Well, I wish I had lots of positive news to report right now, but there has been a huge amount of unexpected upheaval lately on the homefront. My daughter was rushed to hospital last week with stomach problems. We spent 5 days there and she seems to be more or less alright now, but it has meant I've had to make some tough decisions about recent plans. I didn't perform in the Vibraphonic Poetry Slam. I have 4 fantastic slam poems just waiting to be unleashed on the world and I certainly hope I'll have an opportunity to perform them in the future. Most distressing of all was the decision to cancel the Barefaced Cheek shows playing in Cheltenham this week. With my daughter still at home recovering, I had to put my Mommy hat on and everything has just had to take a backseat. This is terribly unfair to the rest of the company and to the people who purchased tickets, but everyone has been very understanding about my need to put her first.
So, as today would have been our first Cheltenham show, I am sitting here licking my wounds and feeling rather sorry for myself which may be slightly selfish, but can't be helped I'm afraid. Better I'm a tad self-indulgent to all of you than crying my eyes out in front of her. That's my logic, anyway!
I'm feeling a bit stir crazy, wishing I could be on a stage somewhere, somehow, but all of that will have to wait for a little while. I've decided to concentrate on editing some former writing which has been stuffed away in a box, see if there's anything worth salvaging and reworking. I need a project right now, and that seems like a good use of any spare time I have at the moment. I'm also still heavily involved in the Temple of Nothing and am thrilled with the shape Mensa and the Devil Tree has taken. The show has been renamed Women are Revolting and it is certain to be a fantastic evening of daring and intelligent women's performance.
I hope to have some more positive updates soon and may even record my slam poems to post here in the near future, so keep checking back!
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