Unwinding and Readjusting

[lsears]

I've been away from home (and away from SMNetwork) since August when I did a partial move to NYC for a show at the Roundabout.  Since then I've been commuting back to Boston on Sunday nights, returning to the city on Tuesdays.  Our show closed on Sunday, New Years Day, and I went back to Boston for good on Monday.  Yesterday it felt bizarre not to wake up early to get the bus back to NYC, and when it hit 6pm, my show call for the past few months, I felt a profound feeling of displacement.

This was the longest I've ever run a show for, 26 previews and 82 regular performances - I'm home for a week, then go on a quick vacation with my husband, and my next show starts prep the second week of February - I wonder how long it will take me to readjust to regular life.  It took me forever to make coffee yesterday afternoon, couldn't quite remember how our kitchen was organized...

Anyone else have trouble adjusting after a show?

[Maribeth]

I don't usually have trouble if I'm jumping right into my next show, but when I have a week or two off between it's always a little strange. After a few days I start getting bored and antsy- I have to find things to do to fill the time.

Last year I was working in Pittsburgh but driving home to DC whenever I had 2 days off in a row- it was definitely an adjustment to get back to my normal routine.

Enjoy your break! It'll be over soon enough.

[missliz]

I'm in the middle of almost a month between shows and I am getting restless. (On the plus side, I'm channeling it into an apartment overhaul.)

I did a show with a long run like that, and the first night that would have been our first show after day off there was a definite feeling of "there's somewhere I'm supposed to be right now..."

[ambrosialx]

I tour a lot and I have problems leaving to talk to non-tech people. I come home and feel so awkward trying to talk to my boyfriend!

[NomieRae]

I came off a long run (nearly 300 performances/previews) the beginning of the month and I'm just barely getting past that feeling that I should be somewhere in the evenings and weekends.

That being said though I've taken the time to re-do a lot of my apartment, organize things, and even have some serious downtime. I read books! I knit things! I watch an entire movie without being interrupted by my phone! I hang out with my friend and her baby daughter all afternoon and watch bad tv! It's amazing that these things seem so luxurious.

These little pockets of time, while they take getting used to, are sanity savers. Enjoy it while you can!