The weather in Edinburgh this week has been awful. Really awful. Cold, windy and very very wet. I saw horizontal rain on Wednesday. That's the Scottish summer for you. I'm pretty sure that at least one pair of my shoes has been ruined by being saturated on the walk home a couple of nights ago. I wish I'd brought the Wellington boots I bought for Glastonbury! I saw people on the Royal Mile flyering for the country of Spain the other day. They couldn't have picked a better time. If they were selling tickets on the street, I imagine they'd have a lot of takers.
On the other hand, I'm having a much better time this week than I did last week when the weather was nice. Despite the optimism of my previous blog entry, the following couple of shows were very quiet, and it was getting to a point by Sunday where I was beginning to despair of getting the show to work as well as it had done in previews.
Then on Monday I did a couple of late extra gigs (99 Club and Electric Cabaret) which were a lot of fun and I relaxed properly for the first time since I got here. I remembered that my show is just stand up, and I've been doing that for ages, and with that realisation I began to enjoy it more. The last few shows have been a lot of fun, and the audiences have seemed to be a lot more engaged as well. I don't feel like I've completely nailed it yet, but then there's still a lot of the festival to go.
I'm going into this weekend looking forward to doing the show and also doing a few more extra gigs. It also looks like the weather is going to be a bit nicer. Maybe this time I'll be able to enjoy it!
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