June 22- about 9pm
So this weekend I finally decided that I couldn't stand it anymore. So I called Ed and was basically like, I don't have anything to do. (I've been here since the 1st and haven't had tv and I've been 'borrowing' a neighbor's wi-fi so that I could stay connected with the world.
Well, Saturday morning I woke up to find that the internet signal I had been using was now all gone and that was the way I was getting movies and having stuff to do. So now I have absolutely nothing to do, so I called Ed and let him know this.
Well I got cable in last friday, but for whatever reason, the internet wasn't included in the installation. So I have a nice new computer and can't use it.
So it seems that my phone call must have had some results because rather than the internet being installed sometime before the 30th, it's going to be installed sometime before the week is out.
So I've got cable but no tv. Evidently as of about two weeks ago, the tv was on back order. So hopefully I'll get tv soon too. I called Ed again tonight to talk about that and about the fact that my lightbulb in my room is burnt out (trust me, I tried to fix it, But I'm too short) so this is a bit frustrating especially since we went shopping last week or so and got lightbulbs but the bulb hasn't been fixed yet. I'm having a hard time waiting for people to do things when I'd much rather just do them myself, especially when I'm capable of doing it. Although I wouldn't be able to do anything about tv or internet.
Ok, ranting done, I promise. Just needed to get that off my chest.
Ok, so now... Summer Camp at Town is offically underway for the "backstage Pass" portion. This is the summer camp where kids get to help with building the set and focusing and hanging the lights, etc.
We've got about four or five kids here this week. Most are about 11 or 12 but we have a 16 year old. They're pretty cool, willing to do whatever we need them to do. I admit myself honored. Danny told the kids that if I ask them to do something, they should treat it as if he had asked them to do it, wow.
My hours this week are weird because camp doesn't start until 1:30. So yesterday I went in at 12:30 and found that I had nothing to do for almost an hour. So today I thought I would catch the 1 o'clock businstead... Well that wasn't the best idea. I think I heard that bus broke down, needless to say I hung out in the heat for 45 minutes.
So I think tomorrow I'm going to go in at 12:30 again maybe their's something I can do.
So as far as yesterday went, we and the campers worked on various things. I know they put casters on bes and screwed in a lot but I don't remember what else they did. Today was neat, when I arrived Danny was lecturing about lighting instruments, specifically Source 4's (no idea where the name came from). Another thing we did was take out the trap. Man is that So much easier here. Danny covers his stage floor with masonite to give it a smooth finish, so all we had to do was unscrew it and the trap lay below it. Their trap is essentially a platform of metal attached to an arm and essentially workes like a scale where the amount of sandbags on one end should make it easy to lift the person on the platform. Because I was the taller of us, Danny and I pushed up on the platform while the kids pulled down on the sandbags. It wasn't bad at all. I didn't do it though... woulda needed a few more sandbags. Although Danny said they lifted an almost 400 lb guy... took six guys to do it, but they did it.
So a piece of news. I was working on my time sheets and so far I've worked 104 of my 120 hr internship. I worked 34 hrs last week and 39 the week before. This week because of camp I'll have about 15 to 20.
All-in all things are going ok. I'm thinking about things. This internship is fun, but I can't help the feelings that are inside me. It's almost like I can hear and feel a voice saying'yes this is fun, but this is not right.' I don't know what it all means but I wasn't aware of having that thought before it randomly popped into my head one day. So, I'm not trying to read too much into it, but I feel compelled to at least pay it a bit of attention.
I've met a lot of interesting people waiting for and riding the bus. People lost their jobs, people going into programs to pull themselves from a homeless situation, people trying to better themselves, and people just doing what they can with what they have.
I feel honored to be with them and hear their stories. I am forever going to be grateful for this experience. Even when people are down on their luck and have nothing to hope for, lost their car and have to ride the bus, they find hope somewhere. Talk about a lesson.
Think I'll go now.
Nancy
PS: Keep faith that tomorrow is going to be another blessed day.
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