I can't believe we're already so close to the end of the year!
Nothing much new going on here, although I've discovered over the past few months why my job description said that the successful candidate needs to be flexible and able to adapt to unexpected challenges. The next few weeks are going to be a little crazy scheduling-wise as we have our second round of state testing coming up, and it just so happens that the days I have lessons at most schools tend to be the days those schools have their testing. It's really not a huge deal but it means trying to find a time that works with the teachers for me to take the students that is different from our usual schedule so they don't miss their testing. Field trips are starting to come up, too, so I'm trying to work around those (the teachers truly have been wonderfully flexible for all of this and I'm very thankful to them for their patience). I have to start organizing the fourth grade demos, too; the kids are really excited to show off their instruments to the "little kids", as one of them referred to them this morning.
Our next concert's coming up quick, too! We're playing some fun stuff and it's coming together much more quickly this time around than I thought it would; we've had one rehearsal on it as a group so far. Typically our first rehearsal or two are pretty rough as we learn how the new music fits together, but this one went much more smoothly all things considered. Fingers crossed, we only have three more rehearsals before our dress rehearsal!
