Four Days to go

Today was more getting ready to go - colored my hair, paid some more bills, got the big suitcase out of the closet, did a ton of laundry. My to-do list is almost all crossed off, which is nice because tomorrow I have to work on the social part of being gone for a month, having lunch with a dear friend and dinner with the almost-in-laws.

I managed to fit in a practice session, ran through the show three times. Then I ran the dialog a couple of times with Noodle. It's so different from when we ran dialog for "The Sound of Music," that's for sure.

I realize that I'm going to miss the cooking that I can do for myself at home. I will manage, duh, but we make amazing coffee in the mornings. (Zabar's in a french press! Can't be beat.) And I make steel-cuts oats, which I think will not be possible in a hotel room. That's a drag because, for real, y'all, starting the day with a good breakfast is the reason I get out of bed in the morning. And tonight we made this amazing and simple pasta that rocked our worlds. I will have to remind myself how I eat well in a hotel. I have done it in the past, it can be done.

Noodle and I also got cranky with each other today, and it wasn't until way after the fact that he said, do you think we're both getting tense because you're leaving? Makes sense, and I'm sorry we got like that. I can see how easy it must be for couples who travel a lot to have real problems. But being aware of it is the first step to figuring out how you deal with it. We are good, great, in fact. But it's good to remember that factors that are not at the front of your consciousness can really change your mood and your behavior.