This is the Title of an Uncreative Violinist.:)

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  It honestly went by so fast.  We spent most of this week at my in-laws for the holidays and with all the different stops we had to make (his parents, grandma, and bro & sis-in -law's places) it just made each day go by so swiftly. We left Friday after dinner since my parents were coming into town to both celebrate my birthday (today!) and to help install a new laminate floor in our basement.  Unfortunately, yesterday morning when they arrived, my dad wasn't feeling too hot, and it quickly developed into what he thinks is the flu.  Ick.  I feel so terrible that they have to go back.  We were really hoping to get this thing done before we all went back to work. The upside, though, is that Ryan and I can at least spend the last leg of our vacation together. Family is wonderful and we love both of our families equally...but we also enjoy our alone time and sometimes, it's just nice to be in your own home and relax...

I need to warn you: HUGE vent coming up right now. I know it's been quite awhile since I've done that--the logical part of my brain says that it's wiser in the long run to keep certain things off limits on cyber space-- but the other part of my brain, whichever part requires I keep my sanity, NEEDS to purge...and purge badly. If you haven't read this blog and are new to the party, a little history:  I'm a musician who teaches private music lessons who--much like 95% of her fellow violinists who went on to study their instrument at a higher level at a conservatory--never set out originally to teach, but rather, saw herself performing in whatever capacity involving performance...orchestra, chamber music or a mixture of both with teaching being in the extremely faint background. Fast forward more than a decade and I do more teaching than anything else, really. It pays the bills and turns out to be more stable than trying to find a playing position (which is a whol...