Don't throw tomatoes; I promise, I won't sing.
Our jobs can suck. They are hard, extremely time consuming, and just flat out exhausting. None of us could do it
totally on our own, all the time. So, tell us about the people who help you get through your day. Put that good energy back out into the world, for them, and then go thank them!
My Mom, who never nags me about the irregularity of my calls home (or the fact that I haven't come home for Christmas or Thanksgiving in five years), and, when I do call, may not have a clue what I'm talking about, but will let me rant about it until I'm done.
I've been blessed with a wonderful series of ATD's who always check in with me, ask if there's anything they can do for me, and are, in general, just pleasant people to be around when everyone else is letting the stress get to them.
And my
blessed roommate who, after watching me drop five pounds in a week, determined that if she cooks for me, and yells at me about it, I might actually eat something. She reminds me to take a sweater because I'm always kvetching about how cold it is backstage. And when I was doing temporal math, out loud, trying to figure out if I had time to go to the grocery store this week, told me to leave a list and some money on the counter, and she'd go to the store for me.
This woman is keeping me alive. I have the best roommate in the world, and yes, I do tell her that.
So, who helps keep your world turning when the show(s) have you running around crazy?