Generally, my job is 6 days a week. That’s a lot, and doesn’t leave me with nearly as much crafting time as I want. Length of work day changes in phases, during rehearsals it’s almost like office hours: 9am-6pm. When we’re teching a show (working on stage, adding in lights and sound, set and costumes) it’s 12-hour days that end at midnight. When the show is running is my most productive time, craft-wise. When work starts at 6pm, there’s lots of crafty time during the day! 8 shows a week also usually works out to about 32 hours of work, which is a nice rest after some of the 60 hour weeks. Working in theatre is not the lazy job most people think it is!

I’m in the rehearsal phase right now, which means I usually have about one project in me when I get home from work. Between knitting, stamping, baking, and reading I have lots to choose from, and not enough time to do everything I wanted. Tonight, I managed two tasks – baking banana bread and rearranging our books and bookcases. It doesn’t help that today is day #8 of 9 straight work days. Our schedule got messed up because of the holidays.

So, no projects, but there is an announcement! The Daily Marker has some great blog candy up for grabs. Go over and have a look – it is all stuff from Hero Arts’ new release, and looks wonderful.