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Dec. 16th, 2008 01:28 pmIt's been a mixed December. Nutcracker started off horrifyingly bad for me when I suddenly and unexpectedly was hit with MAJOR PMDD symptoms during the first day of performances. I had to take two Ativan just to get through the day, and even with that I spent half of it in tears.
My birthday was nice in that a lot of people took time to acknowledge it in some small way, which felt surprisingly good.
The weather has been fluctuating between unseasonably warm and unreasonably frigid, with an ice storm smack in the middle that took our electricity (and with it the boiler that heats our home) for 12 hours. We're lucky though; a lot of people in Massachusetts are still without power and may not have it restored before the end of the week.
It's been really dark, though. I'm really noticing the sharp angle the sun cuts through the sky on its way by. It barely gets above the trees, it seems, before it's plummeting below the horizon again. We have less than eight hours of daylight now, so when it's cloudy it can be really hard to take.
I meant to decorate and send cards, but I can't seem to get things together; the house is a hopeless mess and there are only three school days left to get things done. Since we have three performances this weekend and we're driving to PA on Monday, everything feels really rushed. I keep telling myself that Nutcracker IS our family holiday tradition, but I still feel like I'm doing it all wrong.
At least Nutcracker is going better, though. I've had a lot of opportunities to perform the one pointe role that I really love, and it's such a joy to feel comfortable and confident dancing. The kids have done really well with everything, too.
So, yeah, mixed. I can't even stay focused long enough to get freaked out about how little time there is left; maybe that's a good thing.
My birthday was nice in that a lot of people took time to acknowledge it in some small way, which felt surprisingly good.
The weather has been fluctuating between unseasonably warm and unreasonably frigid, with an ice storm smack in the middle that took our electricity (and with it the boiler that heats our home) for 12 hours. We're lucky though; a lot of people in Massachusetts are still without power and may not have it restored before the end of the week.
It's been really dark, though. I'm really noticing the sharp angle the sun cuts through the sky on its way by. It barely gets above the trees, it seems, before it's plummeting below the horizon again. We have less than eight hours of daylight now, so when it's cloudy it can be really hard to take.
I meant to decorate and send cards, but I can't seem to get things together; the house is a hopeless mess and there are only three school days left to get things done. Since we have three performances this weekend and we're driving to PA on Monday, everything feels really rushed. I keep telling myself that Nutcracker IS our family holiday tradition, but I still feel like I'm doing it all wrong.
At least Nutcracker is going better, though. I've had a lot of opportunities to perform the one pointe role that I really love, and it's such a joy to feel comfortable and confident dancing. The kids have done really well with everything, too.
So, yeah, mixed. I can't even stay focused long enough to get freaked out about how little time there is left; maybe that's a good thing.
