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Working

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This is all I’ve got for you.

Yesterday was gray and rainy here in Hartford. I also worked all day long and it was dark by the time I emerged from rehearsal.

This morning, I’m doing some work and gathering my things together so I can load up the car when I’m back from rehearsal. The cast is quite talented. One cast member is a former student in the MFA program in San Diego and I worked with him about 8 years ago. He’s a lovely guy and it’s great to see him again. Everyone else is new to me, which is always exciting.

I have to do a lot in very, very little time. It’s almost impossible to coach this way, but I plan to rise to the occasion and do my best. I love Elizabeth’s adaptation of Jane Eyre. I think she’s done a great job. She’s also the director, so it’s definitely a project from her heart.

I’m done around 3 this afternoon and then I’ll walk back to the apartment and get my car and start the drive home. Don will have dinner waiting, bless him. I miss him and my little cottage and can’t wait to get back home.

But first, coaching.

Happy Wednesday.

 

Rust

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Look familiar? I’m in the same apartment I’ve spent months in over the years.

Looking at this photo, one would almost think I’m a minimalist. (We all know that isn’t true.)

I got here around 3:30 yesterday, met the company manager and got the key to the apartment. I settled in. Don had made some dinner (and a salad) and, since I hadn’t had any lunch, I wolfed it down around 6:00.

All went well until I decided to soak in the tub. I’d brought some bubble bath and I turned on the hot water and let the bathtub fill up while I did other things. When I went to turn it off, the water looked…how do I say it?….rusty. I didn’t know if I was seeing things or if it was the light playing tricks on me.

Nope. It was rusty. I emptied the tub and saw sediment and rusty water. Same thing with the sink tap. And the kitchen sink water. I messaged the company manager and she said they had had some trouble with the pipes last week and had turned off the water briefly. Maybe it had to do with that.

I then spent the next hour running water in two sinks and the tub to try to flush the pipes out. Needless to say, this is not how I wanted to ease into a good night’s sleep and, in fact, I didn’t get a good night’s sleep.

I was pissed off.

The company manager finally got a hold of someone in maintenance who thinks it’s possible that sediment was kicked into the water heater (each apartment has its own hot water heater). He is going to come by today and empty out the heater and replace all the filters in the unit.

No bath, lots of water running. Don and I did get a laugh about what my neighbors must have been thinking: “What is that person doing  in that apartment? There’s been water running for an hour!” I’ve been reduced to using some bottled water that I brought with me, which means I’ll have to buy some more today.

It’s never dull, is it?

Meanwhile, the company manager is coming around in about a half hour to give me the key to another apartment where I can take a shower.

Too much crap to deal with when I want to concentrate on my job.

Sigh.

Happy Tuesday.

 

On the Road

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No, I’m not doing laundry but I am  trying to get everything together to drive to Hartford later this morning! It’s insane the amount of things I need to take for two and a half days. Lots of ‘office stuff’ and food and coffee and toiletries and a hair dryer and books and a mug and coffee filters and pour-over and clothes and shoes and an umbrella, blah, blah, blah.

I’m tired just thinking about it.

I’ll blog tomorrow, as I’ll have my laptop with me.

It’s colder today, with gray skies. Don insisted on making a dinner for me that I can take with me and eat this evening. He’s doing that this morning. What a cutie!

I’ll miss him.

Anyway, my friends, I’ll chat with you tomorrow.

Happy Monday.

 

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