Pulling myself together this weekend

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This is my one weekend between the end of Mrs. Hawking parts III and IV at Arisia 2018, and before I have classes to plan for Lesley's spring semester. Which means I am taking the opportunity to put my house, my affairs, and my life back in order while I have half a chance.

I have completed probably the most challenging and honestly satisfying period of my life. I taught three classes, worked part time at a writing position at Evil Overlord that I love, and put on the strongest program of Mrs. Hawking shows I've ever done. I'm enormously pleased and proud of myself. It was a lot of work, but I did very well! And I'm not even as exhausted as I expected to be; thought I still came down with a cold immediately after, maybe I managed to take better care of myself this time around. And I had such wonderful help from cast, crew, and lovely friends. Thank God for them.

But a lot of things have fallen by the wayside in the meantime. Non-work and non-project chores have been shoved aside, and my house is always a disaster of props and costumes in the immediate show aftermath. But I am taking this weekend where I have no shows and no classes that require work to address it. I'm trying to get my practical stuff back in order. And I'm struggling a bit as OF COURSE we had MORE STUFF for this round of shows than we've ever had, so storage is beginning to become a problem. A round of culling is certainly in order— any costumes from my collection that don't have potential for Mrs. Hawking shows have to be seriously reconsidered.

I did good. I feel good about it. But alas, things don't wait for me while I'm off conquering the world.