Nary Enough People Use The Word Nary

I am not sure if it has any greater meaning or not, but I think it might be telling that my newest Konkin Question has sat for about three weeks on my website, answered by nary a soul. It is a question that asks the impossible...for the answer-er to talk about the happiest, most successful married couple they can conjure up out of the vaults of their memory. Or TV Guide. But no. That isn't an easy question (or a very interesting one, granted). There aren't a lot of us out there. Happy - giddily happy - married couples. Is it because marriage is not meant to be a fun, playgroundy zone or because we have such an agreed upon consciousness now about how awful marriage is that breaking free of this societal trance is like breaking free of a Two Bite Brownie?

Well, stubborn as always, I shall keep the question there until I have at least one answer. One small measly answer.

Some fun tidbits happening in life: it seems one workshop leads to another workshop leads to another workshop. Woohoo! This morning I taught an improv workshop disguised as a Team Development Workshop for an organization funded by our health region. It was so much fun and such a success and - most of all - it was on the path toward what I most enjoy doing which is facilitating workshops with adults in topics that lean as much toward Positive Living Philosophy as they do Theatre Arts. And Leon and I work very well as a team. But I guess I don't need to reiterate that point again.

My sweetie got the lead in the workshop of a brand new Daniel MacDonald musical happening in May. We are a bit freaked out about our summer show because as of a few days ago, they weren't finding the kind of talent that they had hoped would balance out the rest of the cast. Which worries Leon and makes me feel anxious since I know he isn't sure he made the right decision choosing River Street over Buddy at Persephone which he was also offered. I am choosing to have faith that this show will be something we will be proud of and that, most of all, it is going to be FUN. Fun and close to our house which is undergoing an amazing amount of upkeep and renovation. Plus, it pays us well and keeps us together. In my mind, that is a no brainer YES!

Mortlach is talking about applying for an Artist in Residence grant to keep me in Mortlach for 2009. Considering the fact that we wanted to sell our little house in the fall of 2008 and make some money, moving to an even smaller town in Saskatchewan would be a bizarre next step, but one that I am pretty dedicated to taking, should that door open. Interestingly, L and I have already talked about when would be a good time to start trying to have a baby (I know, seems like we do everything at lightening speed, but when you're in the flow, you flow!). I have always thought that I should have my one baby at 33 since that is when my mother had me. Really, this is a ridiculous reason to choose 33, but once I brought it up with Leon and he got over the initial shock, he agreed that if we at least started trying at 33, that would not be an unreasonable age. This all said, if I was to get the AIR grant in Mortlach, I would turn 33 in a tiny Saskatchewan town of 200 people. Not really the place I imagined having a baby. I want to have my baby in BC. I want it to be surrounded by green and trees and mountains and ocean and a happy, warm mom.

But gee, I am getting way ahead of myself. Thinking into the future. Right now, I am sitting in my TV Room, typing on my MacBook and getting materials ready for the Globe generals in May. It was a mix of cold/rainy and warm/sunny today, but tomorrow is only gonna be sun. Mom and I scraped paint outside and I am expecting a call any minute from a client to do some scheduling for the next four weeks. Oh, and my uterus is killing me. The IUD really does give me cramps.

All the more reason to take it out. *wink, wink*