This weeks summary

     The AP season has hit my life with full force, but amidst the testing chaos this week I did manage to have a few conversations about clowning opportunities around town. Ms. Lord had mentioned a that the Youth Bureau had a Tots Spot on Saturday mornings during which I could clown. On Thursday morning I visited the Youth Bureau to inquire into this opportunity only to be told that the Tots Spot had ended for the school year and would start back up in October. That's a bummer, but Janet Olsen, the very nice lady at the entrance of the Youth Bureau, gave me some helpful suggestions about other places I would be able to clown. She suggested GIAC, IC3 and then gave me the name of the theater coordinator at IYB, along with all of the contact information. I was very thankful and more than a little pumped up that someone was so interested to help me out with my project!
    I also talked to Ms. Gergly this week and she explained that she had a young daughter with a birthday in June and that she knew of a lot of other parents with kids who had birthdays this time of the year. She suggested that I make an advertising flyer for myself and she would pass it along to her friends. Not only is this a great opportunity for a clowning experience at a birthday party, but it added another layer of my project: advertising myself! I have to let people know who I am before they can ask me to clown for them. I've thought up some ideas for the flyer and I am hoping to have it done this week.
     Lastly, I spoke with my lacrosse coach this weekend and we have a tentative date scheduled for me to clown for her special education classroom. Hopefully this Friday, May 13th from 10-10:30 I will be able to come and play with them. If not this Friday then next Friday because we have a very full week of games this week and my coach thinks I will probably be exhausted by Friday. When she said this however, I realized that clowning wouldn't be that stressful for me on the last day of a busy week, but more of a stress reliever!
      Mr. Holl and I also had a mentor meeting on Friday and reviewed my progress on my project this year and things are looking pretty good! We talked about possible dates for my presentation, taking into account both of our busy schedules and also how I wanted to present my project. I don't have all of my ideas nailed down yet but I definitely have a vision of how I would like my final presentation to flow.