Weekends come to an end...

It has been a very busy week for me, and unfortunately, the weekend has gone by faster that I hoped it would. The craziness started on Wednesday, actually, because I started a new babysitting job that (while it is only three hours) seemes to consume my afternoon. I have to pick two little girls up at school, get them a snack, take them to the library for homework, and then get on the subway to take them to gymnastics, sit there during their gymnastics, and then walk them home. This absolutely exhausts me, although it really shouldn't, but the timing can be difficult to manage and it can be hard to shuffle two little girls from place to place on time. It's good, though, I enjoy the extra cash, and I figure I'm building a good reputation in case I want to nanny later on. Also, my Friday morning job has gotten a bit longer and more extensive because now in addition to walking the one girl to school, I'm also going to go to these girls' apartment and get them ready for school. All three girls get along and are friends, so that's good, and I just have to get up a half hour earlier. Again...more cash. It's helpful.

Since SNL was not a live episode this weekend, I was very excited to have a normal night on the town on Friday, like any other NYC college student. Right now, many fancy restaurants are participating in Restaurant Week, where they create a 3-course menu at a cheaper price. So, a few NYU people I know decided to check out one of the restaurants...there was some time issue or something, and basically it didn't work out. We ended up eating in Rockefeller Center, because it was cheap, warm and close. So, depsite my goal to avoid 30 Rock. for the weekend, I apparently couldn't. We had then planned to do rush tickets for a Wicked, which means you show up during a specific half hour and put your name in a lottery to win front row tickets for $25. Despite the horrendous cold, there were 200 people waiting for Wicked tickets...needless to say, we did not get them. So...my fancy (but discounted) night on the town failed, and where did I wind up? Seeing an improv show at the Upright Citizens Brigade. Tickets were guaranteed, only $8, and I knew the show would be fabulous. No one can say I didn't try to do something different with my weekends, but this just proves once again that I know what makes me happy and I have a good time even if I am always going to the same places. I then found out that one of UCB's house teams was going to be hosting a free midnight improv jam where people from the audience would get to come onstage to improvise. I obvioulsy got really excited and loitered around until that show started. Everyone who wanted to participate got to put their names in a bucket and they would draw 8 names out at a time to do basically a montage onstage with 2 members of the house team. I got called up for the first set, which made me a little bit nervous, but I was very excited and initiated the first scene. I ended up being in like 2 scenes during the 10 minute set, which was pretty good, and I definitely had a lot of fun. However, a lot of the time I was just thinking about how excited I was to be on that stage...it was so much fun, and I guess they're going to do it every month now, so I'll definitely be going back to that. I was proud of myself for a few reasons: 1. I was definitely the youngest person there. 2. I hadn't had anything to drink, unlike most of the people there. 3. I went by myself and therefore didn't really have anyone in the audience cheering for me. 4. Pretty much everyone who particpated were improvisers, and some I had seen perform there before. So...yay! I've performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade! :)

Saturday was a fun day as well. Natalie and I met at a movie theater on the Upper East Side and I paid $11 (AHH!! SO EXPENSIVE!) to see The Queen. I really enjoyed the movie, and I think I'm going to use it to write a paper for my Social Foundations class, comparing the queen to Machiavelli's Prince. Real life + education! Application! Woo hoo! After, we went back to Natalie's to cook a yummy pasta dinner for Heather, Dominique and Chelsea. We had a great time catching up with the big group of us and hysterically laughing (as usual). Then, it was Upright Citizens Brigade time (again)! We took the train down to the theater to see the last show of Let's Have A Ball, a show that has been going on every Saturday in January. I love this cast because of Kay Cannon, Brian Stack (Miriam's husband, Conan writer) and Scott Adsit (30 Rock). It was a hilarious show, I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and I talked to Kay after! She came up and gave me a hug and we briefly talked about the show and how fortunate it was that I didn't sleep on the street the previous night. I was very happy.

So what am I doing tonight? Going back to the Upright Citizens Brigade again, of course, for some quality Asssscat. I'm very excited, my weekend went by quickly but it was filled with good times. I just have to finish up a bit of King Lear action before I can enjoy myself...oh well, it's what I'm here for.