Author: Sarah

Let’s see. No yarn samples yet (maybe today?), no completed sock, no progress of any sort. Too many rehearsals, not enough sleep. And it’s only going to get much, much worse. But I got my nun costume last night. It’s quite authentic looking. Some of the other cast members were getting a little nervous about all of the nuns walking around last night – seems they were afraid rulers might come out from nowhere and whack the backs of their hands. Hmm…I wonder if I can find one of those old wooden rulers with a metal edge before next rehearsal… :) My only problem is that it’s going to be hot, hot, hot in that costume under stage lights. Tonight there’s no rehearsal, so my plan is to do laundry, cook an actual meal, finish the first sock and maybe cast on the second, and knit up a swatch of the yarn samples that will hopefully arrive today in the mail. And go to bed early!

That is, I watched the movie Signs last night. My parents and youngest brother were going on and on about how scary it was, and how I’d never be able to sit through the whole thing, I’d be so scared. It wasn’t that bad! I guess I’ve somehow earned a reputation as a suspense movie wimp. I thought the movie was actually very good, and I was pretty close on my guess about how it would end, so I was never really in the “at-the-edge-of-your-seat-biting-off-fingernails” mode. Of course, I was supposed to spend my evening off from rehearsals taking down Christmas decorations…I guess this weekend is soon enough, although the tree is looking mighty sad at this point.

Rehearsals for Sound of Music 2003 are going well. The problem is, that by the time I get home, I have just enough time to get ready to leave. Dinner has been an interesting challenge – especially with my resolution to eat better. For example, I stopped at Wendy’s last night to get my favorite “healthy fast food”, a mandarin chicken salad. I had to repeat myself at the drive through about 5 times before the guy understood what I was saying, but then he said, “Ok, a mandarin chicken salad, a water and a decaf coffee. That will be …” (whatever, I don’t remember). I drove around to get my order, the guy handed me a bag and said, “here’s your mandarin chicken salad.” Didn’t check. Drove another 20 minutes to rehearsal, grabbed the bag, got settled, and found…a chicken BLT salad. Nevermind that I hate tomatoes and honey mustard dressing. Forget the fact that I was looking forward to mandarin oranges and crispy rice noodles. I was devastated. Until I remembered that it was just dinner, and it still fit the criteria of being somewhat healthy, especially since I skipped the dressing all together. (And I will admit that the salad was quite good, it had a minimum of tomotoes that I could pick around, and I’d consider getting it again. At a different Wendy’s.)

I’m still kind of congested, but I think the worst of this cold is over. What sucks is that I just spent a week of vacation being sick. But at least I got a lot of crafting done! I finished the paper camera. Actually, I finished it on New Year’s Eve, so it counts as a finished object for last year! I’m almost done with a cross-stitch sampler that I’d started and done maybe 5 rows on back in June. And I started yet another knitting project – this time a sweater for me. Unfortunately, in just a few short days I’ll have to get back to reality. Work and rehearsals…at least there will be plenty of time to knit while I’m not on-stage in rehearsal!

What’s in store for 2003?

• Take better care of myself – eat out less, get more exercise
• Spend more time with my family and friends
• Take Molly for more walks
• Keep a cleaner house
• Procrastinate less

Now if I could just shake this terrible cold that I’ve had for the past week, I could get started on those resolutions! Right now, I sound like a frog. A coughing frog. What a way to start the new year. :P

Congratulations to Jenny and Aaron on becoming engaged! You’re one of the nicest couples I know, and deserve all the best life has to offer.