process of elimination
1 1/2 weeks of camp down...7 1/2 to go...
surprisingly...despite my panic to get activities together for this week, time is flying by and i'm not as stressed about things as i thought i would be.
i really, really, truly LOVE my job. nothing is more exciting than knowing that i've found the job i am meant to do for the rest of my life...and getting to do it on a small scale for a whole summer - before i'm even half way done with earning my bachelor's degree.
yesterday, the 5-6 group was really rowdy during their class and towards the end of the period, i announced that i was ending it early because they were out of control and simply weren't trying to listen (it was probably 5 minutes short of pure noise-chaos)...so their counselors' took on a harsh tone and marched them back to their classroom.
...later on, one of their counselors found me and said that her group had something they wanted to give me...something that they made for me. i was immediately shocked and surprised...and when i got to their room, someone handed me a giant card that said "We are sorry" on the cover, surrounded by lots of little drawings in crayon. several kids rushed over to demand that i look at what they drew on the front :)...then i opened the card and the counselors had written each reason why they were sorry (for the kids) and then had them write their names under the respective reasons for why they were each sorry for being badly behaved during music.
i was so overwhelmed with the unexpectedness of it, the excitement of the kids (thrilled that they had made something and were presenting it to me), the incredible feeling i got from knowing that the kids really like me and were sorry...i fought the tearing that begged at my eyes :P
...i've always said i see myself teaching high school...but who knows...things could change...especially since i know no 10th graders would ever color me a picture :P
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rewind for a minute...
thursday, after two weeks of me pestering her, syd decided to tell me she couldn't go to the blue note on friday because she had work.
so...i was left with just my mom. don't get me wrong - it was great to go with my mom and i had a blast - but i was really looking forward to hanging out with syd and having her and my mom meet. so much for that.
anyway...we went to see the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, led by Slide Hampton, featuring James Moody. the band was INCREDIBLE...despite our terrible seats (behind the piano player, to the right of the band stand - couldn't see a thing...thank goodness the club has mirror pieces on all the walls :P) ...AND...GARY SMULYAN was the bari player! when i'd looked at the roster of players, gary's name wasn't there, so i wasn't expecting him to be there!...but when slide announced his name after he took a solo, i was ecstatic. even though gary isn't my favorite bari player, it was such an honor to meet him, shake his hand, and talk to him about playing bari.
meeting james moody was FANTASTIC! ^_^ he was so cute and nice and when he took a picture with me, he pulled me close as if we were best friends :P ...also, i talked to slide and told him about elon...he said he'd love to hear our jazz band sometime :)
saturday, i had wonderful town rehearsal from 10-2, then drove down to mt kisco for bridget's grad party. i got to chat and catch up with rebecca zuckerman, dave wollin, and reis...and got to see pammy and peri before they had to leave. yayyy bridget :P
then i went to the kisco train station (...well..i tried to get there...half failed...then EVENTUALLY got there, lol...) to pick up MAX! wooooo :) after i got him we drove to peri's house and helped her clean up a little more. we got a little side-tracked watching jurrasic park (because jessica and her friends were watching it). i was sooo excited to finally meet brett! he's such a cutie and he was lots of fun to hang out with.
for the first time in forever, all of PaPeKlS and SACD were together at one time! it was so great and refreshing to see everyone again...especially lizzyb and bettina. playing twister on the wet grass was ridiculous but so much fun :)
finally, max and i made our exit to start our trek home...
sunday, i woke up and realized i had a fever (of 99.2 - not too bad, but a fever nonetheless). yuck. i'd had a sore throat the day before, but had denied the possibility that i might be sick. so i took it easy before heading off to wonderful town rehearsal. call was at 12...but apparently there was a music man rehearsal (which half our cast is involved in) so i ended up sitting around for 2 hours waiting for the rest of the cast to get there. got out of rehearsal early, so i drove home and fixed myself some dinner before i had to go to cold stone...only i checked my facebook wall only to find a comment saying that the brookfield cold stone (the one where i had my shift that night) was closed for good...sooo i didn't have work!...my boss called me shortly after i found out and she said she'd keep me on to work at the danbury store still. i was thrilled because i was so nervous i was going to lose the job since i have little to no availability for the next two weeks (because of wonderful town) and she already has so many workers and crew leaders!...but she's keeping me! yay! :)
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i've been growing fond of "america's next top model," and "legally blonde: the search for the next elle woods," ...and (guilty pleasure!) "shot at love" haha...man, i should never watch tv... :P
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so, it's finally july.
month and half left...
i'm really missing what it felt like to glow after seeing him smile at me...
