to be in 10 years, but I'm still scratching my head on how to get there.
I didn't expect the whole job application process to be easy, but I haven't expected it to be so hard either. I've got a third interview in Pleasant Grove this Thursday evening for a job at a k-8 school. We'll see how that pans out. I really just wish I could push a button and know what I'll be doing in 3 months, but life isn't that easy.
These two years haven't been easy...but I did it. In a few months I'll have a little piece of paper that says Master of Music. I still think that's funny. Lisa Tatum - Master of Music. Tell THAT to my 17 year old self. It's funny how what you want to do changes over the years, or in my case, doesn't change. When I was 5 years old, my kindergarten teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. I said I wanted to be a teacher. In the 5th grade, we had to write a paper about what we wanted to be when we grew up, and of course, I was a teacher. In high school I had brief ambitions of wanting to go to med school, before deciding that I really wanted to major in music education when I went of to my freshman year at the University of Alabama. Since then I've had times where I want to do something else in music, but I always come back to teaching. It fits for me. At least, I think it fits for me. I suppose my 30 year old self will have a better answer for that than my 25 year old self.
What will future Lisa be like? It sure will be exciting to find out.
What a whirlwind.
The past two years have been quite the time for learning, and I have absolutely grown. I've experienced so many emotions, and met so many people. It's weird, I thought maybe by the time I finished a masters degree I would have some sort of enlightenment and know exactly how my life would pan out. I have a much more narrow idea of where I'd like to be in 10 years, but I'm still scratching my head on how to get there.
I didn't expect the whole job application process to be easy, but I haven't expected it to be so hard either. I've got a third interview in Pleasant Grove this Thursday evening for a job at a k-8 school. We'll see how that pans out. I really just wish I could push a button and know what I'll be doing in 3 months, but life isn't that easy.
These two years haven't been easy...but I did it. In a few months I'll have a little piece of paper that says Master of Music. I still think that's funny. Lisa Tatum - Master of Music. Tell THAT to my 17 year old self. It's funny how what you want to do changes over the years, or in my case, doesn't change. When I was 5 years old, my kindergarten teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. I said I wanted to be a teacher. In the 5th grade, we had to write a paper about what we wanted to be when we grew up, and of course, I was a teacher. In high school I had brief ambitions of wanting to go to med school, before deciding that I really wanted to major in music education when I went of to my freshman year at the University of Alabama. Since then I've had times where I want to do something else in music, but I always come back to teaching. It fits for me. At least, I think it fits for me. I suppose my 30 year old self will have a better answer for that than my 25 year old self.
What will future Lisa be like? It sure will be exciting to find out.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Late!
So I'm TERRIBLE. I was supposed to post about this a week ago, but clearly I lack all ability to meet deadlines theses days. And by all ability to meet deadlines, I really just mean posting on here.
So I did the Foodie Penpal thing again last month, and I'm already signed up again for this month. =)
LOVE IT. My foodie penal this past month was Quinn, and here's what she sent me:
Getting the box is like Christmas day!
Dried pear, pineapple, kiwi, and mango!
Raw California honey!
Molé Sause! Love love love Molé!
Somehow I missed my individual picture
of the walnuts, but you can see them in the
group shot.
My little note from Quinn!
Part of the reason I've been so bad about posting is because I had that little thing called 'graduating' to do. I can't believe for different the next few months of my life are going to be.
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