I do believe that in the past mmm five days or so, I have sneezed at least 250 times. No joke. For those of you who know me, you shouldn't be too surprised by that number, knowing that every "sneeze" contains about five sneezes total. But still, that is a lot of effing sneezing. After work today (it still feels very weird to call what I do "work") I went to the store to buy some Airborne, nervous that these frequent sneezes are an early sign of a sickness I do NOT want to catch.
I've been at the studio for exactly one week and two days and although I hardly know the first few steps of two or three ballroom dances, I will soon be teaching even the most advanced students. These students are FAR more educated in ballroom than I, and somehow I have to act teacher to them and pull off the look of knowing what I'm doing, when really I don't have the slightest idea. Kinda like a second grader teaching nuclear physics to a group of grad students.
Under normal circumstances I would have to have several training sessions, go in front of a panel of judges and receive my certification in order to teach these people. But these are not normal circumstances, seeing how our main instructor has either a cracked rib or pleurisy and can no longer teach. She's been sick since before I started working there and has passed it on to another instructor there at the studio, who came every day last week, oozing sickness from every one of his pores, but who was too ill today to come in. It must be bad.
Insert airborne purchase.
Some of the students she's been working with are her partners in various competitions and performances. So, not only do I have to teach these students, I have to learn their dances and either compete or perform in only a matter of a few weeks.
I'm a little stressed.
It's not too bad though, if I have all these lessons I will be making good money and hopefully I'll be able to cross "being dirt broke and owing money every which a way" off my list of stresses.
And this can just take it's place, it's a much better stress to have, so I'm happy.
(or at least that's what I keep telling myself)
3 comments:
Yikes. That sounds like a lot of stress. But it sounds like you're up for the challenge! Good luck teaching your dancing "superiors!"
wait wait wait... competing????
I totally am a multiple sneezer. The most I've done in a row is 5 but seriously I almost cried when the next round came in. Feel better!
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