The fastest 3 months ever!

I know, I know... I've been really absent! But let me tell you what has happened in the last 3 months 'cause my head is spinning!

First, I come back to Southern California where I am offered back my job at TEEN LINE as the training coordinator for the Reseda Teens. In case, you don't know it already, I work for a Teen to Teen hot line. I begin to see my clients in private practice. I start up with my voice lessons again, sure that I am going to start singing and recording. I send my demo to Cirque and they accept it although they don't think I am right for the Saltimbanco songbird...funny, huh. Of course that leads to Armen not taking the Saltimbanco gig because he doesn't want to leave me. He's so sweet. Then, (scre-e-ech!) I get offered a position as the Deputy Executive Director of TEEN LINE. So....

Now, I have started my position as the person who is supposed to take over for the Executive Director in the next year and I'm thinking, "what about the singing?" I have to say this feels crazy but I'm going with it because that's what life is offering me right now. I am not giving up on the singing though. I just have to find a way to integrate it ALL in my life without feeling like I'm about to keel over from exhaustion.

Ah.... Brazil....things were peaceful....laying by the pool....what a life......

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