Today was my first day on the job... I was so nervous... would the employees like me? Would I be able to keep them motivated? Would I be able to accomplish all my set goals for the day?

I am now a Stay-at-Home Mom... whoa... it feels really weird, and exciting... I woke up at 7:00 and showered and got dressed. I'm pretty adamant about wanting to get dressed and get the kids dressed every day. I can see how it would be easy to end up in your pj's every day, and I've NEVER been a pj person... I wasn't one of those girls in college who went to breakfast in her flannel sweatpants and curlers, you know?

Last night I made myself a schedule for the day, including the start of a timeline for the baby I'll be watching. This is partly to make sure Tony, Jr., doesn't watch TV all day, and partly so that I build in time for Halcyon stuff and (eventually) exercise. I earned about 20 pounds worth of Oneg working at the Temple, and I'd like to give them BACK as soon as possible.

If you could see the timeline, it's pretty exhausting... and of course today proved that you need to roll with the punches (much like tech week!)... for example, Tony, Jr. didn't want to take a nap at ALL... there goes my 2 hours of Halcyon time... fortunately, I was able to intersperse work throughout the day, like emailing politicos and educators about relationships and parking for the (hopefully) new Halcyon House... Music time went from 15 minutes to 5 minutes, but we did some more music after lunch...

In other exciting (and connected) news, I am now directing a show for the Alcyone Festival. "WHAT??????" You ask.... yes... TANGO PALACE lost both of its actors... so, Adam Dodds will be playing Isadore instead of directing, and I will direct him and Tom McGrath...  "In a World where a Festival is currently in Tech, One Show BEGINS its rehearsal process... Watch as 3 artists face the pressure and come out on top!"

The prospect of leaving this blog post and getting ready for Wednesday's read-through and Saturday's Q2Q is daunting to say the least... however, I actually feel really GOOD about what we can do with this show...It's only 17 pages, even though they are a PACKED 17 pages...and I feel like where I need to be going as a director is away from movement pieces a little bit and back towards some meaty character work. TANGO PALACE will be exactly that.

I have always believed in signs, and I believe that when you listen to those signs you get what you really need (not always what you want, but what you need for sure). I'm at the beginning of a huge scary adventure. There are so many things that I can accomplish and that I can help Halcyon accomplish from here on in...

All I have to do is "Just Don't Fuck it Up!"

...or get lazy...