we survived

So, we had a feast last night with all the VMS students and staff, potluck style. I had time after babysitting to whip up Italian lentils, then off to Jungle Jumpoff. People hung out until about 8PM, then went home. I took it upon myself to keep the fire stoked while Rob, Tom and I chatted, until about 9PM. Then, Rob set up our air mattress and sleeping bags. We both slept reasonably well; the bags insulated us. The only place on my body that even got cold when the temperature dropped was my nose. I even had an extra sweatshirt and socks in the bag with me, keeping them warm in case I needed them, but I never did.

It was hard to get out of the bag in the morning. We had turned our shoes upside down to keep condensation out but they were still chilly, not much could prevent that. But, we did crawl out at 7AM. Chet had come to relieve us so we could go home and grab a shower, get dressed, have breakfast, make lattes ... all the basics. The fire had gone out overnight but I managed to eke enough of a hot coalness to revive it before I left to go home.

Last morning of recording. Recording is exhausting work. I kind of knew this from my song-sessions for Rob in the past. But then I've been able to quit when I feel like it. For this project, everything was "go, go, go!" It's just reading, waiting, hitting buttons and acting but it takes a lot out of you. We were all well ready to call it quits at noon. They're tearing down this afternoon but I don't think I'm going out to help. In all the excitement, I kind of let the apartment go to seed over the past few days. I'll probably pop over to the classroom for debriefing, though.

We're planning on seeing "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" tonight; the first movie worth seeing that we've seen advertised in a while.