Meeting the Vets

I'm sick. Nauseous. Headache. Stomachache. Weak. Dizzy.

I feel like absolute crap right now. :( I can already feel the stress building up in my shoulders.

This evening, despite the stomachache that could only be partially-remedied by laying down, I went out to a bar and met three other girls I will be working with this summer. They are all super nice. Two have worked at The Santa Fe Workshops previous summers and were able to clue me in on what to expect.

Here's what they told me to expect:

1. I will be putting in 14+ hour days. Sleep? I'll be real lucky if I get any of that.

2. Work/study is the hardest job.

3. Dropping $300 on dance lessons wasn't a good decision. They told me I won't have time. I'm gonna fight this one though, I'm not going a whole summer without dancing. I will go sleepless before that happens.

4. The only real evening off I have will actually be spent doing laundry, grocery shopping, and taking care of other personal things.

5. If I make friends with the right photographers, they will pay for all our drinks, including $250 bottles of wine.

6. Doing a good job working this summer almost guarantees me a job out here again next year.

7. I will feel exhaustion like I have never felt before.

8. This will be the best summer of my life.

I don't know whether I should be excited, nervous, scared, worried, or thinking "What have I just gotten myself into?!"

I know everything will be fine - I just need to get into a rhythm and routine. And, now that I think about it, I was only getting 4-7 hours of sleep while in Italy anyway.

Needless to say, I will make sure I get lots of sleep these next few days, since I probably won't be getting much of any the next 2 months.

~ Katie