I have a job again! It involved being away from my daughter overnight for the first time (that’s due a blog post all of its own at some point) but it is perfect for me at this point in my life. I’m translating German texts into English for a German company and it’s all based around music/musical instruments. I love it!

I firmly believe that everything happens to me at the right time in my life and for the right reasons, even if I can’t see it when it happens. Yesterday I was reminded of that when I had a message about an audition for a singer from the UK who needs a drummer for some tour dates. I REALLY wanted to make it work but when I heard about the schedule, I knew that there was just no way I’d be able to do that right now. I would love to be back on stage and to be part of a tour but I have a 6-month old daughter and the reality is that she needs me much more than I need to be out playing drums.

For all of my big talk in my last blog about being fine with not touring anymore, I struggled with it for a few hours – you never know how often or when a tour will come up and maybe that’s something that is over for me now. Maybe I’ll be able to accept something in the future. Who knows! I was able to pass the opportunity on to an old student of mine and I was really happy to be able to offer her some advice and am keeping my fingers crossed that she gets the tour.

This morning I got up and did my translation work while my boyfriend looked after my daughter. I enjoyed every minute of it and I enjoyed taking over from him when he went off to work. I’m really happy that I’m able to do something I enjoy for a job and I also get to see my daughter learning to crawl, roll over, make weird noises, and all of the other crazy things that babies do every day. If I missed them, I know that those are the things that I would really regret.