more lapels

this morning i went to christie's again for tea. this time i got to see baby lilly. barely a baby anymore- she's 16 months old, running and starting to talk. i haven't seen her since last july or so. jon was home, so he did a good keeping an eye on her.. actually she's a very happy baby, not at all a big distraction or obsession for her parents. she doesn't make too much trouble. it's not that we ignored her, or we left jon in charge of her and locked the kitchen door. she'd run in and out pushing her stroller, and we'd say hi when she came in, but she was part of our conversation as much as jon was- just the natural flow of people coming and going in the kitchen. she (christie, not lily) lent me a copy of the time traveler's wife, so now i will finally read it myself after recomending it to so many! and i recomended francesca lia block to her, but she gets out a lot less often than i do- and has to read more for school. jon is really good friends with dave, so we could talk about mairee and dave's big news. i always have such a nice time with her, we should get together more often. however, she does have a baby. and i'm not exactly always available.

went to the costume shop after that. poor tom has a cold, so he was only there for a bit. it's so empty over break! he approved of all my costumes that i bought- not that he counts, it's the director and frances, my advisor, who count. but it gave me confidence i was on the right track. i did alot of organizing of my lists of what i need, and alot of pulling from the costume closet, and now every character has at least 2 things to wear- i would say i'm about 1/2 way done. most characters have 4 costumes, and i'll have to worry later about shoes and ties and sweaters and raincoats, but i'm feeling confident again. i just sent an email to my director, so we'll see if she'll get a chance to stop by and critque what i've chosen. i've finally decided i know exactly what i want for the red and blue dresses at the end, and i'm not going to find them anywhere, so i'm going to have tom and patti make them. so i went to vogue and got swatches for them, and tonight and tomorrow i have to sketch and paint them- i really need renderings before patti gets back thursday. hopefully my director will come by then too, and i'll get it all over with at once. i wish the spurts of confidence would just go from one to the next, without panic and fear decending in between. i realized today my break's 1/2 way over already. i was just starting to catch my breath. and it just gets worse from here on out. it's the first day of feb. ch and i each took our first vday orders yesterday. it will just get crazier the closer i get to vday- and opening night. the weeks i have been dreading since the start of the school year are upon me.