Summer is Over and Time to Go Back to Teaching
By divalounger
@divalounger (6182)
United States
September 11, 2019 2:13pm CST
It has been a good summer. I have traveled a bit and lounged around and read books. I have slept late and written a bunch--had three pieces of poetry published this summer.
Today, I am putting my schedule together for the year--so up through June of 2020. I love teaching voice--but I hate scheduling--so I am trying to get it all done at the beginning of the school year --or at least the group lessons and lessons where I travel and teach.
My schedule will run 5 days of teaching a week and 2 days with my grandson a week through June--wish me luck--I just bought a bunch of vitamin C and am hoping to stay healthy through the fall and winter!
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
11 Sep 19
@CarolDM it will be a busy but fulfilling year I think--thank you!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
15 Oct 19
@divalounger Fulfilling is a good word.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
15 Oct 19
@CarolDM It is--and I think it is so important
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
12 Sep 19
I am trying to eat more citrus in general--I always forget that kiwis contain vit C--
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
13 Sep 19
@LadyDuck Good to know! Thank you!
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@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
13 Sep 19
@divalounger 1 Kiwi a day is enough to cover the need of 1 day.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
5 Nov 19
I wish you luck and hope you stay healthy all year and more 
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
6 Nov 19
I am working on it--I am exercising more and I hope that helps as well
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
26 Sep 19
a number of journals in the past couple of years--I have been trying to be more diligent about sending it out--hope you have a successful year as well!
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
30 Sep 19
@jaboUK I started doing it a couple of years ago--and am trying to be more diligent about it--there are a number of sources--writer's digest, and a facebook group--look at trish hopkinson---she has both a blog and a facebook group that deals with poetry and where to send it--
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
27 Sep 19
@divalounger I've never sent any of my poems to anyone, wouldn't really know where to start.
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@WorDazza (15826)
• Manchester, England
27 Sep 19
Good luck with the scheduling. And even more luck with the staying healthy. I've just been struck down with something nasty which is most unlike me.
I really envy people who can sing. I suspect you would have your work cut out with me. As the great Billy Connolly once said 'I have a voice like a goose farting in the fog'!!
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
30 Sep 19
So funny! I am working on aria from Traviata--in which I have to sing repeated high Cs for 2 measures--I sound a bit like a chicken squawking at the moment!
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@WorDazza (15826)
• Manchester, England
30 Sep 19
@divalounger High Cs!! I hope you don't get C sick (groan!!!).
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
11 Sep 19
@mrki444 Most schools here have started up as well--choirs tend to startup about a week or 2 after the academic year starts--so I am right on schedule
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
12 Sep 19
@mrki444 No--each school district is a bit different. And we also have some schools that go year-round
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@mrki444 (15162)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 Sep 19
@divalounger Does schools in all country start at same time?
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
5 Nov 19
@divalounger my day was good. I thought it was bad allergies for about a week but now I realize it was a bad cold.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
6 Nov 19
@shaggin They can feel the same, especially when a cold is first coming on
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
5 Nov 19
So far so good! Hope you get better quickly!
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@snowy22315 (209014)
• United States
7 Nov 19
Good luck. I hope it all goes well.
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
13 Nov 19
It's so nice to be a teacher. You have great time being with students.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
14 Nov 19
It is true--I do! Otherwise, it would seem like a chore to teach I think
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
26 Nov 19
Being a teacher is a vocation and I thank you for your willingness to take it on. So many people are giving it up
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
27 Nov 19
I think you either like the process or you don't --I happen to really like working with teenaged girls--it just works for me
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@garymarsh6 (24025)
• United Kingdom
12 Sep 19
Oh lordy you will have a busy schedule ahead of you and the last thing you want is a cold. Vitamin C will be useful. We also have something called first defence. As soon as the symptoms start you spray it up your nose where it traps the virus and stops the cold in its track! I do not know if you can buy that over there?
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@garymarsh6 (24025)
• United Kingdom
10 Oct 19
@divalounger I had to look it up as we do not have that here. I guess it is similar from what I just read!
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
13 Sep 19
Thanks!! I am hoping for a great year!
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
29 Oct 19
So far so good--student recitals are already looming!
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
1 Feb 20
Yay! Hang in there! Colds are the worst!
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Sep 19
I'm glad you had a good summer and have fun going back to work.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
13 Sep 19
Thanks! I did some scheduling yesterday and will do some more today I think--
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
11 Sep 19
so glad ya got to travel 'n jest 'njoy yer summer off, hon. fingers crossed all that schedulin' that far'n advance comes with no hiccups.
yepperz, i'd be uppin' that vitamin c, keep plenty 'f ginger 'n honey'n hand, too.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
12 Sep 19
I always tell my husband that eventually scheduling is what will drive me to retire--I love teaching though
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
11 Sep 19
Thanks LindaOH! I think I am ready!
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