Topic of the Day... things I wanted to do, but never go to do........

I looked on my dashboard and I have 5 blogs! 2 were from my Vienna trip over a year ago... my personal blog and my blog for my writing class. A blog for my student teaching experience... and I wrote more for the high school part of it than for the general music. Another blog for which I fill people in on my married life with my wonderful husband... Russell. :) And, this blog where I ramble on... and on... and on... about all kinds of different things. I do like to ramble on about coffee, as if you didn't notice the picture of a cup of coffee for the background. :) 


Speaking of coffee, (and the title for this post...) I am curious as to what it would be like to be a barista. I spent a lot of time with a friend who was a barista in her former job. She sort of taught me how to make espresso, but the process seemed complicated at the time. My cousin is a certified barista. I just never ventured into that area of the job market. I also spend enough money on coffee... at least since my college days. I love going to coffee shops and just sitting there with a journal or a good book... or meeting a friend for coffee. The smell & taste of coffee... both drip and espresso are amazing! Although, I swear my coffee filters that I buy give my coffee a bitter taste... or maybe that is just the coffee, and that taste is an acquired taste? When I have coffee at my Grandma's house, or at the store, at school... any where put my place... it doesn't have that bitter taste! I mean I love putting fancy creamers in my coffee to make it taste like actual espresso, but I feel like with drip coffee, the entire reason why you make drip it is to enjoy the natural taste. But, I don't want to taste it if it's going to taste bitter! Should I just bear the taste? You're probably laughing and thinking sarcastically to yourself... what a dilemma! 

I am a musician... I play the flute. I am okay at the other wood wind instruments... double reeds not so much, even though I had a blast learning about them and learning how to play in my under grad methods courses. I have the same ability as my dad to reach the high and low registers beautifully on the trombone. I was talking with Russ and some other low brass musicians in the basement of the music building and just messing around with Russ's trombone. Keep in mind that I what I was about to was the envy of the other two trombone players with us. I hit a high note, and then a low pedal note not really knowing how difficult that is for some people. One of them jokingly glared at me... laughing and shaking his head. Two instruments that I would love to learn more about are cello and piano. I would love take lessons in both! Granted I passed the silly piano proficiency exam by a thread... which doesn't say much in the "real world" of teaching. I learned how to "play" the cello in my strings methods class, but that was only for 8 weeks. But, it is never too late to do the things that you have always wanted to do. 
I remember in the movie Patch Adams, one of the characters who was about to die, had a wish to do something that she had always wanted to do (something like that... maybe it was one last thing she wanted to do before she left this earth... any way...). She wanted to put her hand into a pot of noodles, and pinch a noodle until it split into two pieces. I haven't seen that movie in a while, but that part stood out to me. I remember watching it with my mom and she said that she cried during that scene. 


I don't mean to be lamenting about things that I have never done, or have wanted to do... I do really love my life and what God has provided for me. I also love God, most importantly! He puts these desires into our hearts for a reason... it's all apart of his timing for if & when they come to reality. He has called me to be a wife, a teacher and he called me to work in a scrap booking store one to two times a month. He also called me to teach reading... still scratching my head on that one... I thought I figured out why.... but the reason will come clear eventually. 

For those of you who know me, I love to journal! I really hope that blogging will not replace writing in journals, like emails have replaced letters... or like facebook has really...  Another topic, another time. 


I love you all & God bless! 


Jenna