In my case at least, The Beatles had it wrong. Yesterday, did not in fact make my troubles seem far away. Yesterday actually gave me a lot of troubles. Today was much better.
Yesterday I woke up really early and drove to town to babysit. Yesterday my babysittees woke up really early. REALLY early. Yesterday I had a decrease in self-esteem. Yesterday I had dress-rehearsal, and a ballroom dress that my director did not like. Yesterday half the cast still did not know their lines. Yesterday the costume changes went horribly and took way too long, as did the scene changes. Yesterday I backed into a car leaving rehearsal. But after that, everything got better.
It was as if my horrible day just accumulated into that one horrible event, the worst of all, and then said "You know what? She's had enough. This is a wonderful climax to an awful day, she should be left alone now."
Yesterday, after leaving rehearsal, I went to Sonic with two friends, one of whom's parents own that Sonic, so he got me a free drink. A big free drink. Yesterday I drove to my grandparents with my big Sonic drink. Yesterday, at their house, I watched Friends with my Uncle and started laughing and feeling better. Yesterday I helped a friend with a summer assignment and then went to bed.
Today I woke up and went to babysit. Today my babysittees woke up 45 minutes before their mother got home, giving me time to relax and calm myself from the stress of yesterday. Today my babysittees mother informed me that her class is cancelled for tomorrow, so I get to sleep in. Today I went home and relaxed and didn't worry about the play. Today I finished a summer assignment that I had been worrying about, and I feel that I did pretty well on it. Today I got to blog all my troubles away. Today I am cooking dinner and having friends over to swim and just hang out with me. Today, undoubtedly, all my troubles seemed so far away.
So sorry McCartney and Lennon. Your song, at least this time, just didn't cut it for me.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Where Did the Weekend Go?
I woke up at 7:30, went to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, brushed my hair, straightened my hair, did my make-up, got dressed, put on shoes, grabbed my keys and script and dancing shoes, walked out the door, drove to town.
I went to church, went to my grandma's house for lunch, went to play rehearsal, went back to church, went to Mi Ran for dinner with my brother, went home.
I got online, went to my AP Lit teacher's wiki, checked the next summer assignment, did half, stressed over the other half, edited the first half about 30 times, checked my friends' assignments, started blogging.
And here I sit.
Church was lovely. Lunch was, as always, delicious. Play rehearsal was...hot. The stage was so hot, and I sweated like no other. We have our first performance on Friday, so today we did two complete run-throughs of the show, no stops, right after the other. There was some set-awkwardness and a skipping problem during one of the waltzes, but hey, it didn't go too horribly.
So was today better than the last? Well, actually... No. Sorry.
Yesterday, for the first time in ages, I slept in! Until 10:00! It was amazing. It was the first day in weeks that I didn't have to worry about babysitting or play rehearsal or some other accursed thing. I lazed around for a little while, caught up on my Facebook and Twitter, and watched a little House. Then my best friend Crist (no it's not pronounced "Christ") and my boyfriend Ty came over and had dinner and swam with my sister and me. I had a great, fun, relaxing day.
So if today wasn't better than the last, and least yesterday was better than the one before it!
I went to church, went to my grandma's house for lunch, went to play rehearsal, went back to church, went to Mi Ran for dinner with my brother, went home.
I got online, went to my AP Lit teacher's wiki, checked the next summer assignment, did half, stressed over the other half, edited the first half about 30 times, checked my friends' assignments, started blogging.
And here I sit.
Church was lovely. Lunch was, as always, delicious. Play rehearsal was...hot. The stage was so hot, and I sweated like no other. We have our first performance on Friday, so today we did two complete run-throughs of the show, no stops, right after the other. There was some set-awkwardness and a skipping problem during one of the waltzes, but hey, it didn't go too horribly.
So was today better than the last? Well, actually... No. Sorry.
Yesterday, for the first time in ages, I slept in! Until 10:00! It was amazing. It was the first day in weeks that I didn't have to worry about babysitting or play rehearsal or some other accursed thing. I lazed around for a little while, caught up on my Facebook and Twitter, and watched a little House. Then my best friend Crist (no it's not pronounced "Christ") and my boyfriend Ty came over and had dinner and swam with my sister and me. I had a great, fun, relaxing day.
So if today wasn't better than the last, and least yesterday was better than the one before it!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Exhaustion
I don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to babysit this summer. Every weekday, I wake up at 5:45, travel to town, and babysit until eleven. The dad works, the mom is taking a college class, the kids need someone to watch over them and make sure they brush their teeth and don't fight. And somehow, I got that job.
Not that I don't enjoy it. The kids are great. They never make me ask twice, I have yet to see them fight, and only one of them needs the occasional reminder to brush her teeth. But still, 5:45. It's pretty sad when I have to wake up earlier during the summer than I did for school. At least I'm getting paid.
After babysitting, I went to my grandparents house where I spent about an hour and a half reading the latest Sarah Dessen book. I simply CANNOT resist her novels. The characters, I can always relate to, the relationships, I fawn over. The books always find a way to speak to me, often about things I find myself having trouble with. Kudos, Sarah Dessen. Kudos.
