I should really be asleep

Sitting here in my room on a Thursday night (well, Friday morning I guess) and I should have been asleep a while ago. I have to get up at 6am to get to work tomorrow. Ugh. I like early shifts once I am there, but the waking up part sucks.

I didn't do much today. I worked on Props for Play Dead for quite a while and cooked some food for the first time in about 2 months. I am hoping to get back into a more normal rhythm. The last 2 months have been so crazy with Apple, New World, and Play Dead that I haven't had time to do much for myself. I am excited for a little bit more free time to take care of that now.

I am happy with my decision to stay here in NYC. Having said that, I am going to open myself up a little more to jobs outside of the city than I have been since I got here. I am going to apply to summer stock jobs outside the city, I am going to apply to staff positions elsewhere if I think it would be a good fit/opportunity. I feel like I've been here long enough now that if I am gone for a couple months that I will still feel welcome and familiar when I get back.

I finally got Netflix and I could not be happier. My first movie being delivered to me? Milk. I have wanted to see this movie since it was in theaters and it should be arriving sometime tomorrow! I am just excited to have something to look forward to in the mail! Looking through the massive collection of movies in their database, I came to realize that there are a ton of movies that I want to see but haven't. Hopefully I will be able to rectify some of that soon.

This will be the first time that I won't be going home for the holidays. I am used to being away for Thanksgiving, but I am worried about how I will handle being away for Christmas. I love my family, but I don't get to see them very often. My life keeps me busy and often keeps me away, but Christmas has always been the one exception. I was always able to find a way to go home. That ends this year and that is going to be tough for me. Hopefully I will have people here in the city to spend the day with.

I am loving that it is the holiday season again here in NYC. I was here for the season last year, but I was so new that I was still overwhelmed and didn't get to really enjoy it. I plan on making more out of it this year. Just being more relaxed here has made it better than last year. I can only imagine it will get better and better as I spend more years here. This really is starting to feel like my home.