Another Opening, Another Show!

Opening night went really well - I am so proud of my cast! I heard snatches of conversations around me - the set is great, the acting is great, the cutting of the script was well-done. I have a couple of actors who really struggled with the language and lines, but those few performed their lines wonderfully. I don't think I've ever been as proud of a show as this one.

Summer is almost over. Sigh. I have, officially, three weeks left before the fun-filled professional developments begin, but I have 4 or 5 days within those three weeks that I have to go to meetings, freshman orientation and training (but I'm getting paid extra for the training, which is a plus). I'm really looking forward to this year because it'll be my first year ever that I'm not teaching a new piece of literature. I finally get to reuse and tweak all of my lessons. The problem that I face, however, is that I have to rearrange the order of the books to create flow and thematic links with the summer reading. Normally I teach "Animal Farm" second semester to my honor kids, but I have to teach it right away since their summer book dealt with the Russian Revolution. That bums me out because I like to use "Jane Eyre" as the first novel because of how beautifully it's written. Instead I have to start with satire, propaganda, allegory instead of focusing on language, diction and syntax. I could do a bit with "Animal Farm," but "Jane Eyre" is so much better with which to start.

Oh, well.

Now I'm rambling. I'm going to enjoy this next week - I hope to finish one novel, also finish "The Shack," which I started before summer school and put aside, and then "Eat, Pray, Love," which I've been wanting to read for a while. If I can read those three books in the following week, then I can begin on the books for the history classes I'm taking in the fall.

Time to go. I tripped going down some stairs at the theatre last night (rushing to open the audience curtains prior to intermission) and I flew, landing on my right knee (yes, the same knee I banged up 3 years ago). It's swollen and a pretty blue-ish purple, so I'm going back to the couch, prop it up and read.

Cheers!