After my reading adventure, I journeyed to Georgia's house, then on to Wal-Mart with her to purchase a birthday present for one of our closest friends, Ethan. He turns sixteen Saturday (watch out drivers!). He had an unbelievably atypical childhood. No typical toys, candies, books, and he's only seen about five movies. Seriously, he owns two movies, which he lost the actual discs to, so technically now he only owns two movie cases. Georgia and I decided to make him a Your Guide to a Normal Childhood gift basket. It includes: Sixteen Candles and The Austin Powers movies (movies that EVERYONE has seen), Where the Wild Things Are (the book), Bottle Caps and Gummy LifeSavers, a toy dinosaur, a Hot Wheels Car, and a T-Shirt that features every Mario Brothers character known to man. We find this gift basket to be one of the best presents we have ever assembled.
From this jaunt, I moved onto play rehearsal. We ran the first ten scenes of the play, and it didn't go horribly, I am happy to say. There were some awkward set transitions, but that's expected the first time, and we didn't actually do any of our dances... We just kind of skipped the, but we don't know them all yet. We're learning the rest Saturday. So far we've learned two waltzes and a hip-hop. We have to learn two discos. But tonight was actually a pretty good rehearsal, and I had a lot of fun.
So, without a doubt, this day was better than the last. :)
Not that I don't enjoy it. The kids are great. They never make me ask twice, I have yet to see them fight, and only one of them needs the occasional reminder to brush her teeth. But still, 5:45. It's pretty sad when I have to wake up earlier during the summer than I did for school. At least I'm getting paid.
After babysitting, I went to my grandparents house where I spent about an hour and a half reading the latest Sarah Dessen book. I simply CANNOT resist her novels. The characters, I can always relate to, the relationships, I fawn over. The books always find a way to speak to me, often about things I find myself having trouble with. Kudos, Sarah Dessen. Kudos.
After my reading adventure, I journeyed to Georgia's house, then on to Wal-Mart with her to purchase a birthday present for one of our closest friends, Ethan. He turns sixteen Saturday (watch out drivers!). He had an unbelievably atypical childhood. No typical toys, candies, books, and he's only seen about five movies. Seriously, he owns two movies, which he lost the actual discs to, so technically now he only owns two movie cases. Georgia and I decided to make him a Your Guide to a Normal Childhood gift basket. It includes: Sixteen Candles and The Austin Powers movies (movies that EVERYONE has seen), Where the Wild Things Are (the book), Bottle Caps and Gummy LifeSavers, a toy dinosaur, a Hot Wheels Car, and a T-Shirt that features every Mario Brothers character known to man. We find this gift basket to be one of the best presents we have ever assembled.
From this jaunt, I moved onto play rehearsal. We ran the first ten scenes of the play, and it didn't go horribly, I am happy to say. There were some awkward set transitions, but that's expected the first time, and we didn't actually do any of our dances... We just kind of skipped the, but we don't know them all yet. We're learning the rest Saturday. So far we've learned two waltzes and a hip-hop. We have to learn two discos. But tonight was actually a pretty good rehearsal, and I had a lot of fun.
So, without a doubt, this day was better than the last. :)
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Once Again...
Once again I have managed to trap myself in the soul-consuming world of theater... And I'm loving it.
Every summer my town's community theater does a fairytale, this year The Twelve Dancing Princesses, and I am Cornelia, the eldest. I dance the night away with my eleven sisters and a lot of princes, I have a repressive father who never lets me leave the house, and I end up finding the man of my dreams and getting engaged to be married. All in a day's work.
There are so many precious little kids in this play. Young princes and princesses and fairy waitresses (I don't get it either) and they are all so stinking adorable. Especially when they dance. Today at rehearsal we finished learning one of our dances, a Viennese Waltz. The tiny ones look so cute spinning around the stage. No one in the audience will even realize that the older performers actually know the complete dance and actually look legit because they'll be too busy fawning over the little ones. Lovely.
This has definitely been an adventure so far because well... I don't dance. Seriously, my only experience is random dance parties with my friends, prom, and what we did for Camelot. This is WAY harder. I have been practicing though! Let's hope I don't fall at any of the performances.
So besides play practice today I went to church, helped with the children's Bible Hour, and had a cookout at my house with my family beside the pool! It was great!
So, good day? Most definitely better than the last!
(P.S. Here's the link the my ePortfolio that I said I would post. Even though I still have no followers... Awkward. Maybe I would if I actually blogged a little more...)
Every summer my town's community theater does a fairytale, this year The Twelve Dancing Princesses, and I am Cornelia, the eldest. I dance the night away with my eleven sisters and a lot of princes, I have a repressive father who never lets me leave the house, and I end up finding the man of my dreams and getting engaged to be married. All in a day's work.
There are so many precious little kids in this play. Young princes and princesses and fairy waitresses (I don't get it either) and they are all so stinking adorable. Especially when they dance. Today at rehearsal we finished learning one of our dances, a Viennese Waltz. The tiny ones look so cute spinning around the stage. No one in the audience will even realize that the older performers actually know the complete dance and actually look legit because they'll be too busy fawning over the little ones. Lovely.
This has definitely been an adventure so far because well... I don't dance. Seriously, my only experience is random dance parties with my friends, prom, and what we did for Camelot. This is WAY harder. I have been practicing though! Let's hope I don't fall at any of the performances.
So besides play practice today I went to church, helped with the children's Bible Hour, and had a cookout at my house with my family beside the pool! It was great!
So, good day? Most definitely better than the last!
(P.S. Here's the link the my ePortfolio that I said I would post. Even though I still have no followers... Awkward. Maybe I would if I actually blogged a little more...)
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