Monday, January 30, 2006

...give me just one moment in time



Is it too much to ask that I not be completely stressed out by my job? I was talking to D on our way to visit Kate and Tonya and I realized that I have gone from one extreme to another with my jobs. Up until six months ago I was working at a dead end job where I had no responsibility and was basically a git who answered the phone and made copies for people who valued my opinions as much as I value an STD. Now, I find myself in a job where I have real responsibilities and projects to take care of, but am stressed beyond belief.

School is not helping either. With this semester structured the way it is, I feel like I am working three jobs, well four if you count AASA. My full time job, another part time job (school), and yet another part time job (my consulting project for BPT). When I look at my schedule for this week, it makes my heart cry. David came in this morning and told me that I needed to come in Tuesday night to make sure the photo shoot for Children of Eden goes smoothly. I also was told last week that I needed to come into work for a while on Saturday to plan for the Phone-a-thon that is to take place next week. Sunday will be the only day coming up that I do not have class, work, a meeting, or something to do after work. When exactly am I supposed to study and read for class again?

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Development

Tonight, I become a consultant...okay so not a full blown consultant. I have my first group meeting tonight to discuss scheduling and strategy for the Boston Playwrights Theatre project that we will be working on. I have a unique group of people working with me, so that makes me a little nervous. The project itself however is really interesting and I think it will be a great learning experience. How often do you get to help an organization build a development program from the ground up?

I had a great meeting today at the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) when I went to discuss the upcoming grant that I have to write. Our program coordinator gave some great insight into how we can up the quality of our grant proposal and I feel really confident that I can build a great grant! Stay tuned to hear the outcome.

It is official! I'm coming back to DC....at least for a few days. March 12-14 I will be in DC for the National Arts Advocacy Day with Americans for the Arts. It's a very exciting opportunity to meet with other people from MA to discuss the arts and it will also be a unique opportunity to meet with legislators in their capital hill offices to talk about arts issues that are key right now. The best part is, I don't have to take vacation time for it!!! There are a few other people from my arts administration program going to so I am hoping we can learn a lot and benefit our respective companies at the same time!

Arts Advocacy Day: The 2006 National Arts Action Summit

back to before.....

I have been using the blog on Friendster for a while now, but it doesn't seem to do what I want it to do and I am frustrated using that platform so here I am...back to blogspot...

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