The Old Normal

[shasplim]

Yup, things are looking up. We finished our three-day run of A Promise to Repair -- all that stress and scheduling for three performances -- and I have no interest in post-mortems or hindsight analysis. I just wanna move on to my summer.

So far, that means rather a lot of packing. But I also did a speedy rewrite of my zombie play (Zom Rom Com), in

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[nightingayle]

I LOVE "Dream" but we're meeting our JoP on Wednesday... I'm hoping to fly through it and get there for Act III at least!!

[shasplim]

We could go together a different night. It's running through Sunday, and I have no other weekend plans at this point.

[audrawilliams]

Does Puffin get some child-free time, too?

[shasplim]

Yes, this fall, and next winter and spring, and every year thereafter till our son moves out of the house. She brings home the bacon; I'm the stay-at-home parent.

[audrawilliams]

Going to work isn't the same as what you're talking about though, right?

[shasplim]

It could be, if you love your job (as S. happens to).

I know what you're angling at, here, but I think it's too complicated to boil down to a gendered division of privileges. And it might be worth adding that this child-free time has not been all fun & games. I've been deeply conflicted about having a rendezvous with my pre-parental self -- guilty and a little bit disgusted with myself, even while I try to revel in the selfishness that used to be my stock in trade. Hence the "desperate" part in "last, desperate gasp."