"Do you like kids?" my advisor asked.

"Yes," I answered.

"Do you want to work with kids, because if you don't, then you may want to reconsider this," she said.

"Yes," I answered again.

In my head I was thinking, "LIKE kids? More like LOVE kids. More like, I'd probably die if I couldn't have children, I cry when I see babies, my heart flurries when I get to play with children, and so much more."

I'm starting art education next semester. I'm going to be helping out in classrooms and come next year, I'll be a teacher assistant in a middle school and then I'll actually be teaching classes at the high school level. I think it's one of the best decisions I've made recently and I think the experience will be rewarding. I can't believe how good I feel about this. I'm so excited!

Before adding art education, I was a drawing/painting BFA with a minor in English. Painting just hasn't been agreeing with me this semester, but I know I could never live without drawing which is why I've kept that concentration. Painting can be something I do on the side. As for English, I've always loved it, but more in the, "I like reading and writing for fun" sense.

I have to take a couple summer classes, and as of now my expected graduation date is December 2010 instead of May because of student teaching. However, I think it'll be worth it.

I want to have a variety of tools and skills for my imaginary toolbox. I'll be taking a variety of classes and I'll have art education and drawing as a great starting point or something to fall back on.

One reason I originally didn't consider art education was because I felt that it wouldn't allow me to be creative. I can still be creative in my own work and I can be creative with solutions in the classroom.

In other news, I have been asked to do sketches/illustrations for a book, "Piccolo, the Gray Robe." As soon as I finish the book, I'll start the illustrations. It'll be a fun project and a good experience.