Monday, April 9, 2007

New Name, New Life, New Blog

Wow, so I hardly ever posted on my previous blog and thus, I feel a need for change. Here are some updates for those of you who have not been around or updated recently:

New Last Name: Spring (keeping the previous last name professionally for now, so that those who knew me before aren't confused or misinformed as to my identity)

New Life: Married to Tony. Living in small 1br in Chicago with three harps, 6 computers, and two cats. We really need a bigger place. Hoping to move to Oak Park this summer.

The husband knows both how to make me laugh and make me want to scream... We're working on more of the first and less of the second, although the screaming occasionally stems from the laughing depending on how hard I'm laughing.

School and work are taking over my life at the present. I don't want it to be this way, and in fact am pondering what I really want to do after I'm done with the masters degree next fall. Moving back to Rochester is a viable option if I can land a job there. Not too many harp auditions lately, but nor will there be too many too soon. I keep practicing though, and keep my fingers crossed (not while practicing).

The unfortunate thing is that I end up working 80-some-hours/week, but due to demands from school built in there, I only get paid for half of them - and those are underpaid. Its very frustrating, and as Kelsey puts it, "driving for dollars is not much fun." (referring to driving whatever lengths possible to earn a living as a musician - as stated by Henry Fogel).

So that's about all I feel like saying for now.


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