Oh wait. I needed a REAL job.
I chose not to live with my parents the summer after graduating. I think this is uncommon, and if I could have lived with my family for a little while I think I would have. There is nothing wrong with this option. My parents just live in a town with absolutely nothing to do. Well, besides eat, which I like. But nothing else.
So I was set on getting out of there. I am lucky to have a family that supported me in that and even helped me pay off my Harrisonburg rent as a moving away gift.
I moved into Ali's (we graduated together) guest room in the basement. I was allergic to her two cats so sometimes I was really miserable, but I cannot put into words how much I appreciate them letting me stay. I suffocated in her house and was grateful for every second of it.
Even living rent free (Thank you thank you thank you) I needed a job. I couldn't stay at the Hoxie House forever and I needed to start saving up money. Besides: theatre people go out for drinks a lot after rehearsals and if you want to network - you better go.
So before I graduated I became part of a site called care.com in which you can search for childcare jobs in a specific area. I've worked with kids all of my life and knew it was an area that paid and could support my theatre habit. I sent out of a bunch of messages. Lots of people replied (triple that number didn't reply) and I ended up with an interview for a nanny position for one boy, 3 years old, for $13/hr.
So I moved to DC a week early to start my life as a nanny.
The assistant director position started a week after that and we rehearsed predominantly in the day time.
The lady I nannied for had accepted me as her nanny anyway and let me have that whole first month off and I came back to be her nanny when the show went into previews.
I am a lucky girl.
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