Coming Up for Air

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It’s been a while since I’ve been able to squeeze in some time to play on MyLot. As I anticipated, Shrek the Musical was way more than I could really handle. For the past several weeks the cleanliness of my house, the quality of our meals, and the attention I’ve given my yard have all eroded significantly. Despite it all, I managed to get most of it all done. There are a few bits that slipped between the cracks: when Papa Bear sings the line that he’s raising his furry fist there is no fur on it; when Farquaad’s personal choir saunters on stage their choir robes still have crease marks from the original package; and I refuse to even discuss the dragon. We opened to a nearly full house on Friday night and are currently in the relatively peaceful lull between performance weekends. Today, or the first time in more than a month, I took some time to get my house in order. The dishes are washed, the floors are clean, and both showers have been scrubbed. I have done NOTHING related to Shrek. Yesterday, however, I spent the day deodorizing the foulest of the costumes (and after two full dress rehearsals, preview night, and three performances some of them were pretty rank) and performing surgery to repair Lord Farquaad’s broken left ankle. Unfortunately, the repair resulted in one leg being noticeably shorter than the other so I ended up repeating the surgery on his right ankle. Hopefully, life will settle enough that I’ll be able to pop in here fairly regularly!