like woody guthrie sang

so long good been to know you

now that i've told the proletariat and the administration i can post that i am going back to school full time next year at UTSA. i have accepted a position as a graduate assistant to work with the concert bands, basketball pep bands and to develop the marching band which will debut in 2010 along with the football program. my excitement is balanced by a little uncertainty regarding the graduate student lifestyle: little income and a pile of debt (chuck i'm sure you are playing the worlds smallest fiddle for me). its been a good run here but without a doubt it is time to move to civilization.