A quick list this week. Because tech week.
Things I’m grateful for this week:
Tech- because it was so all consuming that it was a good distraction and kept me from spiralling over election news.
My Stage Management Team – because they kept rehearsals moving backstage, and any time I ask for help or give them a task, the answer is, “Sure, I can do that.” or “What if we did it this better way instead?” This show was really hard for me, and I’m so glad that I had assistants who were beyond competent.
Everyone I work with- for being collaborative and kind.
Post It Notes – Because it seems like all I did this week was run rehearsals or put light and scenic cues in my score. I’m grateful for Post It notes, because it is easy to move the cues around as we try to figure out how really we want scenic shifts to happen. (I think I’ve blogged about how this all works before, but I’m too fried to try to find that post… Maybe I’ll do another post some time.)
Yogurt – for being a complete meal. I feel like a terrible managerial example this week – I always try to tell my team to take their meal breaks and I barely took any the past few days. Thank goodness for yogurt.
Computers and email for sending documents – When I started at this company we were still faxing attendance sheets to the people who submitted payroll. Also when I started at this job, we would type up rehearsal notes and then print the out and put a copy in each person’s mailbox at work. So time consuming. Now we just scan/draft an email, and then hit SEND! Easy peasy.
The Husband – because he has done so much driving this week. And he holds things together and takes care of the kids and the house and still goes to work every day. He’s been the one that’s had to deal with traffic and kids’ tempers and laundry and so much more. Oh and the two days that the kids were off school, he was home with them and one day even took the day off work and took them to the Air and Space Museum. I might have worked 76 hours last week, but he worked 168.
What are you grateful for this week? Have you ever had to use a fax machine? Do you still have to use a fax machine?
My dad used to have one of those multifunction printers with a fax, and he would send and receive faxs, but I never have. Our state health department was the subject of many memes when it emerged that they were doing the contact tracing at the start of COVID with a white board and faxes.
What a great observation about post-it notes! They allow us to accomplish all sorts of interesting things — and then change those things around completely.
Post it notes are awesome and underrated!
So grateful for the dog and cat who do not understand politics and continue being awesome and loving. Seriously. They make it better to get up in the morning.
I’ll do this past week. Grateful for:
~ our road trip to PA, so fun, so many animals, cute bunnies, fresh eggs, agh, just everything.
~ my two new front tires for my Subaru (albeit I complained about the cost). No issues making it to PA and back
~my electric kettle traveling with me to PA as well as a can of instant coffee 😉
~ Roomba vacuum
~ Robutussen cough medicine 😉
Oh I sure remember fax machines from my early days in the advertising agency. Whole proposals were sent by fax and bills and what not….
Cheers to the husband for holding down the fort while you run the show at work.
I love a gratitude list! And yes- a job I had a long time ago required faxing. It was a huge pain! We’ve come a long way.
Fax machines! I had to use one for the job I had in the summer of 2008. It was always so terrifying, lol. I haven’t used one since – are they even still MAKING fax machines?! Hmm.
My pediatrician’s office still has a fax machine. I always wonder if they still use it.
What a good exercise to identify the things to be thankful for… and yes, I have used a fax machine before but not in a LONG time LOL