It’s Saturday night and we are almost halfway through with our first show since we left home. We were really worried about the economy but thus far we are doing ok. Of course we do have 2 weekends, and the final figures are what counts, but right now we are looking decent—middle of the road from past history—it’s just still too early to get too relaxed. Somewhat of a relief—let’s hope it continues. It's now raining and Sunday will probably have lousy weather--could be a good thing for the show.
And yes—Yuliya is handling all that is on her plate. I’ve been helping with the mural—we’ll take a picture—but she has been running the rest of the show. Stacy is better with people in the booth at this stage and helping Yuliya has been giving me a diversion. Sometimes really little kids want to paint and their parents show no thought process of “age appropriate” and let them smear all sorts of lousy colors over parts of the mural—I wait until they leave and repaint it the way I think it should be. No self expression in my world…almost therapeutic at this stage…
Yuliya has also gone with her aunt & uncle for the last 2 evenings, so she is having some good family time with them. Think she would rather be vegging at trailer tonight though—it’s a tiring day, working a show, and she is realizing it. We’ll all be exhausted by Monday…
But the good news is that we don’t really have to break down on Sunday night, so that means setup will be a piece of cake next wkend. That’s a very good thing…it’s a happy thought!
This show is a real treat to do since we are friendly with the establishment and have done it long enough that we have a good base of both artist friends plus customers. Now that we are staying on site, in our trailer, it’s even gotten easier. Just wish we had hookups—although we did find the dump station and it is fairly close and free!
We also wish the lot wasn’t covered with goat heads—those are those sticky NM things that track in and then poke you barefoot. The dogs hate them but we get our share just tracked in the trailer. But if that is the worse complaint, I guess all is well. I also guess we are finally getting old and tired—we would normally be going for dinner and then to the casino but last night it was a “they make/we bake” pizza in the trailer and tonight is leftovers. Figure the casino will be our next week entertainment.
Not sure how motivated we all are for ballooning with our friends, Denise & Rick, although we have gotten the “Tit’s Team” itinerary (and yes, that is the official name of their 2 pink and boob-like colored balloons). We usually try to chase at least one morning, go to the bowling experience, and then do the Thursday night glow—it’s such a treat riding in with our pilot friends and never having to wait in line. Back to knowing the right people at the right time…but chasing starts so early…it’s truly a conflict.
And we have all enjoyed sleeping late. This show has reasonable hours but we have all hated getting up in the morning—might have something to do with not having an unlimited shower to wake you up. Those short ones barely cut it on getting clean—definitely aren’t enough to wake you up. Sounds like we are ready to get home…houses still trump 24ft trailers no matter what the scenery. At least for some of life…
And a good shower is truly almost the meaning of life…but right now all we have is rain.
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