Its been a busy week! It was my first official "back to work" week. With some reformatted classes and one totally new one, it's been a challenge. That's the thing about teaching; between new classes and new students, the job never stays the same. There are always new challenges. This was also Geoff's first week of classes at CMU. He will be studying piano with the professor who specializes in contemporary and Brazilian music. These are both areas he has been eager to explore. He also had his auditions for band and orchestra. He made it into the orchestra! He's the only freshman horn player in the section! He won't find out about band auditions until next week. He said he didn't think that audition went as well, so he's not getting his hopes up too high for Wind Ensemble, the top band. We'll keep our fingers crossed anyway! Lisa has gotten right into the swing of things as a sophomore this year. The band does its first half time show tonight. She's taking a zero hour class that starts at 7:15; advanced Algebra - Whew! We're looking forward to a family get-together up north on the weekend. I'd better go and get details! More later...