So two weeks of wonderfully insanity have just passed.

PUSH just finished a two-week run at Geva Theater in Rochester; a kind of debut performance for the Rochester community at large. We’ve performed all around the area for focused audiences, but never as such a large-scale event for the general public.

And it was fantastic. We sold out every one of our shows and made it to the number 3 ‘Thing to Do This Weekend’ in Rochester. The only similar event to beat us out was a short appearance by the David Parsons Dance Company – and they’ve got a good head start on the popularity meter.

The run was just about everything we could have wanted – except easy. Almost everyone in the company is battered from something. Between sickness, our metal props and general stage wear we’re all a bit tattered.

So after a few days of rest and re… more rest. I’m finally getting back into this whole ‘life’ thing.

The sad thing is, apart from the incredible beating my body took during the run (I came out with a strained groin muscle in my left leg and weird twinge in my left elbow – not to mention a crutch-sized notch in my knee and Heather’s blood on my hands) I would have been happy to continue that run for another month or so. Life around the stage is such a second nature to me after all these years, I fell into old rhythms very quickly. It reminded me of how much I’ve invested in that part of my life.

The run felt too short to me; but on reflection I realized it’s actually the longest run I’ve been a part of. The previous record was eight shows, not counting tour days and/or mission trips. A conservative count of the PUSH run would give you nine shows – a generous count would give you twelve.

So… life again. I’ve got a lot of things rushing back on me. There are a lot of decisions to be made about what I’ll be doing in the next few years coming up far too quickly. There are also decisions about what I’m going to be doing immediately… which should have been made already. The intensity of the Geva run kind of drove those off for a bit, but they’re back full force now and I need to give them my full attention.

Time to leave the ‘angels and ministers of grace’ behind to confront the world.