Sometimes our tires on our bikes go flat, as in life not everything goes your way . Sometimes it can be really tiny things not going your “way”. Like this morning when I went to leave the house my front tire of my bike was flat. Dead. DAMN. Or one of your Terrier is “going through something” and acting out – like peeing on the bed while you are watching TV downstairs, or beating up on her boy (you can guess which Terrier I speak of).
Or you haven’t heard yet of a part that you wanted to get from a very prominent professional theatre company in town – not that you expected to get it in the first place, but it would have been nice. Or you get a $400 water bill….mostly because the City of Ottawa really low balled your estimates over the last year, but also because you have a friggin’ leaky toilet which both you and your hubby are too lazy to get fixed.
Or you go for an oil change for your car and it costs $10 then the last time due to the hire price of crude oil.
Regardless of the flat tires life throws at you, one must role with the punches, glide along and just go with the flow. If you don’t you’ll just go crazy.
I have lots going on, bills to pay, things to do, place to be etc etc. and am I stressed out? Remarkably not…just sleepy. I’ll just go Friday and get my tire fixed. Get that inner tube, pump up that flat tire on my bike and keep on rollin’.
Next stop ---- a hammock and a lobster to feast on in PEI!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Aches and Pains at 35 and Memoirs of a SGWM
OK first for the ACHES AND PAINS:
I can’t believe I am only 35 because sometimes I feel so much older – physically I mean (not mentally that is for certain). I have many aches and pains that have plagued me for sometime and seem to get worse as the time flies.
It all started many years ago when I was 17 when I was playing Field Hockey in High School. I started getting Sciatic pain radiating down my right butt and leg. So what does the doctor do – gives me muscle relaxants….if I only I knew what that and asprin does to your guts (can you say IBS?)…then when I was in the militia the back pain got worse, always on the right side, creeping up to my right shoulder blade, pain down my arm and neck. I was in physio for 2 years..didn’t work. Finally I had a boyfriend (his blog is here—a very very good artist actually) who said “why don’t you try a Chiropractor”? I’ve been going ever since – but not without its pitfalls.
When I started going to the Chiro in Orleans things seemed to go well…however one year my neck went out so badly he didn’t help. I was also tired of bussing out to Orleans from Sandy Hill. So found Dr. Mark DeGruchy. I’ve been with him for 10 years now and he is awesome – not only as a Chiro but as a human being and wellness coach (he gives me tips all the time). My back felt pretty good. Then I started really working out at the gym which was amazing to help the pain, and seeing a massage therapist and viola….relatively pain free manageable back!
Until 2 years ago…..the back is still really good, but the right knee started hurting with pulling pain on the inside when I did squats in Body Pump. Fine – I went to physio. And discovered my outside quad was stronger then my inside quad. It helped a bit. Of course I am very remiss on doing my exercises and I-T band stretch, which is not good. Then last year I did a show with Vision Theatre which was uber physical and now I have been living with Achilles tendonitis for a year now. I can only seem to wear custom orthotics in shoes, or sandals (that are very expensive). I have a lot of tense muscles….I have lots of joint pain….so lately I’ve been biking to work and feeling this knee pain, and still have this ankle pain (all on Right side though). And in the last 6 months my hip has pretty much has this small gnawing pain that I can’t seem to stretch out. There is a pattern I am sure is happening –as they say “The knee bone’s connected to the ankle bone. The ankle bone’s connected to the”…yada yada. My thoughts on this though are…if I hurt like this now, what will it be like when I turn 40? Is it because of my workouts that I have some of this pain?
I am still young. Now I can’t complain too much. I am pretty healthy, don’t get sick very much and my pain probably is no where near some of the people I know. But I have been living with this since I was still really young…so does not seem to bode well for the future. Especially since Fibromyalgia is hereditary. OH JOY. Can’t wait for that to settle in soon!
Tim and I always joke that he should take me outside behind the barn and ….well you know…”take care “ of me…..maybe I should just take him up on that offer now, save myself some trouble. Ah, and a few years ago I thought I was doing so well……
Second for the Memoirs of a SGWM : I'd say go see this show by Tototoo theatre , but then you wouldn't get tickets because it's sold out! I'll give my review next week when I see it Saturday (I know the producer). But this is the theatre company Tim and I are directing shows with. SOLD OUT..yahoo. That bodes well for our shows!
I can’t believe I am only 35 because sometimes I feel so much older – physically I mean (not mentally that is for certain). I have many aches and pains that have plagued me for sometime and seem to get worse as the time flies.
