Update
I hate that I can't sleep when something important is coming up. I got about 3 hours of sleep last night, despite the fact that I could have gotten 8, especially since we got an extra hour thanks to Daylight Savings.
Wet tech today. Dry tech was wonderful, aside from my general dissatisfaction with some of the show props and my inability to make time to get replacements for them. Not that it's my job to get the right props...just that my prop master dropped the ball on a couple of very important things, and as a result I am left with things like an itty bitty hoof pick which is supposed to look phallic and instead looks dumb...
I need to let go of worrying about it, since I genuinely can't do anything about it at this point. Sad, but a fact nonetheless.
Devin is considering training to be a manager at Banana Republic. After the fight we had last week, he suddenly became resolved (or maybe resigned) to find a steady source of income. Serendipitously, his store manager has recently become the district manager, and she approached him the morning after the fight to ask him if he'd be willing to consider management. He said he would, and they're going to talk again after the holiday season is over (since they wisely don't train new management during the holiday shopping season). It isn't stellar, salary-wise, but it is *steady* and it includes benefits, which he sorely needs.
Quinn has been very very clingy for the past few days. I'm frankly surprised it didn't start sooner. I miss being with the boys as much as they miss being with me. In spite of the intense joy I have been experiencing in this rehearsal process as a result of the amazing things the actresses and the crew continue to accomplish, I find myself delighted at the prospect of being done with it.
I have a mountain of grading unlike any mountain I've ever had before. All 58 of my students have turned in two papers (2-4 pages each) since the last time I sat down and did any grading. And my 30 Dramatic Arts students have also turned in midterms which are, on average, 10 pages long.
Plus I have to put together a prospectus for my seminar paper by Tuesday, and I have *no* idea what I want to write on.
And we're moving into the color model for Scenic Design, which means I need to read M. Butterfly 3 times by Thursday, write a response to it, and create a collage of my research for the design.
But right now I can only think forward into today. I'm going to get to campus at 9am and rehearsal is scheduled to be over at 10pm. By the end of the day, the show should be nearly ready for audiences, as each cast then has one dress rehearsal before the Wednesday preview.
Think good thoughts.
Wet tech today. Dry tech was wonderful, aside from my general dissatisfaction with some of the show props and my inability to make time to get replacements for them. Not that it's my job to get the right props...just that my prop master dropped the ball on a couple of very important things, and as a result I am left with things like an itty bitty hoof pick which is supposed to look phallic and instead looks dumb...
I need to let go of worrying about it, since I genuinely can't do anything about it at this point. Sad, but a fact nonetheless.
Devin is considering training to be a manager at Banana Republic. After the fight we had last week, he suddenly became resolved (or maybe resigned) to find a steady source of income. Serendipitously, his store manager has recently become the district manager, and she approached him the morning after the fight to ask him if he'd be willing to consider management. He said he would, and they're going to talk again after the holiday season is over (since they wisely don't train new management during the holiday shopping season). It isn't stellar, salary-wise, but it is *steady* and it includes benefits, which he sorely needs.
Quinn has been very very clingy for the past few days. I'm frankly surprised it didn't start sooner. I miss being with the boys as much as they miss being with me. In spite of the intense joy I have been experiencing in this rehearsal process as a result of the amazing things the actresses and the crew continue to accomplish, I find myself delighted at the prospect of being done with it.
I have a mountain of grading unlike any mountain I've ever had before. All 58 of my students have turned in two papers (2-4 pages each) since the last time I sat down and did any grading. And my 30 Dramatic Arts students have also turned in midterms which are, on average, 10 pages long.
Plus I have to put together a prospectus for my seminar paper by Tuesday, and I have *no* idea what I want to write on.
And we're moving into the color model for Scenic Design, which means I need to read M. Butterfly 3 times by Thursday, write a response to it, and create a collage of my research for the design.
But right now I can only think forward into today. I'm going to get to campus at 9am and rehearsal is scheduled to be over at 10pm. By the end of the day, the show should be nearly ready for audiences, as each cast then has one dress rehearsal before the Wednesday preview.
Think good thoughts.