Phew! The end of pretty big week. 3 towns this week, Port Macquarie, Taree and Parramatta; it feels like a month in one week! Sitting down in the hotel lobby of the holiday inn parramatta drinking a rum and coke and eating chips. Awesome. (Apologies for bad grammar and spelling here, too tired to be bothered!!). Tomorrow we head off to Bathurst through the Blue Mountains. I'm very excited to see the beautiful mountains, we're hoping to stop off at a little coffee shop along the way.
Meanwhile, back to Parramatta. I found it really interesting to visit Parramatta because of the big mix of people here. I'd kind of describe it as everyone in together, all nationalities, incomes, ages. We went to an Indian restaurant for dinner last night and we were the only non Indian people there (on that note the curry was HOT!- still recovering... Too much information!). The shows here have been awesome as well, not many of the kids have been to the theatre before, they kept asking when the movie was going to start and they lost their shit when we showed the lights changing and the smoke machine. They also got really involved in the stories and it was awesome showing them something they've never seen before! Today we had two school audiences and again it was awesome to see people of all different cultures in one room together, gathering to hear a story. The second show we did today was particularly special because the author and the illustrator of the Tashi books came to see the shows. They were so excited about it all and thought we did a great job with the stories. Apparently Tashi is being turned into a tv show, and our director Mark thinks maybe it will be the Tashi stadium tour next... The rest of us aren't so sure if it's that kind of show.
On another note, I turned up to Parramatta quite anxious on Thursday as I didn't get my period this month. I started sugar pills on Saturday and even by Thursday- nothing!! Panic stations! After driving myself mental googling how normal it was to miss your period on the pill and trying to work out if I had missed one (I hadn't?), not to mention freaking will out by talking about it all the time, I decided to take a pregnancy test just to check. Cue the most tense 3 minutes after peeing on a stick ever. And an awkward trip to the pharmacy where everyone asked "do you hope you are?" And answering Nooooo... (Luckily it was a nice family run pharmacy, with Arabic staff that felt like aunties and cousins). Fortunately the test came back negative-of course! I have two more tests I thought I would check them too just to be absolutely sure (fingers crossed). I think it is probably a combination of stress, not eating much red meat, changing my routine and a strong pill that sometimes makes you miss a period (just never happened to me!). I was starting to freak out mega time! Will said, well it's okay, as long as you're not planning on keeping anything, which was always the deal- but saying that and actually having to do it are two different things entirely as I came to realise. Just a bad situation I don't ever want to have to actually face!
So all in all it's been a memorable stay in Parramatta! From that debacle to performing what I felt was one of our best stories on Thursday night, to realising I left my phone charger in Taree and having to buy another ($55!?), to seeing the joy of the kids today and finally getting to the end of the week and having a sit down. Phew! I'm tired!
Good to chat! Love you guys!
Steph
No wonder you're tired, that's such a roller coaster. I'm sure you will be fine Steph :) when I changed pill I noticed I kept getting my period later and later and subsequently had several freak outs. Just to be annoying it'll probably come in the middle of your active pills or something weird like that. But you're right, reality is a lot scarier than the theoretical. But we'll all support you! Apparently 1 in 3 women have an abortion. The children sound like they're really gun to perform for. They musn't get a lot of this kind of thingand would get into it. Missing you! Can't wait to see you again.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, pill scares are the worst. How annoying that you have to have that extra stress while you're away. You've handled it the best possible way though Steph!
ReplyDeleteI would go see the Tashi stadium tour haha!
How special that you get to share this magical experience with those kids. It's something that a lot of them will always remember - their first ever theatre show!
I'm so glad you got to see the Blue Mountains. Aren't they just the most beautiful thing? Mother Nature sure outdid herself with that one :)
xx