It's my life, it's now or never

Yeah I felt like a little Bon Jovi today. Don't know why. It just popped into my head.

So here's the update from Natchez:

1. Jr. Ranger Camp. I survived! Barely. I thought I was gonna KILL some of those kids, 1 in particular. I know this is crazy coming from the girl who wants to go into museum education. But here's the thing. I really would have been fine if these were normal kids. And most of them were. But there were 3 that were demons. And they drew others in with them! Plus on Wednesday, the whole crew were just MONSTERS. There's no other way to explain it. MONSTERS. I know kids will be kids. I know they'll interrupt. I know they'll be loud. All that stuff. But here are some of the things we dealt with -

Soap on the doors of the bathroom (twice) at William Johnson House while there were visitors coming into Johnson house
Trashing the bathrooms at Melrose
Kids tipping the picnic tables by sitting on them
Kids walking on the picnic tables
Getting so rough while wrestling that a kid ended up crying
Running into the street after we told them to wait
Having a girl take the gunk off her shoe and throw it at Christina
Throwing paper towels at Christina after they trashed out the bathroom
Kicking down the door of the 1800s-1900s play house at Melrose
Stealing my shoes and throwing them into the bushes
Running down to the pond by themselves to throw a giant stick into the pond
Telling me multiple times how other kids were making fun of me, then laughing with another intern about how I scolded them after they put soap all over the bathroom.

Yeah. And that doesn't include the normal kid stuff. See. MONSTERS!

2. Jobs. This week it's been pretty good news. Still no official "yes" on a job yet. But I've got leads!

- House down here, I won't say which, one I applied to before. I've been giving tours on the weekends there, and one of the ladies that runs it really loves my tour. My curator at Melrose has been helping them inventory the whole collection, but she's been sick and hasn't been able to do it recently, so I'm going to help with that project. BUT I'm already working 7 days a week, so I can help a little in between tours and 1 or 2 nights in the evening, but by god I deserve some time off. So there's only so much I can do. THUS, I am hoping I can impress them and swing it so that they hire me part time after this internship is done to finish the project

- Two houses down here, run by big organization, won't say which. So I went with Darian to a book club down here. I'm introducing myself to the women, they ask what I do when I'm not here, I say right now I don't know, I just graduated. The woman next to me goes "I need to talk to you". Turns out I'm sitting next to the president of one of the biggest organizations in Natchez that runs two really famous houses down here (1 is being used in True Blood as the King of MS house right now) and they've been looking for someone. They're still debating the position. But I sent my stuff in. Good thing - hasn't been posted yet, basically non existent applicant pool, plus my curator is pulling for me. Bad thing - they could cut the position.

- Melrose. Planning to apply for 2 of the 3 ranger positions opening and still looking itno the STEP program

- Recent job I was upset about. Got my thanks but no thanks letter. Best one of those I've gotten. They put it off for 6 months (well they said at least 6 months, but still that's better than a year!) and they want to contact me later!! I STILL HAVE HOPE!

- Others. Still applying. We'll see.

3. Life. Things have been good down here. I've been super busy and time is flying, which is great. I've discovered that I really like Natchez, which is good cause there's a chance I'll be staying here (fingers crossed - I really want a job!) I still miss everyone at home though!

Tonight I"m going to see Eclipse. The only theater in Natchez didn't have a midnight showing on Tuesday, and I was exhausted after Ruby Tuesday's yesterday and didn't go last night. But tonight I am gonna get my oogling on!!!

LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!