I'm Not Dead Yet

But really, it's just a matter of time.  And it's probably a pretty short time.

Let me outline a typical week...

Monday
6:00 am get up and get ready (if I don't beat the roommate to the bathroom, I don't get to use it at all.  If ever I go to prison for something, it will likely be for murdering her)
7:30 am- Leave the house and drive to The DATC
8:00 am- Class starts.  Right now I'm working on memorizing my medications.  They're broken down into lists.  I've taken 3 tests and there are 7 total.  I try to take a test every day I'm there.  So far, so good.
11:00 am- Lunch break.  If I've taken and passed my test for the day, I usually leave here.  Otherwise...
NOON- Class starts again.
3:00 pm- class ends and I drive home or run errands.
3:30-6:30-  This is my time to take care of things at home.  But usually, I start memorizing my next set of medications and try to squeeze in grocery shopping (or at least run to my mom's house for the basic supplies I need) and occasionally, I find the energy to clean the bathroom or my bedroom or the kitchen.  It depends on how absolutely filthy things have gotten too.  And I have to review things for the show and practice anything I need to play at the U.  And practice anything I'm working on vocally.  AND I have to get ready for rehearsal.
7:00-10:00 pm- Rehearsal
10:30 pm-  I usually get home around this time.  I get in my pajamas, I gather everything up for the next day and climb into bed hoping that my brain will turn off before midnight so I can get as much sleep as possible.  It doesn't usually work that way.

Tuesday
6:00 am- get up and get ready
7:30 am-  Leave the house to meet Cecily at her mom's so we can carpool to the U.
8:30 am-  First private lesson at the U.  We're usually there early to set up the classroom and make sure we have everything ready to go for class.
9-Noon-  Our classes end at noon.  We get a 1 hour break for lunch and to walk down to the West Institute so we can teach the rest of the private lessons in the afternoon.
3:30 pm-  Lessons start in Centerville, so we leave from the U as soon as the last student is done and we rush to Centerville to teach some more lessons.  Cecily actually has student until 8:00 pm.  But I have rehearsal right now, so I'm leaving around 6:30 so I can grab something to eat and run to the theater.
7:00 - 10:00 - Rehearsal
10:30 pm-  Bedtime routine

Wednesday
Very similar to Monday, except that now I have another teach at the U I'm playing for.  So from 3:30-6:15 I play for those lessons.  Yep.  And then I have to cruise to Centerville for rehearsal.  Awesome.

Thursday
Same schedule as Tuesday, except that we don't teach private lessons in Centerville on Thursdays.  So Thursday afternoons are like Monday afternoons where I frantically try to get things done.

Friday
Same as Mondays

Saturday
6:30 am-  ooh!  I get to sleep in for 30 extra minutes.  I get up this early to make sure I'm up and my body and voice are awake for rehearsal.
8:30 am-  Cast Zumba
9:00 am- 1:00 pm-  Rehearsal
After rehearsal, I get to scramble to try to accomplish things I wasn't able to get to during the week.  Or maybe I try to check in with family members so they know I'm still alive.  And on occasion, I attempt to have a social life.  But who has the time?

Sunday
Should be the day of rest, but with choir practice and 9 and then the regular church block, plus the fact that I have zero time to get laundry and other things done, Sunday is just a slightly less busy version of any other day of the week.  I hate it, but that's the necessity.

There you have it.  You're shocked I'm not dead yet.  And we're coming up to the point in rehearsal where we go extra late as we try to clean things up and prepare for the show to open (October 8th!  Get your tickets ASAP).

Now I'm going to fall into a deep slumber.  And in 7 hours, I'll start another day.  Ugh.  I'm too old for this.