Albuquerque to Boston

Hello all!
Sorry for the radio silence! After a relaxing Spring Break, I came back for one of the busiest weeks I’ve had so far. For Spring break I went back to Albuquerque and got to spend time playing lots of ukulele, sleeping, seeing my family and friends. Here are a few photos from the break:

The ukulele was a big hit:

….and continues to be a big hit in Boston! My roommates have all started learning chords and we have had many singalongs over the past week.

Over break I also got to see some lovely performances. My mom performed with the Health Science Orchestra and the cello section performed Villa-Lobos!

To ensure that everyone didn’t get to stressed in ABQ, we made more stress jars!!

I got to eat my fill of Frontier, homemade pizza and delicious muffins with my favorite people!

Esther and I spent an evening as hipsters under the careful tutelage of Averill who gave us clothing, designed our make up and gave us catchphrases to say.

Ella and I also got to go to one of the concerts that Averill helped to put on as a part of Mountain Blood Fest.

I got to see students and spend time with the wonderful Pedagogy folk at UNM:

I also enjoyed the sunshine and flowers, since Boston is still cold, wet and occasionally snowy.

My last night in Burque was spent with my family, Esther and Ella. We ate, we laughed, we played a lot of music!

Spring break was wonderful. I loved getting to teach a group class on Saturday, visiting UNM professors, seeing Mrs. Rutter, and soak up the sun! Hopefully I’ll be back in May!

Coming back to Boston was a bit of a shock weather wise. I left the 70 degree weather in ABQ and returned to the 27 degree weather in Boston. Since Monday it has warmed up but there have been some brutal days. Most of my week has been monopolized by the All State conference. I got the opportunity to go to dozens of workshops, clinics, lectures, speeches and classes on various topics within Music Education. I also got to solidify my friendships with Alyssa and Talija. After spending 30 hours over the past 2 days with them setting up the table, solving crises, running a reception, breaking down the reception, struggling on the T and going to workshops our friendship was solidified.