Truth be told, I am scared to death of student teaching next semester. As in...I'M TERRIFIED. Hopefully it'll all turn out ok. But in the meantime while I wait to find out if it will be or not, there are a number of things I'm really looking forward to that make the prospect of next semester much better.
1. Christmas. As I discussed last year on Christmas Eve, Christmas really happens before the actual 25th of December. This year, the spirit of Christmas has already been brought up. The Christmas Gala at Gordon is featuring two performances instead of the customary one, and we'll begin rehearsing for that immediately following our October 31st concert. On November 13th, we start rehearsals for the lessons and carols service at a nearby church. On December something or other, we start rehearsals for the lessons and carols service at FCCH. Following the performances of the Christmas Gala, we have the lesson and carols services for both churches, and then I'm going on a road trip to PA with some of my favorite people where there is yet another lessons and carols service, rumored to be the best in the world. Score. By that time, I'm expecting to feel like Christmas was the most amazing holiday in the world, and that I can't wait until next year...but Christmas itself hasn't even happened yet. This Christmas extension brings new meaning to the term "Christmas season."
2. All-State. I guess by now I've come to grips with the fact that I will be extraordinarily exhausted and probably sick by the time All-State is over, but it was a lot of fun last year, and it will be again this year if everything goes as planned. Regardless of the fact that we end up getting around four hours of sleep per night, and that we are on our feet or organizing things for the entire day, it's fascinating to see the inner workings of a conference like this from an administrative point of view. I don't think that the VT All-State festival includes workshops for teachers too, so it's a much bigger enterprise than I witnessed in high school. Granted, high school was awhile ago now, but All-State was something that stood out.
3. Student teaching is only 15 or 16 weeks long...so life continues after it. So I get to plan what happens next summer! Right now I'm considering going to Masterworks, which means that I need to come up with a lot of money...but it would be SO good. I mean, with an orchestra repertoire of Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Sibelius, you can't go wrong. It's not possible. And it's Christian! What could be better than that?!??
4. I'm convinced there is life post-graduation. Maybe once everything is said and done, life will settle down a bit. As of right now, it's a little insane...but as one professor likes to repeat, "It will all be OOOOOOO-K." I may have to just take her word for it right now though.
I don't think this is an exhaustive list, but that's what I can come up with right now.
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