tech week vortex

there is a vortex that is created during and around tech week that essentially blots out all of the rest of the world. even when tech is going well (this one did) worldly interests slip so far down the to do list that you can actually forget about them. not forget for a minute, or a day, but really really forget.

 this is how i end up not calling back my mother for four days. also how i end up having to write on my hand that it’s time for a weekly steve (snake) feeding. also how dishes get funky in the sink, or i never make it to the bank to deposit this week’s pay. this is how i end up being glad that it rained because that makes it okay that i forgot to water the back yard plants.

what i mean to say is, tech week turns me into a thoughtless careless type person that ordinarily would disgust me.

but now tech week is over! the show is going very well; i’m comfortable enough with my own little role to really start taking notice of how well others are doing their part. which of course means we’re ready to open. which happens on wednesday. so i am about to surface again. everyone should come and see this play, and when you do i can apologize for ignoring you.