I was so exhausted by the time I got back from our upstate trip yesterday afternoon that I didn’t have the energy to post a blog. We had a fantastic weekend and worked out a really good first take of one of the new blues tracks, which has a crazy awesome guitar riff. It’s catchy. I crashed on the couch for a few hours before I had to head out to a meeting about the show I co-wrote in 2009 and am in the process of doing re-writes on with the other Dysfunctional ladies (well, I say I’m doing rewrites, but as usual Amy Overman is doing most of the work and we’re all nodding at her). I was knackered but I wanted to catch up with them.

Back at the temp job today and down to reality with a bump. The prospect of our tour to the Caribbean coming up in four weeks is propelling me to work hard and earn money now, so I can make the most of our time there and enjoy it, but I really struggled to get up with the alarm this morning. Going away with the band usually reverses my sleep schedule, as we’re up until the wee hours and sleep in late, so the first day back is always brutal. I’m not feeling too bad, but very pleased I can go home tonight and get to bed early. This week is relatively quiet for me, so I’m making the most of it!

If three days in the freezing cold Catskills makes me not want to come back to real life, imagine what I’m going to feel like when I have to leave a week of playing gigs in the Caribbean – temp jobs will never seem so dull as that first day back will be! However I’m determined to make the tour a springboard for the rest of the year being a success, financially and artistically. I don’t want to just come home, be depressed about being back in a temp job and do nothing with the momentum. I plan on getting new headshots, taking some classes and getting in front of agents, back on the audition trail, play regular gigs with the band, and get somewhere. Gotta happen this year.