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| Quiet... too quiet...Huh... after an insane week where I've been Chief Gopher and Grand Poo-Bah to everyone I come in contact with, I have this quiet day at home. All by myself. With only my own work to do. And no distractions to keep me from doing it.
And it's driving me INSANE!!!!
Not really. But it is strange. So this morning I walked to the library and picked up the next Campion book. Sigh. I'm so incredibly hooked. Then I watched a Campion while I was making a bell-boy hat. I think I've figured out the process... which is good, because Shaun's going to take one look at it and go, "I was thinking red... not black." But black was the fabric I had on hand. So it's black right now. But with a quarter yard of the right material, and another Cheerios box, I can make another one, no prob.
And now I'm working on grading papers. You know... those things that I've had sitting around here for a month and haven't really thought about? Papers. Yup. Four of 'em. And actually it's going quite quickly. I just have a VERY short attention span. Hence the second update to my blog in... less than a week! Yikes!
Anyway... I've got two more papers to grade... a book calling my name... and a beautiful day I thought I'd take a walk in. Not to mention that sometime soon I need to write the lives of Daniel, Ruth, Elijah and Nehemiah... each complete in 15 minutes and for three actors. Ha! Esther went really well... but is 20 minutes long! How do I cut it when it's UBER tight already? AND I've got Louisiana Smith lines to learn... a leather jacket to buy (in June????)... and a Bible Study to prepare for Monday. Hmmmmm... maybe some time to myself isn't such a bad thing after all.
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| So much to do...Sunday morning I got to help man and decorate the Kids' Camp table at church. Wild.
Sunday afternoon I went over to Crystal's where they had an invasion and skit practice. Exhausting.
Then Monday was a long day of Goodwill shopping and Louisiana Smith practice. Long.
And, of course, Crystal and I stayed up Really Late (4:30 a.m.) that night talking. Silly.
Tuesday we didn't do much... and then talked with her parents for a while. Relaxing.
Wednesday we got Act V of Louisiana Smith! Exciting!!!
And it was also the last night of Bible Club. Chaos.
Today was piano lessons. Painful.
But I also got to go to Powells and buy books today. Joyful!
Today I also spontaneously went costume shopping with Shaun. Enlightening.
Then I went over to my best friend's house to deliver envelopes for her wedding invitations, and stayed for an hour and a half playing hymns on the piano. De-stress-ifying.
The rest of this week I have various projects... most of which I don't know about yet. Worrying.
I feel like I'm On Call for three different people/projects -- Deb's wedding, dress shopping, Louisiana Smith, Shopping with Shaun, Kids' Camp, conference publicity... wait, that's more than three.... Potentially stressful.
(Shaun just called me to ask if I wanted a 6 foot or 8 foot bull whip. ?????)
There's more... but I'm going to go run lines and paper mache! Insane.
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Classics for Children
By Martin Hoherman, Leo Litwin, Nigel Coxe, Samuel Lipman, Eileen Farrell, Eubie Blake, Benjamin Britten, George Gershwin, Charles Gounod, Percy Grainger, Edvard Grieg, Richard Hayman, Frank Loesser, Camille Saint-Saens, Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
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What a week!Well... it's Wednesday. A week ago the Western ended. It was fun... and I'm SO glad it's over.
Yesterday my writing classes ended. I'm going to miss them, even though they were a TON of work. I love each of my students... and want to figure out how I can keep encouraging them in their writing. Maybe writers groups starting in... oh, I don't know... August? when life slows down? HA!
But as I wrapped up classes this year (and I still have papers to grade, so I'm not DONE done), I realized that it's time to start thinking about the future. What am I going to do next year? Aaaaaahhhhh!!!!! I have no idea. What I'd LOVE to do would be some kind of literature class -- something where we read whole things and good things -- something where I can encourage students to ENJOY reading AND think while they're doing it. The problem is, I don't really have ANY kind of formal training on literature. I've just read a lot. Sigh.
But then there was today. Louisiana Smith practice and Bible Club. Whew! I really started almost freaking out about how much there is to do for L.S. ... and how SHORT a time we have to do it in. Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! It will happen, I have no doubt... but how and when and how dead we'll all be when we're done... that's another story.
And Bible Club tonight was fun, because I got to roam around taking pictures.  Happy day. Put a camera in my hands, and I'm happy.
I'm also happy because I really love working with this group of people. Rachel, Danielle, Crystal, Shaun, Marc, Tony, Emily, etc. etc. etc... it's really good. I think I missed REALLY working with everyone while I was doing the Western. I mean, I was with a different (but slightly overlapping) group the whole time... and now things are more back to "normal." HA! Normal! Shaun and I are going to do another installment of the Friendship Co. in a couple weeks. Hardly "normal"!  Well..... for Shaun's room....
And then a BUNCH (I might almost say a "gang"?) of us went out to Baskin-Robbins for 31 cent scoop night. There wasn't any place to really even stand inside, so we went out to Marc's truck and "tailgated." It was hilariously fun. Probably a dozen of us sitting around in the back of a truck... freezing... eating ice cream... laughing.... GOOD memories!
But I'm babbling now.
