Migraining Cats and Dogs

I am writing to you now from within a fog of migraine medication, squash soup-induced food coma, and computer-hating eye strain. Yet write on I must. Unfortunately I had to cancel rehearsal tonight (damn) and I was so looking forward to getting Katie into rehearsal with Justin and Tim. Luckily they are all good sports and can meet tomorrow night. Migraines are my mortal enemy! I'm getting better at anticipating their arrival each month, but it is difficult to choose to take the necessary medicine in the morning and be hazy and out-of-focus all day, especially if I'm not sure if it's going to be hellish or just a tension headache.

Tuesday's class: great warm up - I enjoyed everyone's contributions, and I hope our confidence grows as a group and really take ownership of that process. We all respect and admire each other (I know I do) and it feels good to follow as well as to lead.

Building our space was not immediately smooth sailing. The group was not always saying "yes and" but "wait, no" sometimes. Of course, sometimes things need to change and go in another direction to improve, but only by trying and looking, building together and maintaining a positive attitude will progress occur. I hope I wasn't too pushy in this respect. I tinkered and played with the "set" - not wanting to just do things "my way" but to see how changes altered the space. After we toga-ed up, I was happy Justin started to read aloud from the Greek "interview." He and I took turns reading, from the Greek perspective, how we viewed the world and found ourselves within it. The group started to explore the space, interact, listen to the oration. I felt good about the experience, but it seemed a little muscled into being rather than organically grown.

Starting on Electra was fun - I enjoyed the physical expression to the words, the grandness, the sense of scale. I'm going to enjoy working on my Electra/Orestes scene with Alex. I want to rock her. It's a beautiful scene, and it has so much in it - from extreme pain to intense joy. What a ride.

Aaarrrgghh is it 11:20 already? Where does the time go?! I have a math test to study for and emails to send...