8 AM

Got up for a production meeting 1 1/2 hours away but which was scheduled for 11:00 (because it was raining and we all know how people drive in the rain). I also was able to get gas and Starbucks.

10:45 AM

Met Stage Manager in rehearsal room so she could show me the way to the main offices.

10:50 AM

Stood outside looking silly for a few moments while Stage Manager ran back inside to get something. A schoolmate (who now works at the same company I do) kindly offered me a ride over to the offices after they dropped something off. I accepted, then called out "Nevermind!" and ditched ride because Stage Manager came back outside.

11:00 AM

Got to offices and realized Ride might not have heard "Nevermind." Called them on the phone and apologized.

11:05 AM - 1:00 PM

Production meeting.

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Lunch break. Ate sandwich from Starbucks.

2:00 - 6:00 PM

Rehearsal (Table Reading)

6:00 - 6:45 PM

Frantically drove to a 6:30 call at show I'm running projections for, a half hour away. Notice I was late. I'm also missing the evening rehearsal.

6:45 - 7:00 PM

Did half hour's worth of prep in 15 minutes. Luckily my awesome ASM booted up all the computers for me, or I never would have made it.

Curtain up at 7:30.



X_X

This is my dead face. See? I still have to drive home after the show, but at least it's a slightly earlier curtain.

God, I can't wait for this week to be over.

Cops are ticketing a homeless guy that was playing guitar in front of the bookstore. We didn't call, somebody else must have. The guy's cussing them out - I really hope he doesn't get arrested. He's a pretty nice guy.

Feel like the plague is creeping up on me again... I held it off for a while, but I guess all the excitement of the past week caused a drain on my system.

Man, he's still out there yelling. I'm surprised the cops haven't taken him in already.

Wugh.

So most of the last couple of days has been spent taking care of sick Cj, working substitute retail shifts, and preparing for the enormous booksigning events happening at the store. Today was no different, but for some reason it felt like it really sucked. I dunno why, I just felt incompetent and grumpy. Couple that with problems at the post office and a worry about getting everything done, and I feel kinda crappy.

Everybody post silly pictures and cheer me up, plz.

So, this Halloween was pretty much a wash. I missed a party on Saturday night that was pretty much my only reason for making any sort of costume effort (picture me as Molotov Cocktease from the Venture Brothers ;), but I did spend some time and effort on decorations. In addition to the normal pumpkin carving, I tried out both the Witch's Curtain" and Turnip Jack O' Lanterns from Martha Stewart's website. My camera battery charger is MIA, so I don't have any pictures, but lemme just say the Witch Curtain was super-easy and effective. The Turnips, on the other hand, looked awesome for about 24 hours before they shriveled up and died. They literally consumed the tealights inside them - I couldn't even see the candles to light them after the second day up. Now I know to put them out ON Halloween next time, though.

In other news, I'm reading "Tastes Like Cuba: An Exile's Hunger for Home" by Eduardo Machado, which is a great memoir/cookbook, with recipes at the end of the chapters. The only bad thing about it is it makes me crave fatty food (roast pork, which I don't even like) even more than I already do. Funny that this comes directly after seeing vegetarian author Mollie Katzen speak about the wonder and joy in a life with vegetables. Oh man, there was this recipe in the book that she made to hand out at the book signing, and it consisted of these simple squares of firm slightly roasted squash with a few pomegranate seeds on top. Ahhh, it was amazing. Made me want to eat more veggies. Ooh, I wonder if I could make a pomegranate substitute for cranberry sauce? Something to try out this Thanksgiving. But I digress.

I'll probably be posting my Statement of Purpose up here for criticism soon, so watch out for that. The days are ticking down until my first deadline and I'm starting to get pretty nervous.

Things go on as they have for the last few months.

I sew, I intern, I work on applications, I clean the house. Sometimes (rarely) I work.

I'm working this weekend. Retail tomorrow, then an event on sunday (with an adoptable dog fair, which I'm looking forward to).

Cj's mom came up and visited recently which was lovely - we went to the Winchester Mystery House (one of my favorite places) and took a ton of pictures, which I'll post here soon.

I guess I'm not feeling much like writing right now, but there it is.

Uuuuuuggh. I got a call last night that someone called in sick and since they were expecting a rush for a couple of big name authors they couldn't be short staffed. When did they need me? 8am, of course. Ah well.

So I sat in traffic this morning for 45 minutes and was 20 minutes late (damn you, traffic, damn you), which didn't matter too much since one of the managers was driving the other way and saw how bad the traffic was, plus I called ahead, plus I stayed later than usual. I'm starting to get a little more comfortable ith the computer system, which makes things go a whole lot quicker. Also I saw the person that directed a bunch of my elementary/middle school plays, so it was fun to tell her about the stuff I've been doing lately. A little bit of validation.

Frisbee was good and apparently I played well, despite feeling pretty much like crap the entire time. I think I might have tweaked a back muscle, though. Also I had the beginnings of a really monster headache. When I got home (after a fun evening at Chevy's with Joe, Cj and Dave), I ran the hottest bath I could stand, lit a bunch of candles, and kind of curled up into the fetal position in the dark while listening to Joni Mitchell.

Yeah. It was pretty pathetic.

Unfortunately the headache didn't get any better, so I crawled into bed around 10 and watched some of "Moonstruck" until Cj came to bed.

Aside from that, I've been making some real progress on my quilt. After I finally got the two year old to go to sleep on Friday, I sat for a good hour and a half piecing some things together. I learned how to make triangles the other day, and I'm also working on a border that's like a row of mini-quilts within the larger quilt. I'll post pictures when I get it to a manageable size.

Dad's home now, and besides looking a bit worn and tired he's doing fine. They put a stint in one of his bile ducts to keep it open, which they're going to have to take out later (but it's not a big procedure). I'm just glad he's back and doing okay.

I spent yesterday filing scripts and doing some data entry, and I got a call today from a cute little bookstore in my area that might want me as a part-time worker, so that's good. Today I'm going to try to clean up and get organized, then work on some of the sewing projects I've been putting off. <3

Last night I was watching Cj laugh while he was playing with the dog in the hallway. It was nice to think to myself "I have a nice home" and have it have nothing to do with the building I'm in or the stuff I have around me.

Going to play frisbee today on the beach, then maybe watch A Scanner Darkly. Tomorrow I need to go shop my resume around some more and try to find a part time job that doesn't make me want to kill myself.