Another week has gone by with me yet again neglecting my poor blog. I tried to write a couple times, but I've been so crazed I couldn't seem to put an even semi-coherent thought together. I can barely get out an e-mail these days.
Last night I told my husband Scott, "I want to do everything." And it's true. I want to do all the knitting-related work that's been tossed my way lately, and I want to knit Christmas presents and sweaters and other garmets for myself, and I want to work on my own designs. I want to see my friends from Vassar, and my friends from church, and miscellaneous other friends, and my husband, and I want to spend more time alone. I want to work on the Dean campaign, go to task force meetings for all manner of liberal causes (against the death penalty, working against racism, making my congregation a more welcoming place). I want to teach knitting classes and I want to teach in the church school. I want to write in my journal. I want to read novels and the Sunday New York Times and the Boston Globe and books about Native Americans. I want to take a nap.
I'm having some difficulty doing all of these things at once. What I want most of all today is to go away for a few days or a week all by myself, and that's definitely not going to happen any time soon. I'll just have to settle for sitting alone in a Starbucks for a couple of hours before I teach tonight.
All that said, I've been doing an awful lot lately, including some actual leisure activities. Most notably, Friday night I attended a play called, "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," a new play by Rob Grace. Rob is a fellow Vassar alum, and this play was produced by Studio 42, which is mostly Vassarites. It was pretty great. Rob's work is as out there as almost anything I've seen, and manages to be funny as hell and clever and shocking in a smart way, rather than just for shock's sake. And my friend Dan was in it - he was very good. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my blog. Some other Vassar actors who I'm a fan of were also in it, and I saw lots of familiar faces in the audience. Including people who I forgot existed, despite having worked with them on shows a mere 5-6 years ago. Oh, and in case you're wondering, the play has really nothing to do with the Shakespeare play of the same title.
And yesterday I went to high tea with a lovely group of ladies at Alice's Tea Cup on the upper west side. Best scones I've had in a long time, maybe ever. And the tea was yummy as well - the menu included about 6 pages of different varieties. I had "Symphony," a black tea with strawberry and chocolate. I couldn't taste the chocolate, which is probably just as well. I couldn't figure out what chocolate tea would be like.
Oh, I can relate! I want to do everything as well. My list would be a bit different and I don't have time to write it here but we just have to take a deep breath and try a little bit at a time to make it all happen. And when it doesn't - Take another deep breath and live in the very moment you are in. Enjoy.
Posted by: Meredith | December 02, 2003 at 12:04 PM
I was very good! And not just because I read her blog! Yay!
Posted by: Dan Golub | December 05, 2003 at 10:57 AM