What's This?

Hello out there!

Hi, my name is Diana.
I'm an American who lives in Washington, DC who will soon be moving to Derry, Northern Ireland.

I have been there only once in my life for a short week in which I saw very little of the place but the reason I am moving there is because of my soon-to-be husband. He is from there and absolutely cannot imagine raising a family anywhere else. I mean, I wouldn't want to raise kids in America right now either.

So here is the deal. I am setting up this blog as a way to "deal" with moving and adjusting to life in another country. I have heard that this is going to be extremely difficult....so I think a creative outlet (or at least somewhere I can bitch and my friends can keep up with me) would be a great idea!

It's definitely a new chapter in my life requiring it's own blogspace....and I hope that sometime in the future it would help others making such a move. Not that Americans move to Ireland very often...but maybe they do...or not just Americans. EVERYONE who has to take a giant step in their lives. A Giant, scary, intimidating step.

So, what made me decide to do this? I very dearly love and adore my fiancee and want to see him happy. We are getting married soon (still not date grr). So I'm not starting anything with the embassy's until we get that marriage certificate.

How do I plan to make money?

I am also an opera singer. I don't want to say professional yet...but I was pretty darn good when I graduated with my masters from Catholic University. I have a Masters Degree in Music and hope and strongly believe that artistically I will be happier in Ireland. I love teaching and currently have several piano and voice students and hope I will have as many over there as I do here. I hope to sing and teach and enjoy a slower life as a musician. I WILL sing more opera once I get settled. That is one of the goals. The first step is getting my butt to an audition! If anyone reading this knows of any resources for over there...PLEASE hook me up.

Anyway, I hope someone reads this someday. It's okay if nobody ever does, because it's kinda just therapeutic at this point.

Until later!