So winter break has ended.
Did it ever begin?
I'm not sure if I mentioned this on here, but I worked at a restaurant over the break (it was a takeout type place) and I worked basically every day. There was literally ONE day over the entire six weeks that I had off, and hadn't requested off. (The others were days that I actually had prior commitments, like going to UT for meeting with registrar. But that doesn't count in the books of the restaurant, so those were my "day off" for the week.) I worked a lot. And I got way more money than I was expecting to get. I set out to work because I wanted money to pay for my dance classes this semester, since I think I'll be going about two or three times a week. I quickly earned that much, and then more, but it's all going to go towards training. That's why I worked.
I lost so many days. I barely had time to see friends (I only saw a few) and there's so much that I was planning on doing over winter break that I didn't get to do. I planned on quickly going through all the plays I brought back home from the fine arts library. I brought back ten or twelve, just a lot, and usually I can sit down and read a couple of them (near the end of last semester I read a couple every day), but I just barely got through most of them. There are a couple that I'm still finishing. Also, I wanted to finish writing my own plays. I think I wrote, like, one scene of one play. There are four that I'm working on... one of them, I've written the second draft, but that one's kind of resting right now, it's a labor of love more than anything, as it's a story that I don't think will make it to production. But it was my first full-length play, and I am in love with the characters, and, if anything, it's teaching me I write best. And then I have one project that has a storyline written out, but no scenes yet. And then there's one that's still just an idea, but I'd love to do it. Each play is promising and of great value to me, and that's why I need to find a time to write when I'm feeling the particular scene. Otherwise it all comes out wrong.
Anyways, I was expecting to have those finished so that, at the start of this semester, I have something to bring to this one professor who I need to build a good relationship with, cause he can help me get into the theatre department. He's in charge of the playwriting portion of people, so I wanted to kind of give him a little bit of what writing I'm all about.
Hahaha. I got nothing.
Basically, what I'm trying to say is that I did nothing all winter break but work. It's like these days weren't even mine. But that's okay, I guess, if I'll see the benefits in the near future. I lost a winter break so that I can work even harder hahaha (in other words, take lessons to build my skills). It was a fair exchange. And I'm glad I did it.
But school starts tomorrow. And, without missing a beat, I'll be back at it.