-kfay
surprisingly...despite my panic to get activities together for this week, time is flying by and i'm not as stressed about things as i thought i would be.
i really, really, truly LOVE my job. nothing is more exciting than knowing that i've found the job i am meant to do for the rest of my life...and getting to do it on a small scale for a whole summer - before i'm even half way done with earning my bachelor's degree.
yesterday, the 5-6 group was really rowdy during their class and towards the end of the period, i announced that i was ending it early because they were out of control and simply weren't trying to listen (it was probably 5 minutes short of pure noise-chaos)...so their counselors' took on a harsh tone and marched them back to their classroom.
...later on, one of their counselors found me and said that her group had something they wanted to give me...something that they made for me. i was immediately shocked and surprised...and when i got to their room, someone handed me a giant card that said "We are sorry" on the cover, surrounded by lots of little drawings in crayon. several kids rushed over to demand that i look at what they drew on the front :)...then i opened the card and the counselors had written each reason why they were sorry (for the kids) and then had them write their names under the respective reasons for why they were each sorry for being badly behaved during music.
i was so overwhelmed with the unexpectedness of it, the excitement of the kids (thrilled that they had made something and were presenting it to me), the incredible feeling i got from knowing that the kids really like me and were sorry...i fought the tearing that begged at my eyes :P
...i've always said i see myself teaching high school...but who knows...things could change...especially since i know no 10th graders would ever color me a picture :P
---------------------
rewind for a minute...
thursday, after two weeks of me pestering her, syd decided to tell me she couldn't go to the blue note on friday because she had work.
so...i was left with just my mom. don't get me wrong - it was great to go with my mom and i had a blast - but i was really looking forward to hanging out with syd and having her and my mom meet. so much for that.
anyway...we went to see the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, led by Slide Hampton, featuring James Moody. the band was INCREDIBLE...despite our terrible seats (behind the piano player, to the right of the band stand - couldn't see a thing...thank goodness the club has mirror pieces on all the walls :P) ...AND...GARY SMULYAN was the bari player! when i'd looked at the roster of players, gary's name wasn't there, so i wasn't expecting him to be there!...but when slide announced his name after he took a solo, i was ecstatic. even though gary isn't my favorite bari player, it was such an honor to meet him, shake his hand, and talk to him about playing bari.
meeting james moody was FANTASTIC! ^_^ he was so cute and nice and when he took a picture with me, he pulled me close as if we were best friends :P ...also, i talked to slide and told him about elon...he said he'd love to hear our jazz band sometime :)
saturday, i had wonderful town rehearsal from 10-2, then drove down to mt kisco for bridget's grad party. i got to chat and catch up with rebecca zuckerman, dave wollin, and reis...and got to see pammy and peri before they had to leave. yayyy bridget :P
then i went to the kisco train station (...well..i tried to get there...half failed...then EVENTUALLY got there, lol...) to pick up MAX! wooooo :) after i got him we drove to peri's house and helped her clean up a little more. we got a little side-tracked watching jurrasic park (because jessica and her friends were watching it). i was sooo excited to finally meet brett! he's such a cutie and he was lots of fun to hang out with.
for the first time in forever, all of PaPeKlS and SACD were together at one time! it was so great and refreshing to see everyone again...especially lizzyb and bettina. playing twister on the wet grass was ridiculous but so much fun :)
finally, max and i made our exit to start our trek home...
sunday, i woke up and realized i had a fever (of 99.2 - not too bad, but a fever nonetheless). yuck. i'd had a sore throat the day before, but had denied the possibility that i might be sick. so i took it easy before heading off to wonderful town rehearsal. call was at 12...but apparently there was a music man rehearsal (which half our cast is involved in) so i ended up sitting around for 2 hours waiting for the rest of the cast to get there. got out of rehearsal early, so i drove home and fixed myself some dinner before i had to go to cold stone...only i checked my facebook wall only to find a comment saying that the brookfield cold stone (the one where i had my shift that night) was closed for good...sooo i didn't have work!...my boss called me shortly after i found out and she said she'd keep me on to work at the danbury store still. i was thrilled because i was so nervous i was going to lose the job since i have little to no availability for the next two weeks (because of wonderful town) and she already has so many workers and crew leaders!...but she's keeping me! yay! :)
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i've been growing fond of "america's next top model," and "legally blonde: the search for the next elle woods," ...and (guilty pleasure!) "shot at love" haha...man, i should never watch tv... :P
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so, it's finally july.
month and half left...
i'm really missing what it felt like to glow after seeing him smile at me...
-kfay