Back when I was a full time stationer and doing the National Stationery Show in NY every May, I would make myself so stressed out that I would literally have the same reoccurring nightmare every night leading up to it. It was similar to dreaming about not being ready for taking a test in high school even though you have long since graduated from high school...and college. Or like those dreams where you think you are so cool until you remember that you forgot to get fully dressed that day. Panic. Utter panic sets in!
So my version of the common "stress dream" that I used to get during the first several times we did the NSS was that I was going to be the star of a Broadway play and I was sooooooo excited about it. But then at the last minute absolute panic set in because I realized that I couldn't sing, dance, or act. (minor oversight) And I didn't have my costume. And the rest of the cast went home so it was just a one person show. Starring me. The talentless understudy. And I was ON in
FIVE
FOUR
THREE
TWO
ONE...
And then I would wake up.
It's really so silly looking back at it. But I guess that many things we stress too much about can be silly.
All of that to say that I am helping my incredibly talented friend Monica of Da. Ja. Designs with her booth for the Cotton District Arts Festival this Saturday. I am so excited! No dreams of Broadway here just dreams of having fun hanging out with my girlfriend and playing shop for a few hours. She also graciously offered me a little section in her booth to sell some iSanctuary cards as well as advance copies of my new book.
I personally can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday. You can bet that I will take lots of pictures and share them here because if you aren't local you are going to want to see what you are missing.
* If you aren't a Broadway musical nerd or a Julie Andrews nerd (I am both), you might not recognize Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle In My Fair Lady. I will leave the one woman shows to her any day of the week. :)
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