Hey Everyone...I Need Some Advice

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Hey everyone...Hopefully I'll get some ideas as to what you all think. I've recently been lucky enough to get hired at a company I used to intern at during college. I graduated last August and I never had any problem finding a job, very luckily. The first job I had right out of college wasn't anything related to my field of study but it did pay the bills and allowed me to move out on my own. I was at that company for exactly 6 months and then the place I'm at now got in touch with me and offered me a position. Of course I was very excited because this new job was related (in some way) to my degree and it had better benefits and also better pay. I left my first job on good terms and all that jazz and started the new one very excited and hopeful. It turned out to not be exactly as I was hoping. The work was mostly pencil-pushing and paperwork, yada yada. The office was very small and the people were very clique-like. I tried to push past all of that because of the pay and benefits. Then just a month into working there, they cut everyone's pay. It was a blow to me, because even though I was making more than my first job, it was still less than everyone else at the new company. So the pay cut hurt me more than anyone else. Still, the benefits were great (when I say benefits I mean the medical). Over time, I know that the relationship with my co-workers will get better so that is not so much the issue anymore. But I'm not content with my current situation. I'm a very creative person, and though I'm very capable at an office position, I'm not interested in it anymore. I want to interact with people on a more personal level and have recently seriosuly considered teaching children elementary. I thought about the teaching gig because my b/f is a music teacher and I do singing/songwriting and I wanted those summers and breaks to work on my passion. Now, I'm considering leaving my new job. I've been here about 3 months. And my boss, the guy who hired me, went out of his way to get me into this office. He even set up the internship for me because he was impressed with me when we met at a Career Fair. As unhappy as I am doing this, I feel bad about possible leaving this new company, mainly because of my boss, who hired me, and because I do help out A LOT with all of the paperwork. I know that they will be able to find someone is this day an age but I know that it costs money to train new people. SO I got in touch with my college and set them my resume about being an Area Director for the Housing Dept on campus. I'm not even sure I'll be offered the position but I was told they would contact me for an interview. I like the idea of that sort of job because of the interaction I'd have with people on a personal level and I'd live where I work and wouldn't have to pay rent, cable, electric, meal plan, etc. I'm sure my pay would be a lot less as a Resident Director or Area Director but I'd be paying less on those ammenities. So now I'm torn, I have an apprasial meeting soon with my boss and I want to tell him about the possibilty of me leaving but I definitely won't do that because I'll be screwed if I don't get the RD/AD position. But then again, I'd feel bad if I left my current company after they gave me this job in the first place. HELP! :( Any ideas or thoughts?