The Play….Oh Boy.
This play is a growing monster that can’t be stopped!! It is way bigger than I imagined. When I first “signed on”, I thought it was going to be a “little ditty” like last year’s. Uh…no. Not at all. This play is THREE TIMES bigger than last year’s!! We had to find sooo many costumes (like 6-7 costumes each for the two girls, let alone everyone else…all 17 of them…and the theme is 1923! Not easy.), which was a horrid mess. I also did all the fliers and the program and the tshirts and the tickets, which took forever and was so stressful. (I am not even done the programs yet!) AAAND, I am IN the play this year! I feel that my character has taken the back burner sometimes. (And I was told two days ago my character was more Geisha than French, so I have a week to change her…GAH!)
Today was our first dress rehearsal. (In say first because we have more dress rehearsals on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.) It was crazy nuts. I came at 8:30 to bring the costumes up from my classroom. That in itself was crazy! I was all burnt up by the time 9:00 rolled around because I was still not ready. I had more costumes to get ready and I was not ready myself for 9:30 curtain call. I was mad running around. Then, while the play was going on, I was still running around making sure the two main girls had all their costumes on at the right time. WAY too many costume changes!! I was almost unprepared for my part! I, actually almost missed a part at one moment, and when I went on, one of the saftey pockets I had fell off in the doorway! No one noticed but I was freaking out on the inside. Oops! Next time I have to be more conscience.
Next week is going to be NUTS. We have the same thing as today on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday…full hair, full makeup. The thing is…I work til 5:30 and it starts at 6:30…WHEN am I going to EAT??!!! I am going to have to bring something to school to munch on while I wait I guess and put my face on later. I am going to have to curl my hair for my bun while I am still working!
Stress. Part of life, huh. I am thinking that I will take a break next year. This is way too much to do every year. But, we will see how I feel next year.
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