Changes

[dredpirateleena]

I've landed a new job!  It's with a touring production of Peter Pan, and I'm picking up with it mid-October in Boston.  Anyone out there on the East coast, I'd love to see you!  I won't have a car, though, so any visiting would have to be done in Massachusetts.   The production is staying through the end of December, and then- well, they don't know where they're going after that.  J and I are still together, and will remain so.  He's finishing up school out here and will be keeping the apartment and the cats and our stuff.  Once he graduates, it all depends on where he can find a job.  We'll be focussing our efforts on Chicago, as that puts me closer to my family, gives him a variety of job options, and allows me some good theatres to apply to should (when) I leave the tour.  We're both very excited and also nervous about these changes.  They're exciting, but as with most change, a bit frightening.  For J, he'll be leaving school and trying to dive into a horrid job market.  For me, I'll be with new people in new places with little to no support network of friends.  Plus I won't have the cats.  I'm going to miss the cats.  Eventually I might take one or both with me (as that is an option on this tour), but for now it is best to leave them with J in a familiar- and warm- setting.  (that is not to say I won't miss J; but we've done long-distance before and I can always talk to him on the phone or Skype.  I can't exactly cuddle the cats on Skype.)  Also, I might not be online for a while as I don't know if I'll have a computer immediately.  J needs his for school and I can't afford one until I've worked for a couple months, so to the Library it will have to be.  I also won't have my sewing machine.  THAT will be strange.  I enjoy having the convenience of my little Singer for when anything needs mending or making.  Maybe I can ship it via freight.  We'll see.  But yeah- tour.  The pay is good, I'd like to see more of the country, and I want a challenge in my work again.  With the pay increase I will be able to afford a gym membership.  That is very exciting for me, as I really enjoy a gym routine.  I like hiking and walking when the scenery is interesting, but I'm just not very consistent with my workouts.  Gyms have always been good for me in the sense of creating a routine.

And now I'm just sort of rambling.  Anyway, major change is the new job and the move.  Here's hoping it bears healthy fruit.