I finally was able to say NO!

Last week, I got an unexpected call from my dance teacher saying that he needed to me to teach for one of my teachers since she is pregnant and is going on bed rest soon.  I called him on Saturday saying that I don’t think I will be able to teach, because, I need to focus a lot on school since finals and exams are around the corner and that I will be really stressed going up to Alexandria 4 days a week. He said that he understands, and that he is going to try to find someone else. He felt bad because all of the pressure was on me and because this was a last minute thing.

I think I made the right decision by saying no, even though I feel really bad because I know I let my dance teachers down. But at the end of the day, focusing on my education is more important.

Yesterday, I got another unexpected call and it was my dance teacher again. He called to apologize about asking me to teach at the last minute me and that he found someone else to teach, so I don’t have to worry. But he also called to tell me that he is going to need a teacher in the summer for summer classes, I told him that I am willing to do it because its only twice a week, for only a month.

Since my teacher offered me to teach summer classes, I think I am going to take his offer and do it. He told me that I would get paid, and that would be good for me because I could really use some money over the summer.

The only thing I am not looking forward to in teaching summer classes is that I have to go all the way to Alexandria, and there probably will be a lot of traffic going up there and going back home.  But in the end I am willing to do anything for my dance studio since they have done a lot for me.