i got sunshine in a bag

A brief list of why the past few weeks have been pretty goddamn great. Ahem.

!. My job rules. Kids so amazing I can’t even explain it. Co-teacher is a doll - she wrote me a good luck note on opening night and stuck it under my windshield wipers. I am about five minutes from work via a direct-dump on I5. Parking is free and plentiful. Payrate is the same as last job. Coworkers are hella cool. I got to make a lake out of construction paper, glitter, and glue this afternoon. Pinking shears. Little girls with hilarious speech impediments. Swimming with four year olds. Baking with them. Napping with them. Having snacks with them. Occasionally, I can’t even believe I’m getting paid for this.

2. My show rules. Full houses this weekend - or nearly so. Sjet came to see it! Here are some pictures… and here’s what it’s about. And - fanfare please - here is our first review. Damn right, Amandalee. Damn right.

3. Getting cast in shows rules. I got cast in two shows yesterday - the first time in my life that I’ve had to make a choice. Going a year without a mainstage? Used to it. Getting two parts I really want at the same damn time? Not so much. I practically gave myself an ulcer last night trying to decide - there were a lot of factors on both sides that were really important to me. One show is Annex, one is not. One show had a lot of people try out, one did not. I felt like I would be pretty easily replaceable for one show, for the other one I did not. For one show I would be working with old friends, for the other show I would be working with new friends. One has a script I loved, the other one’s script is a bit more … malleable. Etc., Etc., Etc. I went back and forth about it ALL NIGHT LONG, and finally decided that I just had to pick the project that excited me more. It was not a fun process. It never rains but it pours… and now, I can stop stressing about the decision and get busy being excited about working on this show. I can’t wait.

4. Dancing until 3 in the morning with cute boys rules. ‘Nuff said.

5. Staying up until five in the morning snuggling and talking with Ida and Evan rules. So does spooning.

6. Fat boys rule.

7. Going home for dinner also rules. Good night.