Paulina Shea

 I finished. I am done. Two years of stress, tears, anger and so much more is done. I woke up this morning and took a shower and got ready for the day. I definitely had a pep in my step this morning as I could not wait to be officially done...well basically still need to do the comments Tom Morgan left on my paper. I walked over to the projection room around 11:25 because my exit interview started at 11:30. I walked in the door of the lower library by the tech office and was greeted by a white board that read "Nice Job Paulina!" My face lite up. I walked in the door of the projection room and sitting in a horse shoe shape was Tom, Heidi, Ellie and Kyle. Not going to lie that was intimidating to walk into. I sat down at what one could call the head of the horse shoe. Tom started off by telling me that I had passed and gave me compliments on how I did my podcast and used my very personalized theme throughout. Heidi asked me a few questions about advice I would give future stude

Paulina Shea Weekly reflection Sunday May 24th 2021 This week was crazy. Not only was I going to be finishing my concentration paper, public demo, and narrative reflection. I also had my last four performances on the Proctor stage. First I cannot help myself but talk about how much appreciation I realized I had for the Proctor theatre department this past week. I mean, I have always loved everyone involved, but sitting backstage during tech rehearsals and the real performances I realized how much I have grown. From the fall 2017 dance show to my senior show of Mamma mia. I have become more confident in letting myself go on stage and just dance my heart out. And although I still get a little nervous, the nerves are not nearly as strong as my freshman year. Infact last night I sat in the yellow staircase backstage with Libby and Karin with tears in my eyes explaining that I remember sitting in that same spot my freshman year crying because of my nerves, and last night I sat there crying

 Today I did my public demo to Ellies class Identity literature. Which went really well I hope the students gained something from it. After that I went to lunch with Ellie, Calista and Ella. Then I walked over to the hockey rink to get my second dose of the vaccine, hopefully I don't get sick tomorrow. After that I went to my dorm and started my narrative reflection for my concentration, I cannot believe how close I am to done! Two years later, the concentration may be the most rewarding thing I have done. After that I took a nap and at 4:30 went over to the theatre for night three. Now I sit back stage slipping through my fingers is playing right now but the show has been amazing.

Today I was so excited because after two years I am basically done with concentration! I woke up this morning and did a review of my slideshow. Then I walked over to the studio to meet up with Cameron, Hannah, Alex, and Hailey before walking over to the meeting house for senior seminar. Which I found this one very informative and inspiring it some extent. After that I had a meeting with Ellie to finalize the plan for my presentation to identity literature tomorrow...so excited! Then I went to lunch with Rachel, Cameron, and Hailey so fun as usual. After lunch I came back to my dorm and wrote a few more notecards for my presentation and edited the three clips of my podcast together to share during my presentation tomorrow. Then as usual I had another AMAZING PERFORMANCE OF MAMMA MIA! 

 Today was stressful, sad and excited at the same point. I woke up this morning and showered. After that I walked over to the library to work on my concentration paper with Valerie. Then around 11:30am I walked over to grab and go with Hailey, then we sat on the turf and enjoyed our sun butter and fluff sandwiches and enjoyed the sun! After that I went back to the dorm and relaxed a bit before cleaning and getting ready to head over to the theatre to get glammed for opening night! This was when the emotions hit. I cannot believe its been four years and I have spent all of it in the theatre with some of my favorite people. I have grown a lot personally, becoming a more confident actor, dancer and general person. Will never be able to express my gratitude for everyone in the theatre. Seeing the Proctors post about the 2021 bricks only made the bittersweet realization bigger. I began to cry and was immediately comforted by Helen, Calvin and Libby. I am for sure going to cherish these next

 Woke up today and immediately felt way more productive then yesterday. Today I decided to go to advisory. I had. Told Sarah that I would stop by a meeting or two. In advisory we listened to Emilys concentration presentation which was really interesting. After that I came back to my dorm, sat on the porch and began to work on my concentration paper. First I reviewed my fathers comments and made some changes that he suggested. Then I went and did all the proper in-text citations. After that I went to Ellie Bullion. Lunch was good, I decided to switch work locations for the afternoon to give myself a change of scenery. So I sat with Katie, Libby, and Ellie under the tree by the wise, They all worked on Algebra two together and did Ellies second round of comments. Along with added pictures to my slide show. Around 2pm, I went back to the dorm to relax before one final dress rehearsal. Come see Mamma Mia tomorrow through Friday!