I'm so stressed that I can't think. My head hurts, my stomach hurts, and my feet are killing me. First, my kids' concert is tomorrow night. So, I offered make-up lessons during three periods today. So many kids showed up that I ended up teaching 5 sections of chorus on top of my general music class. So I'm exhausted from that. My kids' grades ( Read more... )

So the last week since my birthday has been absolutely INSANE. I had an interview at Baldwin Middle School for a tenure-track chorus position (the day before my birthday), and the initial interview went well. I was called back for a second group interview for last Thursday, and on Friday they said that they want me to come back for a demo. I ( Read more... )

Ah, the music major geekiness in me never dies.

It's been an awesome birthday thus far. I'm 23 today! Woot!!!

My kids got me roses for my birthday!!!! And not even the ones who are good all the time!!!

Dinner with the girls, and then an evening out with Greg.

Life is really wonderful right now.

...vacation ends. And I've officially decided that the end of vacation is harder on the teachers than it is on the students.

Awesome weekend - but too tired to write and too much crap to do.

Again, it's been a busy, busy week. Last Monday, I got a very bitchy call from the woman who's place I'm filling over in Freeport. She was chewing me out for things she was hearing secondhand and none of them were true, and it really really hurt. Especailly because I'd had such a good singing day with the kids that day. After I stopped crying ( Read more... )

Quite a lot has happened in the last ten days. On the 9th, I went with my dad and stepmom to my cousin Lauren's wedding in Philadelphia. It was wonderful - I hadn't seen my cousins in a long time, and I had a great time there. My little cousins have gotten so big - and it was great to see the older ones too. I also talked with my aunt who works ( Read more... )

You know, you think when pay $160 for highlights, a hair cut and blowout, the hairdresser would get it right!!!

So...Staten Island was hell. I mean it. Hell. And I'm through with it. Freeport called me yesterday (the good part of freeport) and asked me to come in for an interview. So I did. And was once again, hired on the spot. I'm getting a better vibe in that school, and I hope it is better than Staten Island. Then again, ANYTHING would be better ( Read more... )

Well, that's not COMPLETELY true. I just have no furniture in my room. Yesterday, Aaron and I busted up the white mica furniture and took it outside. As I write, the floor guys are here sprucing up the pretty wood floor that was underneath the nasty carpet. And tomorrow, I get to move the rest of the new furniture back into the room. Yay ( Read more... )

So I had the interview at Staten Island I.S. 61. It's a typical city school except for one fact - each of the kids had to AUDITION to get into the school's various arts programs. For a music teacher like myself, that is fabulous - it means that the kids WANT to be at my subject. So I interviewed and and an impromptu piano audition (scary!!!), ( Read more... )