In my Head

This first week back from break has been a bit of a crazy one.  It's always hard to go back to work after a lovely almost 2 weeks off.  Especially to an office that's in such upheaval where the only work to do is soul-suckingly boring.  It's just one of those things that I'm sure will get better but for now, it stinks.

Anyway, all of that is to say, that I've been living in my head for the better part of the last 3 days, listening, watching and planning ridiculous things on a loop.  So you know, par for the course in Kristen land.

Listening: On a constant loop (via iTunes and YouTube) I've been binging the "Something Rotten!" soundtrack.  I loved the show when I saw it in December, but since I wrote about it last week, I've been listening to the music non-stop.  It's sad at this point.  My favorite song is now my alarm on my phone and I've gotten the words (with jazz hands and inflections) memorized to at least 4 of the songs.  It makes me super happy and I have no idea why.  Love it!

Watching: While nothing else is on television, I've been in a Leverage spiral.  Starting over Christmas break, I started with season 2 (I've seen season one about a billion times) and made it all the way to season 5.  I only had about 4 episodes left when my wi-fi crapped out the other night.  You'd think that would break the binge spiral but no.  I have the first 3 seasons on DVDs, so I just popped one of those in and listened to the commentary (which in case you care, I can't recommend highly enough. The writers and directors are sometimes funnier than the episodes!)  Oh also, seeing as I'm in a Broadway mood, I realized today that Shrek the musical is on Netflix - that's going to be dangerous...

Planning: My music binge led to a last minute trip to NYC that was thrown together in a hot minute and is set up for this weekend.  Today Tix, a discount site for tickets to show (only catch is you can only buy tickets a week out) is a fantastic site for anyone who loves the theatre.  It's so easy to use I foresee many more last minute trips.  And what show will I be seeing you ask?  That would be "Something Rotten!" again.  Luckily, the bestie was dying to see it after I raved about it.  I don't think a second viewing will help with the binging at all.

Between all of this, a dead battery, crazy people at work and staying up way past my bedtime, oh and still contemplating what the ending of the Sherlock special all means, it's been one heck of a week.  The worst part is, I have this awesome weekend planned - NYC and a cooking class with Chef Dad - that I'm just dying for Friday to get here.  Seriously, dude, why is the week moving so slowly?  Of course, I have to say, I'm pretty much dying for Friday to get here on Monday morning, so it's really nothing new.