Saturday Night on the Rocks!

I am just finishing up a margarita as I do a little online dating correspondence. I am beat. I went into the city today to meet Julia Levy's former roommate Betsy with some of her friends in from NY. I felt like I was on a little adventure. I parked at the MacArthur BART and got off at the Powell Street station. Met up with the ladies at Parc 55 and then we took the 45 bus to Cow Hollow and then to the Wharf for lunch.

I then left them and took the F to Embarcadero BART and sped back to grab my car and get to rehearsal. I arrived one minute late. I forget how long it takes to travel by public transit.

Either way, I was proud of myself for strapping on my aircast and heading into the big bad city. The ladies were nice and I could feel slightly more native since I do indeed live here and was not carrying the map.

The run-through went well tonight. It was our last run in the studio and after our day-off tomorrow we are in tech all day on Monday. I taped my ankle and wore my tennis shoes and it wasn't too painful. There was a bit of throbbing, but dealable. I hope to run to Payless tomorrow morning and grab some shoe possibilities for Monday. Hopefully something with a little heel.

Tomorrow Randy and I are heading up to Sausalito to hang with Christine and clan on their cool houseboat. We will probably spend the afternoon sailing. I am super excited.

Gratitudes:
1. my aircast
2. supportive castmates
3. easy public transit
4. clean sheets
5. fresh food
6. tequila

'Night!

Thursday musings

I am on the couch with an ice wrap and on ankle and a kitty fresh from my belly. I don't have to be to Davis until 10:30 or so, so I have a bit of time. I was going to try and get some doctors appointments in before my health insurance with the university ends on the 23rd, but I really needed a morning in. I have been working myself WAY to hard and I have to let this ankle heal.

The show is going well, but we will need every ounce of the week that we have left until preview. At least at the theatre the set is coming in in pieces and there's still nothing "tricked out" about the golf cart. It makes it a little difficult to rehearse since we really don't know what we can play with.

My apartment is still quite a disaster area. I am trying to get things put away and organized, but I need help. My parents get into town in a few weeks, so that will be great. I will also have time once the show opens since I will be done teaching in Davis. I trust the ankle will heal quickly, so I can start pounding the pavement and look for a job. My guess is that I will temping and grabbing an agent so I can make money and start getting out there as an actor.

The weather has been good. Nice in the mornings and evenings and not too hot during the day. Or at least my time outside has not been too bad. It's pretty amazing the difference in temperature on my route. Last night I left Walnut Creek and it was 83 at 10:30PM. When I got back to Berkeley at 11 at was 67. I was worried that it would be super cold here, but luckily it's not bad.

Scheduled a home massage tomorrow and then plan to gather with one of Julia Levy's friends from NY. I may see Randy in the evening, as well. We will see. The Bay Bridge closes tonight for the weekend, so this may be interesting. I have a feeling that traffic will be a nightmare.

But I have to get through today first. A nice drive to Davis, lunch with Jennifer Chuang, 2 classes and then a stress-free rehearsal at the studio.

Here's hoping!

Gratitudes!
1. wine
2. moms who listen - or in this case MY MOM!
3. lovely weather
4. ice packs
5. shuttle drivers that show up

Injury central

So today in class I did a back ball change where I twisted my ankle and fell to the floor. I guess I was so graceful that my students did not even notice. Or at least most of them did not. Luckily, I finished the combination today and they are already prepping for their final projects.

But it's a huge exercise in patience and crisis management. When my students found out I was injured (or saw that I had a bag of frozen peas on my elevated leg) they asked if I was okay. Unfortunately, they had no idea what to do when I said, "no, I am not all right."

I decided to wait for Shelly to arrive since I knew she would offer some sage advice. She asked two of her students to carry me where I needed to go. And after the health center and disability services could not do anything to help, I took them up on their offer. The health center said to come on in. However, since I could not walk, I was not able to get there. Disability services could take me to the center, but once I was done, I would have no way back. So, these nice students carried me to my car and I drove myself to the health center. I them called inside and someone came out with a wheelchair.

It was right at the end of the day so it was super quiet and I was worried no one would be around to see me. There were two doctors on call and one was the horrible doctor I met with about a year and a half ago. When the nurse said that she would be in, I asked if there was anyone else. By the time she put my history in the other doctor came up. So, in about 2 minutes I was being looked at by him. We were optimistic and after x-rays there were no breaks or fractures seen. So, I have a sprain.

