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It’s been a really long time since I’ve posted but it couldn’t be helped. The Music Man wrapped two Sundays ago and I came down with whatever was floating around backstage. Many of the performers fell ill during the show. The Boy recovered enough to perform. I think I got the antibiotics into him just in time but with everyone else coughing and spitting and spewing (yes, there was spewing) I caught everything and ended up in bed for a week. I am still recovering. No energy. I’ve lost over 15 lbs and here I am at work again.

It’s been years since I’ve been sick like this but I haven’t been able to do a darn thing. No reading. No posting, No visiting blogs. Everything hurts too much. Plus, I was alerted to a possible issue with my family in the middle of all of this and now THAT is weighing heavily on my mind. But, I think in another week I should be pretty good. Once I am, I’ll share a few of the pics that I was able to snap of the show. Cameras are not allowed backstage and of course photography isn’t allowed during the show itself so I only have a few, but I’ll share them soon.

One thing I totally forgot about was picking a winner for my The Lost Art of Mixing giveaway! The winner is… Diana Mack! I sent you an email!

So please excuse me this next week. I’ll be playing catch-up as I have over six reviews to write and post and I want to spend some time catching up with my favorite blogs too as I feel totally out of the loop.

Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center

See that photo? That is where The Music Man debuts this weekend. Last night was my first night backstage and I am tired but I love it. I LOVE being back there. I am on the prop team and getting those props to the kids when they need them can be nerve-wracking sometimes (like the time I had to do an army crawl to get a kid’s hat that dropped behind a set piece, or the time Dorothy from Wizard lost her Ruby Red slippers). Oh! The stories I could tell.

But, it’s been a rough week. I usually have a handle on it, but busy schedules and lack of sleep turn me into a crazy person. I blabbed about my woes here, and on Facebook and I think I even bled a little over at Twitter, too. Because there is nothing worse than over planning and then getting blind sided by a curve ball that you didn’t see coming. When The Boy got sick right at the top of production week for The Music Man, I think I cried a little. BUT, he is getting better.

Finally.

He is still lurching around and stuff, fighting a terrible headache and worried about coughing with a live mic attached to his head but I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you for all of your support, good thoughts and prayers. They worked! So far, The Girl is hanging in there too. Her first run through is tonight and shows start tomorrow. They are both really excited!

The other update I have for you that the tooth I thought was broken during my last procedure at the dentist, is in fact…not. It was a clump of bonding. Looked liked my tooth had broken off and it hurt because the alignment was off but nothing major had to be done. Just a little bit drilling and polishing. I am good to go! PLUS, I lost ten lbs because of the tooth pain and stress. A nice bonus for being so miserable.

What am I reading? Not much. Too much going on but I am listening to The Shining for the #shineon read-along. I think King’s books are great but they are even more fun when read with a group and let me tell you, this is a fun group of people!

Well, that’s it for now. Maybe after this weekend I’ll have some good backstage stories to share. There are always a few…

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