As you all know I have for the last few months been looking for work, and had also gotten offered the job of choral director of the community choir which I had until the end of the month to answer.

I have decided to ACCEPT the job as choir director of this group here in Boston and renew my contract at my other job! This means I will be staying in Boston, at least for 1 more year and likely a little longer. It was a very difficult decision but after getting some clarity on it, I just sat down and asked myself sincerely, "How the hell are you going to turn an offer like this down?" So there it is, I am now officially a choir director! It feels good. <3 For the sake of my privacy and keeping my professional life separate from the fandom, I will not say which choir it is, but you will still get to hear us sing when I make some uploads. We have two home concerts a year and possibly will perform elsewhere as well!

It has been a very difficult decision, probably the hardest decision of my life. I made the decision while out in Maine hanging out with  Betsy who actually helped me see this from an outsider perspective.

What pushed me over the edge to make this decision is this: I need to think about my career in the long run and not in the short run and right now I have too many things going on in Boston musically to just drop it all and leave. I will get my chance to move, it just isn't now. My goal is still to relocate to Arizona sooner or later, but hopefully with a more established job, OR to complete another degree. I also can not let the chance to work with the Wampanoag people in legal battles pass me by. I very much want to be able to become this warrior I have always wanted to be, in this case in the courts and in the legal system, trying to win back the lands of the Native people here. Even though my tribe is back in the southwest, I have grown attached to the community here.

I won't lie, I am still questioning myself as to whether I made the right decision. It's most certainly difficult; but there is no turning back now. I have made my decision and the train has left the station. Please keep me in your prayers as I prepare to continue my life here in Boston!


PS: When you have a chance, take a listen to the choir I conducted last May where I'll be the conductor from here on out: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16852408/