home sweet home

Two days in and the good news is I could put enough things together to make it to work this morning.  At 7 am, I might add.  Yes, for all of you who are wondering, it is dark at 6 am.  My skylight is my barometer to all things light outside. But there's no complaining about the commute.  I think it took me 8 minutes door to door.

The apartment looks way better with my stuff in it.  Before that it was a little on the character-less side, but its improving.  I might still have it in me to paint a wall some day... but then again, maybe not.  There are only a couple I could handle on my own, anyway.  Some of my walls are very tall.  Which is, of course, cool.

The move itself was pretty seamless.  Three young, strapping guys all with tattoos covering most of their exposed bodies.  They were quick and easygoing and made the whole thing pretty easy. Now if only they would  have stayed and unpacked too!  Tattoos seem to be very popular in my neighborhood.  I pass many people on the street covered with them in all manner of places.  Interesting.  I hope that's not a requirement for Old City living.

Today, I had to be in early to meet a plumber.  I a pawned this job off on someone else last week, but since they were in tech all weekend working 15-18 hour days, it seemed crazy to try and get someone else to do this.  So here I am.  I've already, let the guys in, been to Starbucks and was ready to actually catch up on a bit of work -- when lo and behold my office door is locked.  I share an office and I guess when my mate left on Friday she got security conscious all of a sudden.  That's all well and good, but I don't have a key.  Oy.

The first show of the season starts this week. the show is Next to Normal, a contemporary musical. I saw it in Miami and am curious to see how we do it here.  It will be much different than the production I saw.  the one in Miami was very literal, house with rooms, kitchen, all built out.  This one is far more conceptual.  Just a frame for the house and then a huge 2 story video screen which will really guide the story and the feel of what's going on in the lead characters head as she has some of her manic/bipolar episodes. 1st preview is Wednesday.

One of our donors called to RSVP and said they were excited to be coming to see "Next to Norman."  We thought that was hysterical -- maybe we can find someone on the invite list named Norman and we can make it come true!!