Less Traveled By Makes All The Difference

Well, tomorrow I officially start music rehearsals for my turn as Jack`s Mother in Into the Woods in Grapevine. Yep, I decided to take the professional gig in the show I love in a new theatre full of new people and leave behind a lead role among friends. Looking back on it, I wonder why I even toiled over this one; and I realize now it was more integrity vs. ego than anything else. And I`m pretty damn sure I made the right decision. I actually cannot wait; it`s so exciting to be doing this show again, and with a professional company in a gorgeous venue. Not to mention getting paid for it. Paid. Like money. Paid. For acting. ::happy dance:: I haven`t quite decided what to do with my last night of freedom for a while, but I`m hoping it will involve cooking dinner, baking cookies, and watching T.V. It would have also involved a spot of swimming, but that was before the sky crapped buckets of rain for like the 137th day in a row. But still. . .sounds nice, eh?

Today, however, I am rather like a zombie. Yes, very zombie-esque indeed. I basically had zero weekend (more on that later, but let`s just say it involved the one kind of singing I do NOT like to do). I was actually thankful to come into work this morning, albeit on 4 hours sleep (would have been more, but the libido wouldn`t stand for it). Now the relief of being at work has rather worn off, and I`m about to chew my hand off because I still have another hour to SIT HERE AND DO NOTHING. Have I ever mentioned I like to be busy? Yeah, thought so.

Meanwhile, the GTF and I are about to start making some big decisions. The first and not least of which is if, when, and where to get married. I know, I just vacu-sucked all the romance out of that, didn`t I? But really, it affects everything else we`re talking about. Are we going to stay in this house? Are we going to stay in Dallas? Are we even going to stay in Texas? Colorado and New York have both come up, as has New England. Where do we want to have kids? Wherein lies the best opportunity for our jobs to be simply a means to an end in order focus on other things we want to try (theatre, writing, singing, traveling. . .)? One thing`s for damn sure- we both desperately need a change of pace. For him it had to do with his job, for me it`s more about living somewhere outside of Texas and in general spreading my wings.

No, nothing`s for sure yet. It`s all preliminary planning at this point, but the anticipation is starting to build. We just have to do. . .something. And as comrades such as The Catpants can attest, it`s all rather exciting, isn`t it?

Until then, though. . . .WOO HOO!