another early morning
ah, another really early morning.
the good news is that it was productive. i’ve been up for a few hours and finished updating the website for the school, just in time for the first day today. we did a bunch of updates over the weekend, and we went up to help kerri get her space ready…hanging stuff, moving stuff (because i’m so super strong). it is actually a pretty cool space, and i think i was just as excited as she was to go through the process of getting it ready for a new year.
while we were there, a potential new student came to audition. a big change kerri made to the school this year was basically making it audition-only, which will be good especially since her mom moved back to california. the class sizes will be smaller, the kids that will be there generally want to be there, and she’ll have more control over really the whole process. so this new kid comes, and she has to sing, tell a story, and learn and repeat some basic dance steps. oh, and she was like 7. it would be like me going to a job interview having to build something on the spot in java (which i could totally do because i’m a genius). but there is something about that world that both fascinates me and scares the crap out of me. doing the guitar and working on the singing and all that for the wedding, i mean, that’s really putting yourself out there. there are aspects of it that are very similar to interviews in the business world, for sure. you can get a sense at someones work ethic and attitude from talking with them, and you can get an idea if someone can be a team player. you can see if someone can sing, can learn to sing, or if it’s really just too late and maybe they should focus on a different path. but i just imagine it as one of those things where the parents are telling these kids “oh, you sound amazing!” and then they get there and get “um, yeah, not so much.” it’s like the american idol people, i imagine, except, you know, real. for that, there is no real comparison to my world. it’s not like i grew up with my mom saying “you’re the best little coder ever!”. but having a connection to that world and to be in wonder of it all is one of the many gifts that kerri gives me. in the two years i’ve taken pictures for the school, i’ve seen some amazing performances, i’ve seen some kids break, and i’ve seen these kids be shining examples of many of the attributes i wish i had, and that just don’t exist anymore in the business world around me.
oh, and the little girl was invited to join the school.
i think that’s it. we had another pre-marital session last night which for some reason seemed to focus on me, so i’ve been thinking a lot about that stuff. and being behind in everything (again). and trying to find a way to solve it all.
on a positive note, according to our good friends at dave and kerri dot com, there are 32 days and 9 hours until the wedding.
who needs sleep?