More Studious and Committed

This week is the beginning of extreme stress and being busy for me. I start out every morning at 7 and won't be getting home until 11 p.m. or later! We started rehearsals for The Weir on Tuesday, and that's consuming huge amounts of my time and effort, which I gladly give though. But then on top of that I have my class schedule and work load that seems to be getting more and more demanding by the day. Lots of reading which I'm trying to keep up with and am being slightly successful in doing so. In addition to this, the Walt Disney College Program recruiting season is getting into full swing, so a lot of my spare time is being taken up by that going to meetings and doing miscellaneous businessy stuff. So needless to say I'm extremely busy trying to keep on top of everything. I am happy with this though, it's better than being bored or lazy. Being completely consumed keeps that feeling of unproductiveness at bay, and I'm happy for that. So I'll willingly devote myself, full steam, to these commitments through the month of October, after which The Weir will have closed and things will slow for the winter break. But there are sure to be some late nights and early mornings to come, as there have been already. Bring it on! I'm living the life now!

Like I said, The Weir is now id deep rehearsal. We started on Tuesday where we had a read through, John discussed his visions for the play, and the designers presented their inspirations and concepts. This made me really excited about the show, as it always does, and reignited my enthusiasm for doing a show in the cold of October at a glorious place with some amazingly talented people! AH! This is why I do what I do and why I give so much for it. It's so inspiring to be in a collaborative effort with people who know what they're doing and have strong, interesting ideas to fuel them. We've had one blocking rehearsal so far, yesterday, Wedndnesday. We just basically did some table work but then truly put the thing on its feet for the first couple of pages. It was interesting to see what came, but I think I could bring more to the process. It was the first night though, so maybe tonight will be a new feeling. Who knows? But that comes later, after my classes today, which I need to run off to. Hoorah for Math!