I confess that it has gotten to that point in the semester where it seems that the appropriate response to everything is to weep. Ugh. Five jobs, 15 credits, and an opera is just way too much :sad:

Haha should have clarified. It is 15 grad credits. A full load is 9. I also accompany lessons/juries, and teach voice lessons. And work 20 hours a week at Dress Barn. And 15 a week as a grad assistant. And have to be in opera rehearsal 6-8 hours a week, and sing soprano section leader in a church choir. Plus, I have to learn Brahms Requiem, except hopefully not the whole thing because I am audition for the soprano solo today and I hope I got enough sleep, but probably not because I also have a huge test in analytical techniques over 100 pages of material, omg. Sleep. I miss it.

It's terrible, right?? 6 more weeks....aaahh

As exhuasting as all that sounds I would still at least you all are doing things you love and going for what you want.

True. I could skip Dress Barn though. And being an opera ga. I love singing, and I am good at it, but it gets frustrating knowing that I am going to earn a master's degree and still not make a steady income as an opera singer and work six more jobs just to pay the bills. Like I said, right now I am just exhausted, and having to work closely with our opera director who is loyally power tripping right now and making everyone's life miserable. It will be fine, but sometimes you just have to vent...

:frown: hope things get better for you Kate!

Haha should have clarified. It is 15 grad credits. A full load is 9. I also accompany lessons/juries, and teach voice lessons. And work 20 hours a week at Dress Barn. And 15 a week as a grad assistant. And have to be in opera rehearsal 6-8 hours a week, and sing soprano section leader in a church choir. Plus, I have to learn Brahms Requiem, except hopefully not the whole thing because I am audition for the soprano solo today and I hope I got enough sleep, but probably not because I also have a huge test in analytical techniques over 100 pages of material, omg. Sleep. I miss it.

My bad. Sorry for the empathy.

Sincerely,
Full-time teacher and full-time grad student

Bre -- sorry, didn't mean to offend. It's not a competition to see who is the busiest. I was really just venting. Sorry.

Thanks everyone! Actually, I sang in my performance class today my aria from Il Trovatore and it went so well!!! Which reminded me of why I am here. Goal tonight: get some sleep ;-)

It just came off as a bit of a b*tchy response to me saying I understand and have been there. I was simply trying to empathize with you. Having grown up with a mother whose primary goal in life seems like it's to one-up people, I'm used to my empathy getting responses like that, so I tend to turn defensive.

I kinda just figured we were all sharing exhaustion together? O___o
*hides*

MM, yeah, true that! I was asking one of the foxes behaviors today and she let me hold and manipulate her paw. Then I kinda went balls to the wall and asked for her "kiss" behavior and she rubbed her foxy nose on my face which is incredible considering how skittish the foxes are and, well, I've just never been so excited about snot before

awwwwwwwwwwwww

I get exhausted with my social schedule but it is easy to take a break from that. Not looking forward to a 1pm softball game on sunday after going out for my birthday saturday night with shot happy friends.

I confess that I screwed up my tax return by not taking my personal deduction. The IRS notified me that it amended the claim and deposited the corrected refund in my account this morning. The error resulted in a 40% larger refund. I used the unexpected money to pay off my car today. The remainder of the extra refund will go towards my student loans. Only 4 years and 9 months left on those payments :sad: :noway:

I confess I might be getting a 2nd cat. My cat has been bored since I am gone most of the day and I think he needs a playmate.