There's a fine, fine line

Sorry that I was MIA on Friday. I meant to post, but the end of this week and into the weekend has been really busy and emotionally insane, so I never got around to it.

I spent the first three days of last week working on a mailing, and then Thursday everything exploded with the website, so I had to work really hard to get us to a point where we could launch on Monday. We also started our second weekend of shows on Thursday, so I was dealing with that at the same time.

Dawn gave me Friday night off, but I ended up staying up way too late and then everything in my life exploded. I did not get a lot of sleep.

Saturday I worked all day which was probably a blessing in disguise because sitting around would've made me feel worse. We did two shows, and I finished up my website stuff in between. Once again, I ended up staying up way too late, but I got to sleep in a bit. On Sunday, I picked up our box office manager from the airport in Portland, took a short nap, and tried to distract myself from my life for the rest of the day.

These next couple of weeks before my contract ends are going to be busy and probably rough, so I'll try to keep up with this as much as I can. Right now, I have very little energy for anything I don't have to do.

My soul is tired, you guys.

This Wonderful Life

Hi guys!

I hope everyone has had a good couple of days. I'm sorry this is a little late, but I forgot how crazy show weekends can be.

On Thanksgiving night, we had 150 people join us as we opened our holiday show This Wonderful Life.

It's a one-man adaptation of Frank Capra's holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life, and our audience seemed to enjoy it so much, we brought it back this year.

I had actually never seen the movie, so on Wednesday night, I hunkered down with the cats I was house sitting, and watched it. It wasn't exactly what I anticipated, but I definitely understand why it's become such a classic. 

I watched the show on Thanksgiving, and it's a lovely adaptation. It pokes fun at all the right places while keeping the characters and themes alive. Plus, Mike Anthony, the actor, is just a joy to watch onstage. 

It's definitely an interesting concept, though. What if you could see what your life would be like if you were never born or, better yet, if you had made different choices. I know that I've made a ton of choices in the past five years or so that completely changed the path I was on. What if I had made the other choice?

Perhaps it's better that I never know. I don't regret any of the choices I made. They all brought me to where I am today. And, to be totally cliche, I have a pretty wonderful life. 

The first weekend went really well, and Dawn gave me today off to recover. Being that "on" really takes a toll on me. I'm exhausted, and really looking forward to a quiet-ish week before the show's second weekend. 

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. Thanks to the show I missed all the Black Friday craziness, and I'm not really complaining. I'm actually doing pretty well on my gift buying this year. I'm about 2/3 of the way through my list, but the last group is my hardest to shop for.

What do you guys do about hard to buy for people? Any go-to presents?

O, had I but followed the arts!

I feel like I'm always saying this, but it was a crazy week!

Beyond all the normal crazy that happens during the week, on Wednesday, I was asked to run sound for the public performances of Twelfth Night this weekend. That meant that starting Wednesday night, I was in the office during the day and running shows at night. Needless to say, I did not see a lot of my house this week.

The weekend went really well, though. We had small but appreciate houses for the public performances and two school matinees on Thursday. On Sunday, Dawn was gone taking her eldest son on a college visit, so I got to pull triple duty as box office manager, house manager, and sound board op. I also had to do the curtain speech.

Thankfully, I have today off, so I'm trying to get caught up on all my internet things and my life in general. I'm currently at the theater doing laundry and watching all my TV from this week. My hosts don't have an electric dryer, so even on my day off I end up here!

I also have a date tonight, but I've decided not to elaborate too much on the boy situation for a little while. It changes too frequently for it to not be the most confusing ever.

I hope you guys had a good weekend and are having a good start to your week. I'm looking forward to having a short week and some more time to relax. I need to get some serious reading done if I'm going to finish my 50 book challenge!