Boy am I tired! Some of you know I work in the "thee-ate-ore" as a Set Designer; my REAL job. Oh, side bar-that is not how you spell Theater. But back when I was a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Central Missouri University, a student stopped and asked me how to spell Theater; they phonetically said it like "Thee + Ate + Ore". So I guess it is "re" instead of "er". Anyway I love to say it that way-remember I am "T" with and "Odd".
Back to being so tired. I thought I was "really spent" after doing 2 days of the KMC Cyclocross Festival here in Providence. I had no idea that Theater Tech was an endurance sport. There are no places to find recovery; no long straightways and not many down hills. It is ALL technical stuff that keeps you on the "gas" from 8:30 am to sometimes 12:30 am. It is a combination of physical, mental and psychological. In this sport the "fly-overs", barriers and short steep ascents are HUGE and demand much energy. There are no intervals that can prepare you for such an experience. Yet each day after so little sleep I wake up and head towards to the local coffee chop to get caffeinated and some "fuel". I am then ready to take the new "course" on again.
I would love to be able to sleep perchance to dream like my little friend above-"Jimmy Jack". Nothing like a good rest with your favorite things and loved ones near. I am looking forward to that "sleepy-sleeping" time next week. My recovery plan is eat well and get hydrated. Because in 2 more weeks I will be doing it all over again in another part of the country. So I better get rolling today, go to the hardware store and then enter the Stage Door for another day of expending energy. I guess I need to inform those in charge of this production that Masters 55+ Theatre is only a 45 minute race, not 14-16 hours. WE all finish on the the same lap as the leaders. So, Mr. Potter needs to get to "Werk" and endure until I hear the bell for "one to go".
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