I find myself sitting at the. DMV in a line that will have me sitting here for at least an hour ... The transmission in the old Pathfinder gave up the ghost (won't go in reverse...) just as we are ready to pay it off.
Now we have found a 2000 Subaru Outback that is on really nice shape! We found it for a steal as well. I just feel really lucky and blessed that we were able to find something so quickly in the price range that we wanted to pay in the condition that it is in. We have talked about how nice it would be to have one for a long time, but I really did not think we would get into one anytime soon since they are so popular. Now I am way excited to drive it! Yay for 4 wheel drive!
Student Produced Short Plays
Tomorrow I open an evening of 10 minute shows - "Student Produced Short Plays." They are all show that are totally produced by my drama classes. My Theatre 1 students wrote all the shows, Theatre 3 is directing them, Theatre 1 & 2 are acting in it, and my technicians designed the set, lights and sound for each of the shows. I am very proud of all of my students! They have worked their guts out to get these things ready (well...most of them have...).
We go up tomorrow at 7pm at the Skyline High Auditorium. If you have a little time, come by and have an entertaining evening!!
We go up tomorrow at 7pm at the Skyline High Auditorium. If you have a little time, come by and have an entertaining evening!!
Changes - again...
Well, I have had to change my show from Picnic. I had an actress decide to audition for another show that goes up the same weekend that our show does - and she got a part and decided to take it. So, I have changed the show to Fools by Neil Simon. It is not in the same league as Picnic, but it is good; funny, with a good moral and great characters to play.
The cast has done their initial read-through and they seem to like the show. The humor and timing in the show are borderline melodrama and that will be a stretch for some of the cast, but it will be a good growing experience for them.
Candace and Shiloh visited me in class today. My students said that I could not stop smiling for 20 minutes solid after they left. How could I? They both are just too cute for words! I love them more than anything!
The cast has done their initial read-through and they seem to like the show. The humor and timing in the show are borderline melodrama and that will be a stretch for some of the cast, but it will be a good growing experience for them.
Candace and Shiloh visited me in class today. My students said that I could not stop smiling for 20 minutes solid after they left. How could I? They both are just too cute for words! I love them more than anything!
A lot in 2 weeks...
Well here is the whirlwind that has been my holiday break (ok not so much a whirlwind as a light breeze but still...)-
I have finally figured out which show I am going to do for the Spring – Picnic by William Inge. It took many hours of reading scripts, at least 2 trips to the library, and much conversing with colleagues, but now that I have it I love it! The more I read the script the more I get into it. I was skeptical at first, especially after watching the movie starring William Holden and Kim Novak; I was worried that the show was too slow and about nothing to be engaging to a high school/parent audience. However, I really like the playscript. It is written much better than the movie and has a much clearer message. I think that everyone will get into the show once we get it started.
I spent a blissful 2 weeks with Shiloh! She is the cutest thing on earth! I love playing with her, watching her grow, teaching her new things, listening to her sing to herself, and talk in sentences that she can understand 100% and we can only get 45% of. It has been really refreshing to be with her for this time.
I turned 28. I feel like I am in the ambivalent stage of life where I have not reached a benchmark in my age, but I apparently am still the age where others seem to think that it is ok to call me “old”. (Look at yourselves before you say that please – and the fact that I am 9 years older than you does not give you license to call me that either...). I do not mean to sound bitter about the whole thing. I am enjoying myself immensely! I could not ask for a better time in my life.
I made a resolution to get myself in a shape that I feel good about. That is physically in a shape that I feel good about. I am sick of looking at my body and hating most of what I see and knowing that it is in my power to fix it, but I don't. It has been my long-standing opinion that physical pain is NOT a good thing – even if it is self-inflicted through exercise or other means. I have decided that I need to get over that outlook and take control of the thing that has been driving me crazy for who knows how long. YAY me!!
Daycare+Scissors+Baby=Trip to the InstaCare
I think we are all pretty ready for the Christmas Break to be here. Lots of grumpy people grumping around the halls and making life miserable for everyone else... Oh well, only 3 more days and we will all be fine.
Tonight I had the intention of attending the choir/orchestra concert at the school, but ended up playing in an InstaCare instead. Baby Shiloh cut her finger with a pair of scissors at daycare today and it ended up bleeding. Got it stopped, but when she got home the band aide came off and started bleeding again - a bunch. So, I ended up sitting on the couch with baby's hand wrapped in tissue until mom got home so we could go to the doctor.
We ended up going to the InstaCare and having her finger glued and bandaged (which did not stay on for more than 10 minutes). The while time Shiloh watched the nurses do their dirty work on her finger. She was really interested in the whole process. She had to watch what they were doing the whole time. We did not have to hold her down or anything like that. So, instead of having a cultural evening - we had an eventful evening with Shiloh's first trip to the InstaCare.
Tonight I had the intention of attending the choir/orchestra concert at the school, but ended up playing in an InstaCare instead. Baby Shiloh cut her finger with a pair of scissors at daycare today and it ended up bleeding. Got it stopped, but when she got home the band aide came off and started bleeding again - a bunch. So, I ended up sitting on the couch with baby's hand wrapped in tissue until mom got home so we could go to the doctor.
We ended up going to the InstaCare and having her finger glued and bandaged (which did not stay on for more than 10 minutes). The while time Shiloh watched the nurses do their dirty work on her finger. She was really interested in the whole process. She had to watch what they were doing the whole time. We did not have to hold her down or anything like that. So, instead of having a cultural evening - we had an eventful evening with Shiloh's first trip to the InstaCare.
Beauty and the Beast Pics
Crazy busy = fruitful results.
For the past 2 months my life has been consumed by another production. Now it is closed. I must say that Beauty and the Beast went quite well (pictures to come soon). The pit orchestra was amazing, the actors are the best students that I have ever worked with (honestly), parents have said it is the largest audience they have seen in the space since time immemorial, and now other schools want to rent our set from the show. This has turned out to be a very good experience to begin my time at Skyline High.
I was very skeptical about doing such a large show for my first one in a new school with students I did not know and a space I was not familiar with. While there were some pretty big snags in the entire process (i.e. - music director finding out he has cancer just being one of them...) everyone in the process pulled together to make a fantastic show.
Now it is time to choose another show, but somehow I find myself less than motivated to finalize a decision about the show. I am very excited to spend some time with Candace and Shiloh. To take some much needed time away from the production cycle.
For now, I have to focus on trying to get the aftermath cleaned up from this giant show. While it takes months on end to create a show of this magnitude, I love that other people think that it can all go away in a week. Thank heavens I am surrounded by helpful, caring, concerned, loving people that can help me accomplish what seems to be an impossible task....!
I was very skeptical about doing such a large show for my first one in a new school with students I did not know and a space I was not familiar with. While there were some pretty big snags in the entire process (i.e. - music director finding out he has cancer just being one of them...) everyone in the process pulled together to make a fantastic show.
Now it is time to choose another show, but somehow I find myself less than motivated to finalize a decision about the show. I am very excited to spend some time with Candace and Shiloh. To take some much needed time away from the production cycle.
For now, I have to focus on trying to get the aftermath cleaned up from this giant show. While it takes months on end to create a show of this magnitude, I love that other people think that it can all go away in a week. Thank heavens I am surrounded by helpful, caring, concerned, loving people that can help me accomplish what seems to be an impossible task....!