Enjoy the Lulls

Although I do still have one show a'building this year (today in fact), I'm in a relative lull... at least compared to the crazy crazy pace of even a few weeks ago.

I'm enjoying the lull.

Next week, of course, the annual Turkey / Christmas crazy begins, but today, lull.

Well, after I sort the reimbursible theater receipts...

Then dig out my drawing board, trashed while pulling out drawings for yesterday's set design workshop, and needing to watercolor pencil one last little rendering, and...  I can't even find the drawing surface at the moment.

Then cleaning out my car.  The poor ol' Scenic Ride is filled to the scuppers with STUFF from six shows or so.

It must be time to take a lull... because my desk and car are too trashed to use today!

I sometimes joke that I know I'm done designing a show when I discover that I'm drawing on a sheet of paper I can only get to by peeling off the tape of other, higher levels of drawings and sorta crawling under them - paper tenting over my head.  Then it must be time to stop.

Well now, clearly, it's time to get organized!

Set Designer's Life - Sleep Deprivation

Mind you, I'm recovering from a thing so need more sleep than usual, but last night's First Read Through for Ruth went to about 11:00 p.m., what with set design and construction and furniture discussions afterwards - plus drive time home - and this early morning's quick!-finish-the-drawings! for Mistakes Were Made is just finishing, barely in time for shower, dress, drive to Fort Worth, 9:30 a.m. meeting (oh, and get gas and copies on the way), before racing back for an 1:00 p.m. meeting, and I'm kinda...

...pooped.

This afternoon a nap.  Please.

Sometimes the deadlines just get a bit crowded.

Ruth went very well last night and I think Mistakes should be very funny.