A good night's sleep upstairs (where it's warm!) brought me into the pre-dawn awakening of this past Saturday morning. The happy routines of beginning another day here had the customary benefit of piping hot coffee in a giant mug, itself a bit soothing while the downstairs barely registered 60°F and the HVAC system gasped and whimpered. With rain approaching by 9 am, and the sour grey hanging over us, I knew it was time to get a roaring fire underway in the kitchen fireplace. I'd set myself up for a rolling agenda of tasks on my laptop, and the morning proved enormously productive. Some email correspondence, declining with regret a wedding invite (but choosing a nice gift from the registry!), prepping invoices for recent work I've done, cleaning up some folders on my laptop, organizing recent observation notes, and even a small bit of writing: the morning passed quickly and I enjoyed those small gestures of accomplishment!
The students from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts finished the last of their clean-up and reset, as well as the small patch jobs in the dining room, on Valentine's Day afternoon. They really did leave things as they'd found them, and the house was restored to its condition as if they'd never been here. I love what it says about this city that so many people gladly open up their homes and businesses to these student productions, and it is clear that the students and the faculty and staff at UNCSA exhibit enormous care and consideration in maintaining good will and good reputations wherever they undertake these film projects. I think it's great fun and marvelously educational to see it all play out, and I'm also glad for the added benefit that preparing spaces for them makes me tackle long-overdue cleaning and organizing of rooms and cabinets that have been neglected.
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