Who am I?

I've been faithful to posting on this blog at least a few times a year since 2007 -- which means over 10 years now. Oddly, I never had it in my head that that was a requirement, but for some reason I always found a few reasons to post (mostly boredom, but sometimes other things). I keep thinking I should start a different blog, partially because I'm a little embarrassed by the old posts from 10 years ago, however, we all are young and niave and painfully whimsical (well, some more than others maybe...) at some point, and it never hurts to offer oneself a little self love. So I'm leaving it all on and keeping this blog as my primary.

My current educational/professional/work calling adventure is the pursuit of a full-time music therapy job after just graduating with a BMT in Music Therapy. But first, pass the board certification exam and become an offical MT-BC! I love the work, but it also takes it out of me sometimes.

My personal life and downtime is filled with time spent with Sean (my boyfriend of over a year and a almost half now), my family (most of them not living near me currently), reading and writing random things, and doing crafty things for no reason other than that I was born with busy hands and they haven't stopped yet.

It's so tempting to write bios about oneself, because I think we all want to be defined, to have a definition/thing that we are at our core. But I'm going to stop here and just let my writing and what I think and the way I think be the thing that speaks to who I am and what I am. I'm sure it changes a lot, but I have a feeling there's some core stuff at the heart of me that doesn't change.

But because it's TOO tempting to write bios (and because I already had one on here and forgot that I did when I wrote the above thing, and also because I'm human...):

Things I am:
25 years of age. 
An aspiring Music Therapist (soon to be OFFICIAL). 
Sometimes grumpy.
Generally pretty happy.
Family person.


Things I like:
Books I can't and won't put down.
Tea when it's raining and coffee when it's sunny.
Theater that makes me lean forward in my chair.
Explorations of off-track places and spaces.
People laughing until they crumple to the floor.
My yellow lab, Bella, wrestling with me.


Things I don't like:
Loud smacking noises in the morning.
Mean words.

Things I love:
Jesus.
Sean.
My family.
Friends.
Humanity in general in their childlike state.
And crunchy green apples.