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Happy ho-ho
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relaxed
relaxedSorry, I'm adding a comma and a third ho to the title of the entry. :P
I did indeed have a lovely Christmas, even though the weather was sucky enough to prevent us from going to my aunt and uncle's house in Kenosha to celebrate yesterday. It was a good move, since the temperature dropped rapidly at night and the roads got bad. At least that's what my sister said after she and her husband returned to Beaver Dam.
And, of course, today we get the snow. It would have made more sense yesterday, with it being Christmas and all, but whatever. I'm just happy I got to spend time with my mom, sister, brother-in-law, and grandparents.
I didn't get all that much for Christmas, but I wasn't expecting much of anything either, so I was pleasantly surprised. I got some gag gifts that were inside jokes, mainly some train stuff because back when I was in college, I forgot that there were a set of train tracks on one of the ways into town that my mom and sister use to visit me, and they took me back to prove it to me, because I was stubborn about there not being any. And I will *never* live that down. Then there was a bunch of crab stuff based on my playing a crab person in a play. For non-gag gifts, my mom got me this beautiful dragon holding an egg. It's got a slip of paper describing what it symbolizes, but I'm too lazy to get it and type it here. But it's quite gorgeous. My sister and BIL got me Wall-E.
Then today, I was all productive when I got back into town and got all the stuff I need to put together gifts for the cast and director for the show I'm stage managing. (Sidenote: Madison friends are welcome to come see it, but it's not necessary since (a) I'm not in the show at all and (b) it's kind of a weak script that the actors bring a tremendous amount to. Also, I'm kind of sick of the play already, and if it's not entertaining me yet after several weeks of rehearsal, it's not a great show.) Then, on a whim, I went to Preplayed just to see what kinds of games they had for SNES. And to my utter shock, I found three games that I'd been looking for forever! Super Mario RPG, Yoshi's Island, and Power Rangers the movie. The first two were ones that I specifically wanted, since I don't own the first and my sister took the second from me. The third is something my sister and I loved to play when we were younger, so it needed to be bought as well. I spent the past couple hours today testing them to make sure they work and playing a couple of them. I felt like a kid again! Whee!
I'm basically spending tonight trying not to do too much since this coming week is hell week for the show. Namely tech week. We load in our stuff to the theater tomorrow morning, and I'll probably spend most of the day there, unless I'm really lucky. Then tomorrow night we have a tech rehearsal, and tech/dress rehearsals for the next three nights before we open on New Year's Eve. So, basically it's going to be work, theater, sleep, and hopefully a bite to eat here and there for me this week until Thursday. I took Thursday off and have Friday off for the holiday. Originally it was to celebrate my sister's birthday, but since I didn't know that she was taking off of work, I decided to stage manage a show (since I can't get cast in anything), and then found out that she took off. But it'll be nice to have a couple of days off in the beginning of our run. That also means that I won't be horribly exhausted after our opening show, so I'll be able to join the festivities afterwards. And also be able to get a little more drunk than I normally would.
I'm also hoping to get a New Year's kiss, but we'll see. I've yet to have one, and I'm 30, so it's about time I get one, right? Maybe it'll be the start of something big. Or maybe it'll just be a kiss. Or maybe it'll be a one-night stand. I don't know, but the possibilities are out there.
Oh, and one last thing before I post this. I found out before I went home for the holiday that Vamp, the show I stage managed early this year, was named as one of the best plays of 2009 in two local Madison newspapers. It made my day considering I actually enjoyed working on that show, it entertained me every rehearsal and every performance, and the cast was just lovely. I'm proud and honored to have worked on that show and to see it recognized for the greatness that it was was heartwarming.
Anywho, I should stop rambling on and on and on. Hope you all out there had a lovely holiday and are going to have a more restful week next week than I am. *hugs*
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