Hello and all that

So, here we go again...

I've started blogs before, but not seen them through. This one is really just for me - my thoughts and complaints and moans and so on. I'm just going to dive straight in with the first entry.

Well, last night went really well. It was the first night of Festen, in King's College Hall, and the play was a success – there was a decent sized audience, and though there were a few slips with the lines, we caught them all. Some of the feedback is brilliant too – Leona’s friend, for example, said:

"Leona, I just wish to tell you that I was completely overwhelmed by the
play and by you actors. It is very rare to be disturbed so deeply and to
enjoy it so much, to feel both ashamed and perfectly thrilled to be taking
pleasure. Words fail me, in a way. Such a brutal, brutal thing. Thank you
for that."

Wicked review or what?! Even if I do only have a very small part.

This morning, on the other hand, has been absolutely mank. I didn’t get to sleep until about half one last night, and then had to be up at 6am for an outing. So not getting off to a good start, because I really, really didn’t want to get out of bed. And then the outing…
Awful. It felt like a huge struggle to do anything. My legs were completely dead, my arms felt ridiculously heavy, and I was just exhausted from the get go. And then trying to put pressure in during the two pieces (we did a lock and a reach, with a 12’ piece at 24/26, then a 6’ piece at 26) was nearly impossible. Not to mention the rushing…that eternal problem. And usually, I stick with S., and if she’s not compressing fully, neither am I. Today, I was too tired to resist being slammed up the slide when the rest of the boat rushed. So when we stopped, D.H. was criticising me, L. and C. for rushing. And ok, I know I wasn’t perfect, but it just felt like we were being victimised a bit, because there’s only so much any of us can do if the rest of the boat can’t/won’t follow.
Still, outing over, so I have the rest of the day to calm down and get some revision done.

18 days until my first exam…