Thursday morning my junior orchestra had their Breakfast with the Orchestra concert. Basically, it's a mini concert to show the parents what all the terribly dying cat noises and leading up to and what exactly theyre learning. We had a TERRIBLE rehearsal on Tuesday and I was worried they were going to bomb miserably. luckily, the old saying is true: A bad dress rehearsal will give you a good performance. They were great! I cannot be prouder of my students. It really reminded me why I wanted to teach strings. I almost cried lol. I had to talk about the different skills we were working on for each piece and showed off all of the different instruments with different things we can do with our instruments. It was a good concert. Not a lot of parents showed up, I think mainly because this was the 3rd date to have the concert (I had to reschedule due to snow twice). I probably should have had the rest of the fourth grade who aren't in orchestra and the fourth grade teachers come down to watch, but I thought they were testing (but apparently it has been postponed due to my concert...no one told me) so oh well! not a lot of audience members. The principal, assistance principals and 2/3 of my bosses from ETM were there to watch and they were impressed :) Overall, I'm a happy beginner orchestra teacher!
The other great news about my school is that my principal decided to order the risers I desperately need! with the tax and everything the cost is between $3,000-$4,000 (that's the cheapest I could find), but luckily she believes that they are needed and we will find the storage space for them since they fold up. win for my department! whoo! I'm still going to hold my fundraiser in April and do another fundraiser online through donorschoose.org to get some extra money and to buy a rack for the stands (right now my poor custodians have to move them manually and its a pain in the ass). Things are looking up for me at my school.
I'm still overly exhausted each night. It's so difficult to finish everything I need to finish. I had high hopes I would be able to work out every night, but it's just not going to happen. By the time I acutally get home, it's usually close to 7, sometimes later. By that time, I need to eat because my lunch is so early in the morning at work. My goal for next week is to workout Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I'm also going to cancel my gym membership and workout at home. I can never get to the gym and go to the classes I want to go to. I hate walking on the treadmill (I can't run because of my knee) and I really haven't made any friends since I started working out there a year ago. I'm wasting $16 each month, basically. Maybe over the summer I will go back, but right now it's not worth it. I'm just too tired at night. I really never thought teaching was THIS much work. I've never worked harder in my life. I've never been this tired at the end of the day. I've never had so much work to do all the time (and lots of little things). People really don't understand what teachers really do until theyre a teacher themselves. Some days, I'm glad and excited to teach and other days, I wish I could curl up in a ball and never leave my bed. I'm sure it's like this for other professions as well, but this is the profession I'm in so that's what I can talk about. Hopefully in the next few years, I'll get a better routine going and actually be able to enjoy my evenings without falling asleep at 8:30 on the couch.
alright im going to go see if sleepy fiance is up. he got to go into work late today, so hes hanging out in bed. later! (i think i need a new sign off...this one just doesnt feel right to me anymore...)
~mana~
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