promises

so, I had promised myself, and put an alarm in my phone, but I haven't blogged yet this week.
sorry.

I was going to take pictures of delicious things and post recipes... instead I just ate the delicious things.

no doctors appointments, so... nothing there..

My show closes on Sunday, and a fun three weeks begin.

the first week isnt so exciting, still just 40 hours, but during the day, its hard to adjust to the schedule at first, but its nice to be home at night time, and to see friends like a normal person. On Tuesday I am going to Lauren and Stephen's house or just going out to dinner with them, whatever, and on Saturday I am going to Tori's for Canadian Thanksgiving. No other plans as yet, but it could be exciting.

the second week, well, thats tech week, Tues-Weds-Thurs are 8am to midnight days... sometimes 9am, but still, Fri-Sat-Sun are usually 9am but can be 10am or even 12 to when the show ends and after about a 1/2 hour of notes, for this next show that will mean about 10pm.

On Tues-Weds-Thurs 8am to 11am is for cleaning up, organizing, and getting things ready, 12pm to 5pm and 7pm to 12am is tech rehearsal where we SLOWLY add technical elements to the actors performance, lights, sound, scenery etc. This show doesn't have a lot of props, but it does have a lot of flying pieces, something like 8 trees, a red rectangle, our big red show curtain, a black scrim, the black out curtain (BOC), and 3 electric linesets. oh, and a chandelier. So, there are only two of us backstage on this one, plus it takes both of us to do the trees, so, this will be fun...

On Fri-Sat-Sun 8am to 11am is for fixing things, and more making things better, adjusting lights, moving props around, sweeping and mopping... 12pm to 5pm rehearsal - director's choice. 6pm to 930pm a preview performance, 930 to 10 notes - notes are when mostly the director says what they thought worked or didn't work during the preview, ie. trees faster or slower, this was too bright, this was too dark, etc.

the third week is just like Fri-Sat- Sun of the second week, until Friday when we open, then its mostly smooth sailing after that... its the last tech weeks of the season.