Back to reality

I've finally returned to Ottawa! Well, the tiny town of St. Isidore actually... but I've been to Ottawa once since I got back!

I've had more migraines since I've returned than I had my whole time on tour. Not that life is that stressful for me right now, but it's always a shock to return to the everyday normalcies after spending two months in vacation/performance/tourism bliss... plus I'm jetlagged as hell. Who knew that three hours could screw someone up so much?

I'll be posting a whole new slew of Edmonton/Rockies photos soon... I'm just too lazy to attempt it on my parent's slow dial-up connection. I just haven't had the time to do it anyway. Since I got back on Saturday night, I've:

- looked at my budget to discover that we made a good chunk of change this summer;

- made my budget for the next four months and discovered that 100% of that chunk of change will be gone by January if both Stewart and I don't get "good" jobs;

- prepped my first classical acting class;

- discovered that I don't feel like I know much about classical acting (Got any fun sonnet excercises Kris?);

- attempted to unpack my bag into the small office/guest bedroom where I'll be staying for the next who-knows-how-long;

- taught my first classical acting class and was told by a student that he didn't realise until then that Shakespeare could be fun;

- had shakes and cakes with Dave Dawson;

- did internet searches for apartments and houses;

- wrote 50 emails;

- replied to 100 emails;

- had three baths;

- played with Babs and Kenny, the cats;

- missed Vancouver and wished that I was still on tour and not back to reality.

I don't think I'll ever get used to the idea that I'm doing what I love, but might not be able to live the lifestyle I want to live because of it. And I'm not talking the high-life here, but with the amount of work Stewart and I have this fall (which is fairly substantial) we still might only be able to afford a small two bedroom apartment instead of the small house we were hoping to look into renting. That's unless we get a roommate, which is already a good possibility. However, we were also hoping to finally get a place of our own, maybe think about starting a family.

Decisions... decisions...