I'm back, and as done as ever!

Spring Break is over...
It's over....

URGH. Well, Sterling greeted me just fine once I came back. It has a funny little way of knocking me into perspective. I've memorized 1/3 of my lines, need to BUCKLE DOWN on my classes...and prepare to live off the sping break fat I've accumulated.

Oh yes, I'm ready for this year to be over.

Don't get me wrong, I love Sterling and all the wonderful people I've come to meet--but I'm ready to be back home. Disenchanted, you might say? You'd be right on it! I think the terrible circumstances that drove me from Arizona have become something I laugh at now...and I'm ready to laugh quite a bit.

The easy part is being done with it, now it's time for the hard work---keeping up with it all. Staying on top of things, and keeping the focus right where it SHOULD be...

My work certainly is cut out for me.

Yes. Yes, it IS all YOUR fault.

Just now I was reminded of a scene in "Rent a Kid", in that scene the girl pictured believes everything is her fault, ruining the chance of having a famliy for herself and brothers.
Ahh, that was nice. "It's all my fault", it became somewhat of a joke in my famliy.


Anyway, yesterday an applicant for the psychology position at Sterling presented a presentation (Slide show and all!), I was one of 3 students that attended. But the strange thing was sitting among many of the most respected, intellectual, talented beyond belief professors at Sterling. It was almost as if we were equals for one moment, which doesn't happen much during instruction, or direction. Surreal, but hey, for one moment I was just another face in that class....with the likes of Gannon and Froese? I'll take my chances, even for just 45 minutes.

The Costume Shop is beckoning, I must try on some sweet (and what I've been told VERY yellow) costumes!

Rum Tum Taddy..Um?

This past week has been insane. Busy-insane, which is a perfect fit for me. Unfortunately all those "time-fillers" lack any interesting trait. Rehersal has been coming along, and all 3 acts are successfully blocked--YES! Now, it's my turn to come forward and do a little interpretive ballet--and hope it's amusing.

I applaud Arizona for getting rain, I'm quite proud. 140+ Days without rainfall? Thats scary. Though Kansas is just as frightening, a couple days ago I was freezing, jacket and all...not today it's beautiful- breezy, sunny...all in all perfect weather to lay on Cooper lawn and read "Mountains Beyond Mountains", if you've not read it--pick it up it's good.

Homework is mounting, lines aren't completely memorized, and I'm online typing up on my "blog".

Do excuse me, my coinscience is getting hold...until a later date.

Tear Down: Complete

Sunday after production week. What a nice feeling it's become! The set was massive, and thoughts of strike were until 4:ooAM. In realtity: 1:30! The cast, crew, director, musicians---all worked harmoniously (though some had an easy time of it) together. Though, the hardest part of last night were the seniors. Off stage right before curtain call, sniffs were all too audible---sitting on headset, I could feel their pain. It was reminicent of last year, unknowing...and not wanting to leave the people (and place) that you worked alongside for four years. I can't even think about it.

TOPIC CHANGE.
It's 3:40, and I've yet to get dressed...thank you weekend! Having reminders of people from a not too distant past, and being completely fine with where you are. It's an amazing feeling. God's grace is sufficient! Monday the whistle blows, and "You Can't Take it With You" comes out of the starting gate. Keep rooting, we'll all hope it comes out first.

10...11..NO. Numero 12.

It's only my second day being a part of Sterling's spring production, "Twelfth Night"...I'm already dead. Though, it could be the allergy medication talking--drowsiness ahoy! I'm assistant stage manager to the lovely Jean Bosch, which is a gift within itself.

The only thing that has me worried is the fact that I'm in the next show, with 18 credit hours. Overwhelming? Oh yes. The costuming will be fantastic, with Meagan in charge...there is little to NOT be fantastic. Give me a tutu, and I'll be happy. Megan "G" was teaching me the "dying swan", which (unbenounced to me) is a ballet move that my character does in the next show. All I can say is, it will be a good time!

Lent has begun, and I can already see the difficulty in ridding myself of gossip when in the theatre! That IS the point though, giving up a difficult daily (especially in small towns) bit on nonsense...easy isn't worth it.

I must be off, sleep is key..along with some good oatmeal!