Weekend Round-up

A very good weekend was had. We had a party for Justin's cast from Flickering Wall on Friday night. What a fun group of people they are. And further proof that we have an excellent house for parties. I'm really excited to see what happens when the upstairs is completed and we get a full house to use. And we're getting closer to being able to start in on the upstairs! Very exciting.

Saturday was an odd day. I was supposed to go to a baby shower, but the baby ended up wanting to attend, so mom went to the hospital and gave birth instead. Both mom and son are doing great, from what I hear.

Went to lunch with Justin, Seth, Pree and Gail on Saturday afternoon, after stopping in at Uncle Hugo's. We went to the Global Market and had yummy food and enjoyed the people watching. Then we headed back to our house where Justin took a nap to be ready for performing, and Seth, Pree and Gail watched City of Ember. Having already seen that movie, and not being very impressed with it, I worked on finishing book #6, which I did. His Dark Materials breaks my heart in all the right places. Highly recommended. Saturday night I went over to Andrew's and hung out there for awhile. We watched Hell's Kitchen (I heart Gordon Ramsey) and Top Chef. It was lowkey and excellent.

Sunday I went shopping with my co-props master from Penumbra. We picked out swatches for a chaise we have to reupholster, and got fabric to make bags from. We also made some plans for the week, and figured out how to get this stuff done. I feel pretty good about it overall. Then I went and picked up a saddle for the show from my uncle, and hung out at home for awhile. Brought Justin to the theater for his final two performances, and ran some errands. Headed home. Made a roast and some mashed potatoes to last us for the week. Did some laundry. Had some quality alone time. Went back to pick up Justin, and then went to bed.

I felt productive and rested coming out of the weekend. This morning I'm feeling scattered and exhausted. How'd that happen? Unfair. Ah well. I'm hoping to maintain getting that productive feeling out of weekends. My next couple of weekends should allow for that, especially two weekends from now when I have Monday off (Thanks, President's Day!). That's when I'll get to start on Justin's office. This theater/house cycle of work actually seems to be working. Just when I was reaching the end of my ability to focus on the house, rehearsal started and now I'm reaching the start of the end of my ability to focus on theater, but getting excited about working on the house!