Back to the Grind

I cannot BELIEVE I have already made my month's rent in just the first three days of this week.

And all from a rather unexpected source: private tutoring!

After spending a year negotiating part time employment that was both unfulfilling and under-compensated, I think I have finally stumbled upon my niche. With the help of Craigslist, Sittercity.com, TutorPro and Tutorspree (essentially like a Facebook that connects tutors with people who need specific services), I now have five new private tutoring client/families that I tutor on a weekly basis.

If that weren't fortunate enough, I actually really LIKE all of them! Three teenagers, one hyperactive, dance-loving 11 year -old (sound familiar, parentals?), and a student at the Columbia University School of Social work. This morning I woke up at the crack of dawn to head down to Times Square, where I tutor my post doctoral student in the mechanics of APA style and Neurosci/Psych research paper writing. Two hours... Two hundred dollars. Not bad... not bad at all.

I'm still counting my lucky stars and not going crazy with spending or anything, but wow, I am so happy that I finally feel I can leave desk jobs behind!!!

Moreover, I can finally get back into the business of doing what I really want to do: DANCE!

Tomorrow I'll be heading out at 7am to catch a train all the way out to White Plains for an Equity audition for the musical Cats. Apparently I really, really want to be in this show again, haha. Thank goodness I have some leggy dancer company in the form of the Namesake, upon her triumphant return from China.

Adventures, new clients, rogue work outs, oh my! Back to the grind now that I've come back to reality after months in Met Opera heaven? Why yes, yes indeed.

Love,

A Broadway Baby