Sabbatical begins soon.
On the agenda:
- start sabbatical with Yufei in Chicago
- take my 17-year-old nephew to Toronto and Niagara Falls
- attend the NASM annual meeting in Washington, D.C., and spend two days in visiting evaluator training
- meet my new great-nephew
- spend Thanksgiving in NYC with Yufei
- visit Chicago again in December to attend several concerts
- (most likely) attend a conference in Florida in January
- travel to Thailand and Vietnam for holiday in January
- perform a cabaret show in February
- continue teaching 12-15 students weekly at home while on sabbatical
And of course, there are the other projects:
- blog entries about teaching voice
- purge: books, clothing, items, detritus
- read
- cook lots of new and yummy recipes
- compose and set up self-publishing
- organize
- volunteer for hospice
- photography and cooking classes