Whew! Long and busy weekend :)
Friday: The show went well and was fun to do. Afterwards, a bunch of us (Moriah, Dave, Annelisa and Michele) headed over to Burkowski's for food - yummy! - and alcohol. Then we hooked up with Joel (he was dropping the Conservatory kids off) and went over to Dick's Last Resort. Got there just in time for last call but couldn't drink my beer fast enough so I made Joel finish it for me ;P I'm a wimp, I admit it.
Saturday: Woke up around 11am, early for me ;), and called Lisa. She very sweetly offered to drive me over to the mfa so I could park at her place (and thus not have to pay for parking at the mfa). So I drove into Boston, parked, and she drove me over to the musuem and got me in for free (thus saving me $15! Thank you, Lisa :)) I spent three hours doing research. They have a huge Asian arts section and I found a lot of the information I needed for my book. Sketched a few vases, tea bowls, and other items that I'll use as setting details (I use the term "sketched" loosely. I am NOT an artist ;P) and took notes on a lot of the displays. I was greatly inspired and wrote four pages in the dressing room while getting ready for the show. It went fabulously well, Jess and Mike came and they both loved it. Afterwards we tried to go out but couldn't find parking, so we ended up at Mike's with a bottle of wine and Chinese take-out. Joel was supposed to join us, but got lost :P, and since he'd had an absolutely awful day, he just decided to go home and sleep. Which was probably wise, since we were all up until 4:30am! Jess and I crashed in Mike's bed while he and Joe took the two couches.
Sunday: Woke up :( Not fun. Went to Jess's to shower and borrow clothes and sneakers, then followed her car over to Artesani Park for the MS Walk. It was a sunny but windy day, but at least it wasn't rainy. Doing the walk - all three miles of it - was a bittersweet experience. It made me think of so many things that I'd pushed out of my mind for a long time. Like Matt (my ex, who has MS), what happened in our relationship, and how much I hope he's doing ok. And that they find a cure. One of the hardest things to deal with in growing up - IMO - is learning to hold people with an open hand. To be grateful for the time God puts them in our life without holding them too tightly. Being able to let go when it's time for them to leave, even if we don't want them to. That was a tough one for me to learn. Learning how to lose, and lose, and lose all the people you love without growing bitter or angry, and then having the courage to go out there and love someone new. So, obviously, I was in a pensive mood for our last show ;P
The energy was a little scattered, and I screwed up one of the dance numbers, but other than that it went well. It was just sad to think this was the last time we'd be running these numbers. Afterwards I talked briefly to my friends who came to see it (thanks guys!) and then dropped Eric off at the T. Talked briefly to Joel, but I was in a weird mood, and he was in a weird mood, so it did not go well. Or maybe I should say...I didn't know how to read him. So I don't know if we'll keep in touch now or what. I'm cool either way, though of course I'd rather have a friend ;) Then we had the cast party, but a lot of people had to take off, so I left kind of early and got home by nine. Checked e-mail, folded clothes (so that I'd have a bed to sleep on), and crashed. Hard core. Walking three miles, running a show, and hanging out on the amount of sleep I got (and with the slight hangover I had) does not make for a happy body :P
And that's about it. I'm still in that pensive, contemplative mood, over-analyzing and over-reacting to everything, so we'll see how today goes. I have to teach, and I'm sore from all that walking (you think you're in shape until you do something different! :P), but hopefully it will go well. I'd like to finish editing Soul Stone (yup, still not done) and work on Magpie tonight. Definitely going to spend the evening in quiet activities. It's 10am and my bed is already calling to me! :)
- D
Friday: The show went well and was fun to do. Afterwards, a bunch of us (Moriah, Dave, Annelisa and Michele) headed over to Burkowski's for food - yummy! - and alcohol. Then we hooked up with Joel (he was dropping the Conservatory kids off) and went over to Dick's Last Resort. Got there just in time for last call but couldn't drink my beer fast enough so I made Joel finish it for me ;P I'm a wimp, I admit it.
Saturday: Woke up around 11am, early for me ;), and called Lisa. She very sweetly offered to drive me over to the mfa so I could park at her place (and thus not have to pay for parking at the mfa). So I drove into Boston, parked, and she drove me over to the musuem and got me in for free (thus saving me $15! Thank you, Lisa :)) I spent three hours doing research. They have a huge Asian arts section and I found a lot of the information I needed for my book. Sketched a few vases, tea bowls, and other items that I'll use as setting details (I use the term "sketched" loosely. I am NOT an artist ;P) and took notes on a lot of the displays. I was greatly inspired and wrote four pages in the dressing room while getting ready for the show. It went fabulously well, Jess and Mike came and they both loved it. Afterwards we tried to go out but couldn't find parking, so we ended up at Mike's with a bottle of wine and Chinese take-out. Joel was supposed to join us, but got lost :P, and since he'd had an absolutely awful day, he just decided to go home and sleep. Which was probably wise, since we were all up until 4:30am! Jess and I crashed in Mike's bed while he and Joe took the two couches.
Sunday: Woke up :( Not fun. Went to Jess's to shower and borrow clothes and sneakers, then followed her car over to Artesani Park for the MS Walk. It was a sunny but windy day, but at least it wasn't rainy. Doing the walk - all three miles of it - was a bittersweet experience. It made me think of so many things that I'd pushed out of my mind for a long time. Like Matt (my ex, who has MS), what happened in our relationship, and how much I hope he's doing ok. And that they find a cure. One of the hardest things to deal with in growing up - IMO - is learning to hold people with an open hand. To be grateful for the time God puts them in our life without holding them too tightly. Being able to let go when it's time for them to leave, even if we don't want them to. That was a tough one for me to learn. Learning how to lose, and lose, and lose all the people you love without growing bitter or angry, and then having the courage to go out there and love someone new. So, obviously, I was in a pensive mood for our last show ;P
The energy was a little scattered, and I screwed up one of the dance numbers, but other than that it went well. It was just sad to think this was the last time we'd be running these numbers. Afterwards I talked briefly to my friends who came to see it (thanks guys!) and then dropped Eric off at the T. Talked briefly to Joel, but I was in a weird mood, and he was in a weird mood, so it did not go well. Or maybe I should say...I didn't know how to read him. So I don't know if we'll keep in touch now or what. I'm cool either way, though of course I'd rather have a friend ;) Then we had the cast party, but a lot of people had to take off, so I left kind of early and got home by nine. Checked e-mail, folded clothes (so that I'd have a bed to sleep on), and crashed. Hard core. Walking three miles, running a show, and hanging out on the amount of sleep I got (and with the slight hangover I had) does not make for a happy body :P
And that's about it. I'm still in that pensive, contemplative mood, over-analyzing and over-reacting to everything, so we'll see how today goes. I have to teach, and I'm sore from all that walking (you think you're in shape until you do something different! :P), but hopefully it will go well. I'd like to finish editing Soul Stone (yup, still not done) and work on Magpie tonight. Definitely going to spend the evening in quiet activities. It's 10am and my bed is already calling to me! :)
- D
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