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I’m meeting with the principal in less than half an hour to discuss next year. As in whether or not I’m coming back next year. I’m going to throw up. Prayers and happy thoughts are thoroughly welcome right now.

…wait are you serious. I made more money than you at my shitty summer job at a university lab which was basically washing glassware and holding things for people. $10 per hour. How. Why. AGH.

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IT. SUCKS. SO. MUCH.

In each pay period I:

-tutor (10 hours)

-work the afterschool care program (13 hours)

-assist the music teacher (6 hours)

-teach my theater arts class (10 hours)

-work in the library (10 hours)

This comes out to 53 hours of work per pay period.

So yeah, a bit less than $5 an hour.

This does not include rehearsals, which is between 6 and 9 additional hours per week (or 12 to 18 hours per pay period). I am not paid for directing, as it is assumed to be part of my theatre arts class. Oh, and that doesn’t include the Saturday rehearsals.

If I added in the rehearsal time to include hours I actually work, I would make about $4 an hour.

Raurgh.

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oh my lord I’m proctoring SAT tests and I have to drink a ton of water because I have to read so much stuff but now I really have to pee and I don’t get another break for an hour please pray for my bladder.

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This is how I teach Hamlet.

And might I add how proud I am that I did all of this from memory? I guess it helps that I’ve studied Hamlet approximately eighty bajillion times. But I just have so much fun explaining it, because the kids are all like “dude, Shakespeare’s boring” and I’m like “HOW CAN IT BE BORING?! LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED!!”

Molly Hooper

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11/26/12
My students decided that they wanted to dress up like fun things this week, and they picked today was Sherlock Day. My contribution was a measly attempt at Molly Hooper- a cardigan reminiscent of a lab coat and a ponytail.

At least they seemed happy!

And speaking of my students, that’s where I’ve been for the past month! I just finished a production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and boy, is my brain broken. It was a fantastic experience and my kids did a wonderful job, but it ate up all of my time. But now I have some time to breathe, and I can get back to doing things other than costume fittings and fight choreography rehearsals. It was a great idea to schedule the play right before Thanksgiving, because it gave me plenty of time to relax over the break. I literally spent my entire vacation (since I didn’t have access to the car) sitting around and writing. Marvelous!

But anyways…

I absolutely love this dress! One of my favorite bloggers had a clean-out-my-closet sale, and I snapped this one up immediately. It still had the tags on and everything! I’m looking forward to wearing it in the summer without a cardi or tights, but I couldn’t help but wear it now.

Dress: Modcloth Paint Life Grand Dress (Jack by BB Dakota)
Cardigan: Old Navy
Tights: Hue via eBay
Shoes: Keds via eBay

Nail Polish: none!
Perfume of the Day: Bath and Body Works Black Amethyst

emerging from the depths of hell week!

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I don’t know if anyone ever reads this, but I vanished off the face of the earth for a while. But it was for a very good reason!

I just finished my first show with my sweet students! They did an amazing job with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and I’m so incredibly proud that it’s pretty much unbelievable.

But now I’m in that exhausted post show haze. My back hurts, my body is still trying to process excessive amounts of caffeine (yikes!) , and I have a bruised lump the size of Chicago on my forearm.

So I’m going to go back to dozing off while watching SNL on Netflix!