OH!!! Shaun and I get to go on a shopping spree for Kids Camp!!! We get to find "durable" decorations... and spend $200 doing it! Happy day.
Which reminds me -- I still have to go to the bank and do a bunch of stuff that didn't happen today. Sigh.....
But right now sleep needs to happen. Tomorrow is piano lessons and swing dancing... Friday I'm driving to Seattle, coming home Monday or Tuesday... who knows... then there's the PA trip... and there's the next two weeks -- GONE! And half the month of May, while we're at it. So much for plans to make Timmy a baby quilt this month.... I'll be sewing L.S. costumes... shopping... spending money... etc. Yikes. Where am I going to get the money? And gas just keeps going up!!!!
Bed, Katie. Go to bed. Now. ...........
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| The insane pace of lifeI've long said I enjoy teaching piano lessons because I've done it long enough now that I could do it in my sleep. Today I proved that I was right. I was SO tired that Marc had to say, "hey!" four times before I realized he was walking down the hall behind me and talking to me. I was so tired, my students started pointing out their own fingering mistakes to me.
Why, you ask, was I so tired?
All I can attribute it to is the Insane Pace of Life. Seriously. No sooner do I end one project than another rears it's ugly head. All week I've been trying to live One Day at a Time... and often forgetting what day it is! Ack! I can't forget that I need these props for the Western... that's still 36 hours away... and I have two other things to think about in the meantime. Ack! I need to figure out what I'm making for tea... that is 48 hours away... and I have a Western, piano lessons and swing dance lessons in between. Chill!
Seriously... Monday was working on getting ready for Tuesday... and then there was FMA in the evening, for which I made gelato! Tuesday I had two classes... and all the prep and fun that come along with them... and then Bible Study in the evening. I nearly fell asleep in an almost-perfect-stranger's house! Wednesday I had all sorts of stuff to get ready for the Western in the evening... then the first rehearsal for Louisiana Smith... then the Western to set up, rehearse, put on and clean up after. Today, Thursday, I had to drag my exhausted body out of bed and teach piano lessons all day. THEN (brilliant idea, Katie!) I went to swing dance lessons with a bunch of friends. It was a lot of fun... but on top of an exhausting week... it probably wasn't incredibly wise. Tomorrow I have tons of projects at home -- final things to finish up for my Writing classes, graphic design projects for clients who actually want to pay me money (shock!), tea stuff to bake/cook/whatever, tea in the evening.... Saturday I wanted to go to a friend's musical she wrote... and I have all those projects that I didn't get done tomorrow to do... ... ...
... and the list goes on and on and on. And that's just this week!
That's after Dad and I spent 60 hours in New Mexico last weekend helping them with their conference. And Dad's in Boston this weekend... and in a couple more weeks we all go to Pennsylvania.
But the Western is done. Finally. It was really good. And I think it actually taught the kids something. I hope. I pray! Half the staff was telling me they'll never be able to read Psalm 37 without thinking of it any more. Good. I didn't want to be the only one! When Dad gets home, he'll put together a DVD for us! Happy, happy day! I'm really looking forward to seeing it. I want to get John and Ryan and me together and do an audio commentary. We have some BIZARRE "outtakes"... and a Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of the credits.
And Louisiana Smith is starting up... and it's going to be a real crunch to get it ready in time... but I think we'll do it. We all laughed HILARIOUSLY at the read-through of the first 3 acts. Shaun did a good job casting.
And I've been asked to teach a week of Kids Camp this summer... probably the same kind of drama/lesson combo thing. I have no idea what I'm going to do.....
But I have a big day tomorrow... and a big day the next day... and a big day the day after.... you get the idea.
So that's my life lately. And if you haven't seen me or heard from me in a while... it's probably because I'm buried under a pile of papers and projects... or just plain MIA.
Whew! I gotta go to bed......
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| Exhaustion and Weddings...I spent 12 hours today frosting a wedding cake with my best friend. I'm exhausted. For the first half, we mostly traded off, with me doing most of the icing, and her doing most of the making the frosting. Then, for the second half, I made the frosting exclusively... which meant hours of sifting powdered sugar, measuring things into the mixer, mixing, scooping, and sifting more powdered sugar. Yikes. I know what I'm going to be dreaming about tonight!
On top of that, I got to hear my best friend talk about her own wedding plans. While she doesn't have a ring yet, it's fairly certain that she will be getting married early July. That will make June a little more hectic for me than I had originally planned... but that's OK. She IS my best friend, after all, and I wouldn't miss being there to help her for the world. Besides... I get to go shopping for a pretty cobalt blue dress!
I'm really excited for her -- Really REALLY excited. There is a little part of me that feels left out, like she's going somewhere I can't go. But, hey! It's OK. As I was trying to explain to my mom tonight, it's not that I'm jealous, because I don't want what she has, and I don't want her not to have it -- I just wonder when my time will come.
But timing is really what it's all about -- God's timing. Even as much as I want a guy in my life, I don't want it if it's not God's time for me. And I know that when it IS God's timing... it will be absolutely amazing.
But I have to get to bed. On top of transporting and putting together the wedding cake tomorrow, Dad and I have sound at church in the morning. Don't I lead a fun life?
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