This morning began entirely too early for me! I had a very restless night and was not looking forward to being up at 7:30 AM, and when it did arrive I was not a happy camper. I had to be at the theatre by 8:15 to meet Mr. R.L. to head to Stages of Wonder at Woodside Elementary this morning. I was not in the best of moods either, and the early morning call was not helping. We arrived at the school at about 8:40 for our 8:50 class. I was doing my best to perk myself up and get it together to teach. Once the students came in I was in better spirits and a little more ready to work.
Our first class was fourth grade. We began as always with the introductions and the rules. The 4th and 5th graders get two class periods with us, so we will be seeing them later this week as well. We then went through the magic hat exercise. I feel like the students always like that one, it's really good warm-up before diving into the other exercises. First Mr. R.L. had the hat, then to me, and then Walter Albert (credit to the the 5th grade of Woodside and Mr. R.L. :)), which became the magic hats name by the end of the day went back in the box.
Next up sound and movement. We were able to go around twice with all the classes. One normal paced round, and then one super fast lightening round! Being timed, of course, we tried to get through the lightening round as quick as possible! After our first set of fourth graders we had another set, and then fifth graders to end the day. We had a small break between the second and last class, and I chose to get some reading done.
I finished The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds yesterday and began Three Tall Women today. Being slightly familiar with Edward Albee form studying The Zoo Story freshman year I was excited to read this play. So far I really like it. The three women A, B, and C are so witty and it's interesting to see their relationships unfold. They are all of different ages, and their interaction is very comical thus far. I feel like I will be finished this one sooner rather than later :)
After classes I returned to the office and to my patron list! I managed to get through all of what was left! I still have some pages that Ms. Denise had set aside, but as of right now the list is finished! (YES!) Between working on the list, I took to the stage to practice my monologues. Again, I had the Liberty to myself, and of course ended the monologue work with a few musical numbers to warm myself up. Once Mr. John had returned from lunch we recorded the monologues to send to school. He said it went really well. I was so happy with the comments he gave, he said he saw range and arch, and he got to see different sides of me in the monologues. Exactly what I was going for! When Ms. Denise returns I'm anxious to get her input on them as well. I'm sure as a new pair of eyes she will have something to offer to improve on as well :)
Tomorrow and or sometime this week, I will make my way to storage. I have stages the next two days and then again on Friday. Ms. Annie will be working with me in storage and she is going to be able to work on Friday. I'm thinking I should get a jump on it and head over there on Thursday when I don't have stages if not before. (procrastination at its best) I really need to work on that. I need to get in serious clean mode ASAP. As my family will tell you though, as I did when I was little "I wasn't born to clean, I was born to have fun!" Welcome to the real world, you got to do what you got to do! Besides, I'll be able to jam to my iPod while I work so it really will not be that bad.
I have Stages again tomorrow afternoon, and maybe some time in storage. Hopefully I'll be feeling ambitious tomorrow morning or afternoon. Until tomorrow...
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