OK, not going to happen for so many reasons. I did, however, get to go on for one of the roles in Play Dead, the show that I work on. Part of my job title is understudy to a guy in the show. I didn't ever see myself going on, so I wasn't too worried about it. Then I found out that I had to do 6 of the 8 performances this past week.
Luckily, there is basically no words and very little stage time. It is mostly doing stuff behind the scenes that the audience can't really see. Well, they can see the things I do, just not me. I am more than ok with that. I can honestly tell people now that I have acted in an Off-Broadway production. Weird, huh?
Life is going pretty well. Christmas in on Saturday. This will be the first year that I am not able to go home. I will be here alone in NYC. I have been mentally preparing myself for a while now, but it is still tough. I miss my family a lot. I haven't seen them since last Christmas. I am excited because I get to see them in January after the Brelby wedding, but that still seems far away.
I love being in the city for this time of the year, I just wish I could be home for the day. I wish my family lived closer so that I could go home for 1 or 2 days when I needed a break and a loving smile from my mom. But alas, life isn't that way and I have to learn to deal with that. Most of the time, I have no problem being far from home, but the holidays are tough. I wish I knew 1 or 2 people here well enough that I could spend it with them. Most of the people I know will be out of the city for the holidays though, so no luck there.
One day I will find my new 'family' of friends here, it is just going to take some time.
I have been working a lot with the holidays. As mentioned earlier, I did 6 of 8 performances for Play Dead last week. I also worked 40 hours. I am also working 40 hours this week. All of this plus doing reset on Saturday nights and doing all the perishable prop work for the show. My last day off was Dec. 6th. With my current schedule, my next one isn't until sometime after the new year. I really hope the paychecks make it worth it, cause my ass is tired!
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