Catching up

I've been told my my lovely friend Meredith that I suck at blogging. And so I do. It's been since October that I've blogged, so let me try to catch you up on why it's been so long since my last entry.

In October, the wonderful bosses at Alabama Shakespeare Festival (heretofore referred to as ASF) let Jeff know that they would be using him, with all his lighting expertise, as a stage hand for the run of Peter Pan, their big money maker for the Christmas season. This led to a few 60 hour weeks for which he got paid the same amount as always and much abbreviated holidays for us (both Thanksgiving and Christmas). This only felt unjust to us because he was the only MFA design student who has been asked to do any such thing. Jeff dealt with it much better than I did. I'm still bitter.

Meanwhile, I took on some house cleaning jobs with my friend Sara. Though I was supposed to be working fewer hours at the bookstore, I usually worked four days a week there because of staff shortages and two days a week cleaning houses. At the same time, I was reteaching myself high school math so I could be prepared to take the GRE in December and finish all my grad school applications throughout December and January. Needless to say, by the time Christmas was over we were both blurry-eyed and exhausted.

However, things are much better now. Although some of the buys Jeff works with have left the theater meaning he will probably have to run at least one other show, he seems to be at peace with the situation. Besides, graduation is just around the corner and he has much bigger fish to fry, like finding a job post-grad school. I've taken a promotion at the bookstore (please hold your applause) and have stopped cleaning houses (long story--I may have driven away all our clients, though that's unsubstantiated). Our lives are feeling much more in balance.

So, we're looking toward the future. I'm starting a baby blanket for Sara who will be having a little boy in June, so look for another installment of my ongoing series on my crocheting projects. Jeff is taking a trip to Los Angeles in March to look for jobs and plan our move. Hopefully we'll know for sure by then where I've been accepted into grad school. Fingers-crossed that it's USC.

I'm also trying to start a new play.....I think it's going to be about newlyweds, a comedy, I think. I'll let you know how that goes. And I'll keep everyone updated as I get info on grad schools. I've not heard from any of them yet except that they have all received my applications. PROMISE I'll blog again soon.