On Milestones And Deadlines

On an early-ish Sunday morning here at the theatre, following a late-ish Saturday night of strike and properties painting, I find myself considering deadlines. Or perhaps the term milestones might be better.

Last week I had a phone interview for a gig in New Jersey which, were I to get it, would run from just after the completion of the gig here in Michigan until early December. It would be a cool gig and it is with a producing organization that I have experience with. I'd be about an hours train ride from NYC, which is always a plus, and the primary shop hours (excluding load-ins, strikes, etc) are Monday through Friday, with weekends off. And it would (excluding costs of living such as housing, since they do not include company housing in their contracts) allow me to continue saving money to get back to UAF and finish the 11 credit hours I still need to get my BA.

But...

It would also put me yet another semester behind where I had planned to be by now. Another set of milestones missed. Frustrating. And at times depressing as well.

To get back to UAF and complete that part of my educational plan, I need to be able to meet some deadlines. Such as:

**Paying off my outstanding balance owed to the university (~$1,000), which will allow me to register for the Fall semester. -- This one should not be an issue because that is one of the major things that my Summer gig is about.

**Transport up to Fairbanks....Still searching for the cheapest flight(s) I can get. Hopeful that Kayak.com and.or Frontier Airlines will be of help there.

 **$6,200 by Sept 5, 2014 - $2,100 to pay for tuition, $350 to pay fees, $500 for books/materials, $750 for meal plan, and $2,500 for housing (Fall semester)

**$550 by November 28, 2014 - for 'Winter Break Room Supplement' (ie: cost of staying in my housing during the break between semesters)

**$6,200 by Jan 16, 2015 - $2,100 to pay for tuition, $350 to pay fees, $500 for books/materials, $750 for meal plan, and $2,500 for housing (Spring semester)

11 hours. It seems like such a short time/small number.

It has been said that faith is hard. And I will agree with that. But I do have faith. Not always in myself - but then, what artist honestly does? Rather it is faith in a dream. A dream which I see flickers of almost every day as I interact with theatricians just starting out in their artistic adventures. And I can't help but want to keep going. To succeed. So...yeah.

Thanks everyone. For reading this. For your faith. For your support, in whatever form it has taken or may take in the future. While I am often loquacious, there are some things I find I just cannot properly express, and my gratitude is one of them.

Thanks. More later.


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