Band Nerd, Take 2

Freedom! Yesterday was the last work day for teachers, so I am (semi) free until August 11th, when I go back for...band camp! Whee!

Sometimes I love my job...sometimes I hate it. Yesterday was a not-so-much kind of day. I didn't really have too much to do to close out my year. Grades were done, room was mostly clean, keys and equipment ready to turn in--and this was all by 9 a.m. We did have a really nice lunch (I'll give 'em that, they do feed us well), but then...oh.my.god. We sat there twiddling our thumbs for well over an hour, waiting to check off grades, check in technology, and turn in keys. In reality, the entire process took about 5 minutes. That's about 4 minutes longer than it actually should have taken, but they so kindly waited until the last damn minute to make us change grades for students who failed one semester.

The technology check in was literally a glance in the laptop case to look at the computer and power cord. I waited OVER AN HOUR for that. Normally I wouldn't have cared but yesterday evening was our evening band practice to welcome new freshmen and introduce leadership. My color guard girls showed up half an hour early, and basically had to sit there with no supervision (in a room filled with thousands of dollars worth of equipment) until I was "free to go." When I asked to jump ahead in line because my girls were there early, I was essentially treated as if it were MY fault for not planning correctly. Not to mention that our network manager seems to take personal pleasure in being a condescending jerk, which he displayed to me in the form of telling my friends RIGHT NEXT TO ME that I could "just be pissy and wait my turn," when they kindly suggested that I go ahead of them because I had somewhere to be.

Anyway, whatever. Bygones.

The band rehearsal was really a lot of fun. Yes, I am a band nerd! I'd forgotten how much fun it was. I will admit that I'm not sure what I've gotten myself into...27 teenage girls, all in one room at one time. It was...very high pitched. I really had a blast though, and I can tell that some of those girls are going to be like my own children. It's very strange to be on the other side of the podium, as it were--I had to stop myself from standing at attention and parade rest with the rest of the band! Still...I can't wait until August--band camp again! Yay!