I am hobbling along on crutches and have started to be able to put a little weight on it. I am currently on the couch after a nice bath, a bit of Ben & Jerry's with a nice bag of frozen mixed veggies on my elevated leg.

I canceled class tomorrow and I plan to rest up to get back to work as soon as I can. I am worried about On the Town, but I am trying to stay as positive as possible.

Send all good juju my way, please. I'll take all I can get.

Gratitudes:
1. T/D staff members who listen
2. Kind students with muscles and generous spirits
3. Ice cream!
4. Health center workers who stay late
5. All the friends from far and wide sending love on Facebook

Week 5

Tomorrow starts both week 5 of the second summer session and On the Town rehearsals. As I sit here on the couch in my disorganized apartment, I feel like I'm on the verge. Just as I felt leaving Atlanta, I really have no idea what's in store. Once my class ends on the 10th of September and then when On the Town closes on the 27th, I have NOTHING lined up.

Nothing.

Unfortunately, the bills keep coming and I will need to eat. But I am super excited for the adventures yet to come. Here's hoping that someone hires me and it's something that I want to do.

For the time being, here's the gratitudes:
1. BATHS - I have been devoid of a bathtub for the last 2 years. What a shame!
2. Wine. Um, it's delish
3. Energetic and caring castmates
4. A grocery store in walking distance to my house
5. Loving kitties
6. Cheese - both the kind you eat and some of the funny stuff in the show

Nighty, night!

Sitting here in my robe

drinking a glass of wine and piddling on the internet before I hit the hay. The best news of the day is that I took a bath. Yes, folks after 2 years of living in my small apartment in Davis with no bathtub, I got to relax and lie back and sing, sing, sing. Maxie jumped on the side wall which he used to do in Atlanta. It was funny seeing him remember his old routine.

Rehearsals have been good. Today, however was a long day. We ran the entire show with Company C, but the AC was not working or not on. Therefore it was super hot in the studio and very uncomfortable. It made everyone cranky and tired. Tomorrow we have the sitzprobe at 1PM so my morning is wide open. Looking forward to doing stuff around the house and perhaps heading to the 4th Street area to look for work. Maybe I should print some resumes out before I do that.

Ah, too tired to even think about it.

Gratitudes:
1. My friend Jamie for taking a load of crap in my car and coming into the Bay last night to party it up
2. My friend Chad for picking up my patio furniture in Davis and delivering it to me in Berkeley sometime this week
3. My partner in crime Mark for truly making our scenes exciting
4. Mindy Cooper for being a sensitive director
5. frozen yogurt - it's delish

Well it's Friday!

And it's been an equally productive and lazy day. I slept until about 9:30AM and then got up and moved to couch. I finally got my act together and moved my armoire across the room and unpacked my clothes and sheets. I also organized my bathroom stuff and towels.

I took a little break to walk and meet Mary Beth Cavanaugh, but it turns out that she was not available. Either way, I got a lovely walk in and treated myself to a milk tea at Tapioca Express on Shattuck.

Right now, I've joined Lincoln on the bed and I am trying to do a bit more cleaning and organizing before Jamie gets here for our exciting night in Berkeley. I really have no idea what we will be doing, but Jamie really wants to drink heavily so we may drink here grab some cheap eats and then hit the bars - wherever they may be. Randy should also be joining and perhaps Matt and Ara, as well.

Here's to an adventurous night!

life in berkeley

i am not sure why i titled this post as such since i really don't know much about life in berkeley, yet. however, i do live here with my kitties and most of my stuff is here. But I am by no means settled. In fact most of my things are still in boxes, bags or crates and I am not sure when I will have time to unpack.

Friday.

Here's to Friday.

I need to get out of bed and head back to Davis to clean my apartment and pack up yet another load of stuff. I don't have rehearsal until 7 tonight, so I will have an additional 2 hours after class today to eat some dinner and do some additional cleaning. I know, thrilling.

My roomie Tony heads to LA for a month on Wednesday so that's kind of a bummer since it would be nice to get the apartment set up and organized before he leaves. But, oh well. Here's to an easy day of driving, teaching, cleaning and rehearsing.

Hopefully I won't be too tired at the end of the day and can celebrate Tony's early birthday.

Ah, and my gratitudes:
1. employment
2. generous friends
3. nice weather
4. talented cast mates
5. a comfortable car