It all started many years ago when I was 17 when I was playing Field Hockey in High School. I started getting Sciatic pain radiating down my right butt and leg. So what does the doctor do – gives me muscle relaxants….if I only I knew what that and asprin does to your guts (can you say IBS?)…then when I was in the militia the back pain got worse, always on the right side, creeping up to my right shoulder blade, pain down my arm and neck. I was in physio for 2 years..didn’t work. Finally I had a boyfriend (his blog is here—a very very good artist actually) who said “why don’t you try a Chiropractor”? I’ve been going ever since – but not without its pitfalls.
When I started going to the Chiro in Orleans things seemed to go well…however one year my neck went out so badly he didn’t help. I was also tired of bussing out to Orleans from Sandy Hill. So found Dr. Mark DeGruchy. I’ve been with him for 10 years now and he is awesome – not only as a Chiro but as a human being and wellness coach (he gives me tips all the time). My back felt pretty good. Then I started really working out at the gym which was amazing to help the pain, and seeing a massage therapist and viola….relatively pain free manageable back!
Until 2 years ago…..the back is still really good, but the right knee started hurting with pulling pain on the inside when I did squats in Body Pump. Fine – I went to physio. And discovered my outside quad was stronger then my inside quad. It helped a bit. Of course I am very remiss on doing my exercises and I-T band stretch, which is not good. Then last year I did a show with Vision Theatre which was uber physical and now I have been living with Achilles tendonitis for a year now. I can only seem to wear custom orthotics in shoes, or sandals (that are very expensive). I have a lot of tense muscles….I have lots of joint pain….so lately I’ve been biking to work and feeling this knee pain, and still have this ankle pain (all on Right side though). And in the last 6 months my hip has pretty much has this small gnawing pain that I can’t seem to stretch out. There is a pattern I am sure is happening –as they say “The knee bone’s connected to the ankle bone. The ankle bone’s connected to the”…yada yada. My thoughts on this though are…if I hurt like this now, what will it be like when I turn 40? Is it because of my workouts that I have some of this pain?
I am still young. Now I can’t complain too much. I am pretty healthy, don’t get sick very much and my pain probably is no where near some of the people I know. But I have been living with this since I was still really young…so does not seem to bode well for the future. Especially since Fibromyalgia is hereditary. OH JOY. Can’t wait for that to settle in soon!
Tim and I always joke that he should take me outside behind the barn and ….well you know…”take care “ of me…..maybe I should just take him up on that offer now, save myself some trouble. Ah, and a few years ago I thought I was doing so well……
Second for the Memoirs of a SGWM : I'd say go see this show by Tototoo theatre , but then you wouldn't get tickets because it's sold out! I'll give my review next week when I see it Saturday (I know the producer). But this is the theatre company Tim and I are directing shows with. SOLD OUT..yahoo. That bodes well for our shows!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Panic ATTACK!
Ok I think now I am starting to panic a little…..I don’t know what to start with, where to go etc. Do I look at that script I have an audition for Sunday? Do I work on my script for the show I am in right now (since I have to put in the Beats and my characters Actions which is work I really find difficult)? OR Do I re-read, for the millionth time, The Soldier Dreams and Remembering Shanghai (the shows Tim and I are directing). There is also that application Maureen wants us to submit for the Playwriting unit at GCTC (although I don’t fancy myself a playwright we do have a couple of good play ideas). There is starting to be too much going on, and I PRAY for my PEI vacation so I can lie in a hammock, drink wine, eat Lobster, walk with dogs on the beach, play boardgames with my folks, and act a little in a “spa for your talent” acting workshop at the PEI Conservatory. (although I’ll still have to memorize my Playing Bare lines, and go over the One Acts with Tim while there….we will find time….I hope).
In the mean time, I am looking at a potential schedule to start rehearsing our One Act Plays for Tototoo theatre and it’s sort of freaking me out a little. It’s tough enough scheduling a biggish cast with all the conflicts, but when you and your husband are directing, you have two active Terrier dogs, and another play on the go, a house to keep clean and all of lifes 'stuff'….it’s a bit stressful. Then I brilliantly decided to register for Ken Godmere’s OSSD Improv Summer Jam on Thursday nights – which is fine and will be fun, it’s only until the end of August but I will also have Playing Bare rehearsals, and a few Tototoo rehearsals to plan for. Also Tim and I have to break down the plays into beats (which seems easier at first glance then most plays I’ve tried). Ya, that is a lot…FREAK OUT.
THEN, I have 2 big auditions this weekend – one Sunday, and one Monday….if I get the Sunday gig I may have to bow out of directing for Tototoo..but it might work, and I’d have to take the paid gig as my priority so that is fine, but I’d feel bad. Especially since I adore the plays….and I wouldn’t be able to go to Hilton Head South Carolina in November. If I get the Monday Workshop (Shakespeare thingy) it’s a free workshop however will be Sunday Afternoons – I guess we have to rehearse the One Acts Sunday evening then.
