Smooth Sailing to Summer!!

I can hardly believe it. The gigantic hurdles that have been staring me down on my calendar are all done, and now we have just 2 weeks before the official end of the 2009-2010 school year and the start to SUMMER VACATION!

If the last 2 weeks didn't kill me, I'm starting to think I can do just about anything. The week of May 3, I had rehearsal every day after school followed by an evening event 4 out of 5 nights that week, followed by a trip to Schlitterbahn on Saturday. Then the week of May 10, there were rehearsals every day after school Monday thru Thursday until 7:00 PM, and then a huge show on Friday AND Saturday nights. We did the show twice because our performance venue isn't very big.

On top of all that, my girls took turns being sick. They both had a mysterious virus causing a fever and not much else. Little Girl had it for 5 days, and Big Girl had it for 4 days. Hubby and I took turns staying home with them. But even when I didn't go in to teach for the day, I still had to pass off the sick kid in the late afternoon and go to school for the rehearsals after school.

And now here it is, Sunday afternoon, after the two busiest weeks ever, and I'm still smiling. Maybe I'm just smiling because it's over. Or maybe I'm smiling because it all ended up being a huge success.

I took both of my choirs to the competition at Schlitterbahn, and my tiny choir won Best in Class for their division. That's just amazing!! My 6th grade choir was beat out by a powerhouse school from San Antonio. Oh well, we can't win them all.

The pop show we just finished last night was HUGE. We had all 200+ kids on stage together singing 3 of the numbers, and then each choir did a song, plus a whole bunch of solos and small group acts. The show was also a success, and there were many tears from the 8th graders who will be moving on next year.

Now there are only 2 weeks left of the school year. All that's left really is getting things wrapped up for this year, and auditioning the kids for next year. That will be low stress for me, although the students will be anxious about it.

I'm looking forward to next year in a big way. I'm looking forward to not being new. I've almost completed the cycle now, and I'm ready to know what I'm doing. It will be nice to have experience to guide my expectations.

I have one of the songs from last night's show in my head, "The Call," by Regina Spektor.