A long week

It has been a long week. Two weeks actually. Ross and I made it safe and sound to Wisconsin after a glorious few days in Seattle. I have yet to really delve into that mini vacation. I will. The pictures of Pike's Place market alone are worth sharing.

We landed in Madison last Sunday and promptly drove out to Milwaukee, as I had an interview the following day. Monday we were able to sleep in a tidge. Following the interview we hit the road again, back to Madison. After dinner with family, it was onward again...to Spring Green.

The set up I have this year is quite nice. I'm at a home stay instead of an apartment, meaning I have a room in someone else's house. But unlike other home stay situations, my hosts are rarely home. The house an old one...and appears to be a project house. The kitchen is beautiful. And it looks as though the bathrooms have come a ways. However, many of the other rooms are in a slight state of disarray. And much of the electrical could use some work. But the fabulous thing about a home stay is access to my hosts' cable and Internet. So this year, unlike years past, I am connected. And in addition to the Internet the cellular networks have advanced. While T-mobile has yet to spread their fingers into this area, a few of the smaller local companies that T-mobile partners with are around. I have phone service in Spring Green, but not at the theatre. But honestly, I wouldn't be likely to take phone calls at work anyway.

Work is work. It is far more satisfying than previous experiences. Largely due to the people I work with and the quality of work. I was welcomed back with open arms. And though a lot of inside jokes and stories came out in my two year absence, I was quickly caught up to speed. I get the impression that my immediate supervisor is still uncertain as to how much leeway to give me...it has been two years since we've worked together and while I've been out and about at a variety of theatres he's been mostly stationary to this one. Not a bad thing in the least, but I don't think he's quite used to being able to delegate quite as much work out. And at the moment, there's not much work to delegate.

But I'm excited and very happy nonetheless.

And on the two days off this past week, a lot of other items were crossed off the to do list. A car was procured for Ross. My Jersey license was swapped for a Wisconsin one (I hate the photo, but who doesn't). Ross and I met with the pastor of the church we are to be wed at. Errands were run and emails sent.

A lot remains to be done, but all in all, everything is very relaxed at the moment. Even with a 42 hour work week, this seems like a vacation.