Oh ya, and then there is my day job…….in which I hope to find enough time to do the stuff above…hee hee.
Then to top it all off I discover Tim’s Uncle Tony is staying with us July 23rd to the morning we leave for PEI…….
OK, can’t wait for Xmas to relax…..I only hope my blood pressure doesn’t go up and I have a heart attack before then!
In the mean time, I am looking at a potential schedule to start rehearsing our One Act Plays for Tototoo theatre and it’s sort of freaking me out a little. It’s tough enough scheduling a biggish cast with all the conflicts, but when you and your husband are directing, you have two active Terrier dogs, and another play on the go, a house to keep clean and all of lifes 'stuff'….it’s a bit stressful. Then I brilliantly decided to register for Ken Godmere’s OSSD Improv Summer Jam on Thursday nights – which is fine and will be fun, it’s only until the end of August but I will also have Playing Bare rehearsals, and a few Tototoo rehearsals to plan for. Also Tim and I have to break down the plays into beats (which seems easier at first glance then most plays I’ve tried). Ya, that is a lot…FREAK OUT.
THEN, I have 2 big auditions this weekend – one Sunday, and one Monday….if I get the Sunday gig I may have to bow out of directing for Tototoo..but it might work, and I’d have to take the paid gig as my priority so that is fine, but I’d feel bad. Especially since I adore the plays….and I wouldn’t be able to go to Hilton Head South Carolina in November. If I get the Monday Workshop (Shakespeare thingy) it’s a free workshop however will be Sunday Afternoons – I guess we have to rehearse the One Acts Sunday evening then.
Oh ya, and then there is my day job…….in which I hope to find enough time to do the stuff above…hee hee.
Then to top it all off I discover Tim’s Uncle Tony is staying with us July 23rd to the morning we leave for PEI…….
OK, can’t wait for Xmas to relax…..I only hope my blood pressure doesn’t go up and I have a heart attack before then!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Post Fringe Festival Blues
Well Fringe came and went quickly and it was certainly a lot less stressful then last years fringe. but I was still nervous before EVERY show. Probably because the first show I blanked or screwed us up....anyways, I so wish I had seen more shows then I did. I saw a couple of really great shoes. One was Shadows in Bloom by Gemma Wilcox. This young woman is an amazing performer and story teller. She only has a piano bench as her one prop/set piece and uses her body to do the rest – even become a plant or two, a pair of lobsters and have two or three people conversations. If you can catch her in another town (like Toronto Fringe) do yourself a favour.
The last day of Fringe Tim and I saw a friggin’ phenomenal show called Die Roten Punkte – Super Musician. This is a couple of actors from Austrailia who put on an amazing show that was a cross between Clown, White Stripes on Comedy Central, and a mix of Hedwig spinning musical monologues. They are doing a cross Canada Fringe tour SO CHECK THEM OUT. They are just hilarious, and the music is pretty good too!
We saw a few duds at Fringe. I won't mention them cause some people I like very much, or else I think they are very talented just missed the mark on this one.
Our show at Fringe did quite well and we received great reviews on the production. I bonded more with the group, and met a really cool guy that I want to work with next season so it was fruitful all around….but now, I wait…I wait for my next round of rehearsals for Playing Bare with Evolution Theatre…and count the days until my trip out to PEI…..only 13 more working days….SIGH……
On a real bummer note, now I have to clean my house now that all the shows are over for the mean time……Tim and I started on the first floor…tonight we tackle the second. I hate friggin’ cleaning! Part of my post Fringe Blues for sure.
The last day of Fringe Tim and I saw a friggin’ phenomenal show called Die Roten Punkte – Super Musician. This is a couple of actors from Austrailia who put on an amazing show that was a cross between Clown, White Stripes on Comedy Central, and a mix of Hedwig spinning musical monologues. They are doing a cross Canada Fringe tour SO CHECK THEM OUT. They are just hilarious, and the music is pretty good too!
We saw a few duds at Fringe. I won't mention them cause some people I like very much, or else I think they are very talented just missed the mark on this one.
Our show at Fringe did quite well and we received great reviews on the production. I bonded more with the group, and met a really cool guy that I want to work with next season so it was fruitful all around….but now, I wait…I wait for my next round of rehearsals for Playing Bare with Evolution Theatre…and count the days until my trip out to PEI…..only 13 more working days….SIGH……
On a real bummer note, now I have to clean my house now that all the shows are over for the mean time……Tim and I started on the first floor…tonight we tackle the second. I hate friggin’ cleaning! Part of my post Fringe Blues for sure.
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