The Joys of Braces 2

In the past three days, I've had to relearn how to talk and sing three times. Yes, I could still sing. Yes, I could still talk. It was a matter of not wanting to make interesting noises or accidentally emitting saliva while doing so.

I love having braces. I honestly do. But I will cheer the day they come off of my teeth. :-) And I will eat lots of caramel. ;-)

Just thought the world should know my plans for the future and whinings of today.

Can You Believe I Forgot to Title This Blog Post?? ;)

So, the last performance went well and the audience cheered as usual. What is it about making people laugh ... and cry, as the case may be... that is so happy? :-) All I know is that it is so fulfilling when I hear people laugh about something I think is hilarious. And I love it when a beautiful moment comes and they are so silent you could hear a pin drop.

Did you know that improvisations can be painfully awkward or terribly funny? ;-)

But the show has ended. It seems like the time has simply flown by... what happened to the days when I was so mixed up that I didn't know where to stand or half the words to the songs (the half is debatable... Lol!) or the names of the other cast members? On Wednesday, it is supposed to begin all over again. The Dickens festival in Carlyle always includes a Christmas play and I fully intend to be part of it. :-)

But what else is happening today? Well, my job at Dairy Queen begins. Another answer to prayer. I have been counseled by people I trust to find a second job. This will accomplish several things: earn extra income for those rainy days, meet new people and gain working experience. I have a semi-busy, unpredictable schedule between teaching, friends and theater but I thought I'd give it a go... especially when Fr. Banga got this job at DQ for me. Lol. I do love him. ;-) 

Anyways, will definitely write more later. :-) 

My Brain

The past few days, I've been fairly sick with bronchitis. I went to the doctor and he gave me some antibiotics so I'm beginning to feel better. But the bad thing about these is my head. I get these headaches and extreme tiredness from them. However, they're saving me from death, so I can't complain too much. Lol.

I am trying to figure out my schedule for teaching music. Michele has been teaching for a few years now and has all these great ideas for teaching, payments, calendar, etc, etc. I am so thankful to have her to help me get started with all this. I would be completely lost without her guidance. :-)

This morning I figured out who I have lined up for lessons, called them... and got ahold of over half (which is pretty good, I think). They have all been amazingly wonderful and understanding, which is a real plus. Now I just need to figure out my days of teaching, a letter to send home with the parents and a poster to hang up downtown somewhere. I plan to begin teaching next Tuesday; teaching three days a week. I have 11 slots that could be filled up with students but that is yet to be seen. I think I'll be better starting small. :-)

So that is the biggest news for right now. :-) Last night, I actually participated in a jam session... it was a lot of fun! There was this little guy on the piano next to me and when he didn't have the chords to the music, he would ask me to holler them out so he could play them. Lol! It was so fun and so good for me. :-)