A good day

First real day back at work in a long time. Got some productive work done on Tavern. Begining to realize that it's gonna be bigger than I anticipated. Gonna get at least one new toy to work with, about all that my budget will allow, but gonna be a great effect for some pivotal scenes. The high point in the day was right at the end, after 4. S came down to do some work in the shop. She'd had a hellish weekend, and beyond getting the story firsthand, I wanted to see how she was handling it. So we chatted as I walked her out (I had to go back to lock up) and on a bench outside for a while. She's doing ok, but it was so good to reconnect with her after being away for almost 2 weeks. I also got some hints of her personal life. She doesn't open up to me much at all, and she doesn't realize this. Several times she mentioned things that I'd had no notion of. Like the guy that she went out with a few times, and then dumped. (That she and E and these two guys met and each hooked up with, and that E had much better luck with her guy than S did, is another issue I need to deal with. God, I'm fucked up! (I even deleted this note, then quit censoring myself and put it back in) yes, I'm jealous, but she deserves a nice guy.) Or the traffic accident she had two years ago that, thank gods, she walked away from, but the other guy didn't. It was the best time I've had with her in a long time, but it really reinforced to me just how disparate we really are. Oh well. I'll take whatever I can get.

It also got me thinking about the vagaries of fate and how tenuous life is for us in theatre. She had her car vandalized by a gang of street kids. Only HER car. Three windows, in a matter of 30 seconds. For no apparent reason. And she would have been out about $600 if we didn't know a glass guy who could do it for just over half. Still, that's a months rent. Most of us in theatre live hand to mouth, and don't have floating capital to throw around. I HAVE a savings account, but it's primarily a holding tank for checking account overdrafts. Wife deals with our money. I make it, she spends it. All the bills etc go thru her. I don't always agree with her methods, but it's what she does, and it's one less thing for me to worry about. Thank gods all our medical bills have been covered by auto insurance. Can't say enough about good car coverage.

Ok I've rambled on for far too long (literally behind Wife's back, she's watching TV and I'm at the Living room computer.). I've gotta get some sleep tonight. Early PT for Wife tomorrow, and a dash to work for a meeting. It's also 3rd thursday tomorrow, meaning free (donation) day at the Japanese garden again. Maybe?