Okay, everybody, get out your sunblock and your bug repellent and camping gear -- summer has finally arrived!
Yeah, I know what you're thinking..... I bet you're thinking something along the lines of, "Um, Sue, you're a little late, dear. Summer is OVER." Or perhaps you might be thinking, "WHERE THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS??"
Yes. Well, for me, summer has just begun. We did have that trip down to see the California family in June... and the girls did go to Girls Camp....and we had eight weeks of swimming lessons in which our instructor discovered my four year old has no fear of water, or any sort of conceptual understanding of the "deep end".....and I made two wedding dresses for two different nieces......and Roy and I even got to have one teensy, weensy weekend away from home to attend one of our niece's weddings....and Emma spent the entire summer on the very same bike that she has been trying to learn how to ride for THREE years....and Sara has been driving all over the Rogue Valley....and Anne nearly got adopted by one of my dear friends who hired her to babysit for the summer.....and Roy spent two solid weeks doing his duty for King and Country (or whatever they say) fighting forest fires.....oh, and then, of course there was the show....
People, I really, REALLY, reallyreallyreallyreallyreallyREALLY, love my job! The best thing about it is that I could do most of it from home and I didn't have to abandon my children every single day, all day long, but could bring them along from time to time, and still create a magnificent work of art for many people to enjoy. And for a very limited time, you can
taken by our marvelous photographer, Bryon Devore, on his blog. (Click on the performance photos from actual shots taken during the show -- the other collection was taken for the playbill, which were taken about three weeks before the performance. Many of the costumes weren't finished then, but you can get a really clear picture of the gods/goddesses in that collection).
Anyway.....now that the show is over, I can relax and actually have a real vacation. I think I'll start by sending my kids off to school next week and then I'll sit around all day and eat a few boxes of calorie- and guilt-free bon-bons. I might even take up yoga.
And I'm going to catch up on all the blogging I've missed, I promise!
