Why did I think that two weeks would be enough time to be here?
Last night, after I returned from Philadelphia, I went to Henson Alternative: Stuffed and Unstrung with Jodi, Emily and Delia. It was loads of fun and some pretty impressive improv. With Muppets.
Then this morning, I went uptown to meet with Bob Howe, who is the incoming secretary for SFWA, to do some training on his new duties. This was fun because we spent a lot of time catching up.
From there I came back to the apartment briefly to take a nap then off to Labapalooza. Sadly, due to a train mixup I wound up missing the first piece by Serra Hirsch. Naturally, this was the one that I had gone intending to see. Annoying. On the plus side I ran into an old friend that I haven’t seen in years who was there with someone else that I’d met during the auditions. The world is a very tiny place.
Tomorrow I’m doing an interview/reading for Hour of the Wolf with Jim Freund. The show will be this Saturday. Normally, it’s live but we’re recording it since I’m going home. In fact, I’ll be heading straight to the airport after we are done.
I did not actually manage to see everyone I wanted to this trip so it’s lucky that I’ll be back in about two weeks.
At some point, I’ll spend more than two weeks at home with my husband. Who I miss.
I know the feeling. Of course, I got home and my wife started running wardrobe on The Lion King, so it seems to be either one or the other this summer.
Yeah, it’s a pain. And yet, work is work.
Hey Mary — Sounds like you had a great, if hectic, time in the city. I loved your series of posts on the audition process; interesting to see a glimpse of a different profession. Sorry to have missed you while you were here — but I’m looking forward to seeing you at Readercon!