such as it is

a few updates, uninspired though they may be.

* rotc: to provide further proof that i've lost my mind, i volunteered to chaperone on the rotc trip to d.c. at the end of april. should be quite the adventure. we're leaving on a wednesday morning, and not getting back till the next sunday evening. i will either have a fabulous time, or have killed somebody at the end. most likely the person who made the transportation decision: an activity bus. for nine hours each way. with 35 teenagers. all kidding aside, though, i'm probably one of the best people to go with them, because i know so much about what they'll be seeing.

* school: is school. this morning i officially told my principal that i wasn't coming back next year. it was hard. i almost started crying (though i think that's more from being hormonal, and not that i'm that attached to the school). i kind of feel like i'm letting everybody down, because they turned down so many other people, most of whom had a lot more experience than me. then i think of how nice it will be to go to work and not have to yell at teenagers all day, and i feel much better.

* job hunting: i have a job starting in july. granted, it's working for my dad, but it still provides a paycheck. i'm going to be doing technical writing for his company. basically, i have to take all the medical-speak and engineering techno-babble, and translate it into language that normal washington, d.c. bureaucrats can understand, via weekly reports, papers, and presentations. the job is temporary (hopefully), until the other job i want comes through. i officially submitted the extremely long application for that one about a week ago. who knows how long it will take to hear from them.

* moving out: i have a roommate for next year - a girl i've known since 8th grade. we're going to start apartment scrounging in a few weeks. the goal: two bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, nice neighborhood, near the metro, near work, near her family, near josh, very cheap. HA! i think we have a better chance of finding the lost city of atlantis. hopefully we can find a decent place for between $1200 and $1500 a month.

* theatre: i'm beginning to regret my adventure in community theatre. the show is driving me crazy. it's a broadway revue, with a cast of over 60 and 25 musical numbers, almost all of which need period costumes. plus, it's community theatre, so nobody is normal sized. and then there are other, unique challenges, such as how to costume "hey big spender" from sweet charity (a song about hookers) so that a) the very large, middle-aged women singing the song won't look ridiculous, and b) the costumes won't offend the bible-belt audience. not an easy job. my biggest mistake was to be in the show. it's my every-other-year venture onto stage, which i usually end up hating and remember why i quit acting in the first place. i'm only in two numbers, but it's enough to make want to retreat back into the wings.

that's about it. i go to work, go to the gym, go to rehearsal, go home.

but at least i get more sleep than i did in college.