I haven't posted in awhile. It's been very, very busy these past few weeks.
Two days ago I gave my graduate lecture recital, the capstone experience for my master's degree. It went extremely well. I am so lucky to be working with many different choirs and to spend my days making beautiful music. It makes leaving this profession for two years hard to think about.
I called Peace Corps yesterday because I haven't heard anything for many weeks (when I called them in late December they said I'd hear something in 4-6 weeks). I got a voicemail and an e-mail back saying that they're concerned about my lack of experience in English teaching. They are asking me to complete thirty hours of training before they give me an invitation. They also want to do ao 20-30 minute phone interview. I haven't responded yet and I'm not exactly sure yet what I'm going to say.
As an alternative to the Peace Corps, I applied this week for a one-year fellowship with the Global Health Corps. It's a great organization which coordinates with many different NGO's throughout the world. The housing and pay are better than PC, and it's only one year. We'll see what comes of this, but right now it seems like a good alternative.
I am also thinking more every day about applying for teaching jobs. But where?
Hopefully now that my lecture recital is over I'll have more time to really dig deep and get to the core of what I really want the next two years of my life to look like. The clock's ticking and I can't afford to be indecisive for much longer...
