So I realize that it's been nearly a month since I've last blogged, but I have a good excuse! (Sort of...) I've been drowning in the deadly mixture of the insane IB workload, choir, and the musical (Into the Woods for the more forgetful readers). This combination wasn't nearly as bad when we first started musical rehearsals, but now as we're approaching opening night, which is this Thursday, I will basically be living up at my school. You see, I get to school at like seven in the morning because I my zero-hour class starts at 7:15. (The normally school day begins at 8:20.)Then I go to all my classes and at the end of the day I have Junior Release seventh period and then right after school I usually have choir practice. After choir I would normally get to go home for at least an hour and a half before I returned the school for ITW rehearsal at seven, but this week that is sadly not the case.
Starting today, the school is my new home. I have rehearsal from one until whenever our director lets us leave, which is estimated to be around seven PM. Then tomorrow we have rehearsal from one to four, but I'll have to get there early and won't be ready to leave until probably an hour after rehearsal is over.
Then starting Monday I don't even get to go home after school; I will go straight from choir practice to the Green Room to begin putting on my make-up and costume so that we can start dress rehearsal as soon as possible, and I probably won't get home until like 11PM. That schedule applies through Wednesday. Then on we open on Thursday, so I won't get home until probably 12PM or somewhere close to there, and this applies to Friday, Saturday, Monday the 1st and Tuesday the 2nd. (Sunday we have a matinee so I'll get home around 5PM.)
Where does homework fit into all this madness? I have no idea. That's what I'm currently trying to figure out. I am at a loss as to how I am ever going to get all my schoolwork done this week without a scenario that involves me pulling all-nighters. And seeing as I am not a Night Owl, that would not be a valid option.
The worst part about all this is that I am losing my mind. Mind you, that was sort of already a problem for me, but it's getting increasingly worse as the weeks progress. But there are a few bright, shining beacons of light that give me the will to live:
1. The musical. Even though it is the main cause of all my stress right now it's what I love to do- perform.
2. Madrigals, the choir I have during class. Another source of stress, but not as a large a contributor as the musical and homework. Plus, music is my life, so I don't really hate all the work... I actually really, really enjoy having to go home to sing through a difficult Whitacre piece five-thousand time just so I can struggle through class the next day because I know that, in the end, our choir is going to sound so incredible when we sing the song. Right now we're singing "i thank You God for most this amazing day" by Eric Whitacre and it so beautiful. Well, all Whitacre pieces are fabulous, but I really like this one.
3. Super Smash Brothers. Okay, so this one most likely seems really random to you and you're probably wondering when I even have time in my hectic schedule to even play SSB... Well, as I mentioned early, I have Junior Release seventh period, which means that I don't have class, but since I don't have my license I can't leave, go home, and then come back for rehearsal, so I chill in the choir room. More specifically, I go into one of the practice rooms and play SSB with some of the choir boys on a TV someone brought in.
In case any of you care, or even know what I'm talking about, I play as Roy. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, I play as an awesome ginger with a sword.
The best part about playing SSB is that I have gotten A LOT better since I first started playing at the beginning of this year. I can actually beat a lot of the guys who play, which is a good thing because that's basically the only reason I'm allowed in that room anymore. See, a month ago they had to go from playing a projector in the copy room to playing on a smaller TV in a dinky practice room. The main problem being that the practice room cannot hold as many people as the copy room could, so in order to conserve space the boys decided that girls were no longer allowed in GameCube room. This was upsetting to me because I really like to play, but thankfully one of my friends would still let me play during seventh. This was good because the play time runs into the beginning of after school rehearsal, so all the guys that came in to play right after school would come and I eventually got to the point where I could beat most of them, so now I am pretty much the only girl allowed to play- it's great.
If you're interested in hearing the Whitacre Madrigals is singing listen to this:
My choir is going to sound a lot better, not that I'm biased in any way, but it's still a nice rendition to listen to.
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