Well it is that time. It is the last Monday of the term. And this term is the glorious one that ends with Good Friday - so people, there is 4 days between us and the holidays. And for the rest of the world - you can get on board too as it IS Easter this weekend, which means you get 4 days off too! Woohoo!
OK, what is on top this morning. Well, technically I am day two into a 5 day week as I was at school yesterday for 5 hours trying (and failing) to get on top of department admin, and also attending a extra curricular tech rehearsal. It was actually quite refreshing. I moan, moan moan about having to go to these things. As because, well, it is really hard to feel enthusiastic about attending a rehearsal when every last bit of energy I have is taken up during school hours. Also because I have an hour commute to get to my school which is not anyone else's problem but mine, but sometimes I am not extra enthused about doing an extra 2 hours of driving and petrol donation during the week. Anyway...moan over. Because, even though I found yesterday really tiring. I also found it refreshing as it tapped into that thing in my core which loves getting performance ready. Which gets uber excited when performers get in front of lights, and the sound track is pumping through the entire auditorium rather than just the speakers in the corner of the classroom. It also gives students that extra bit of ooomph that you have been trying to instill in them for the past three weeks using nothing but your tired, screachy and worn out voice.
So, extra curricular projects do have such a valuable place. And it is so exciting to get them to this point. I have to pay credit here to the arts director at the school I work at. (She is also a drama teacher and her approach and 'coolness' is inspiring to me in more ways than one - but I think that is the title of another blog) Her control over the entire event yesterday was amazing and totally took the weight off my own shoulders for the small contribution me and my juniors are making. It is really important in these situations to acknowledge the personnel that support you and enable things to happen.
My drive for this week is to merely try and keep going. My limited experience in this career reminds me that the penultimate week is always harder than the final one as once you get to this stage the end really is in sight. The keep going theme - is to keep harboring away at the marking piles and the planning projects I have on, as I don't want them to overwhelm my break. I think it is a fact that they'll make an appearance somewhere, hoping just not everywhere.
Pretty much an internal dialogue of rambling this morning. If it makes sense to anyone else - choice. If not, no drama....over and out! Happy Monday. Counting down.....
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