Monday, June 29, 2009

Why I Love My New Apartment

The Top Ten Reasons I LOVE The New Apartment (in no particular order):
(Photos to follow)
10. No "La Cucaracha" horn music at 8 am on Sunday mornings
9. DISHWASHER!!!!
8. No one asks if I'm lost when I walk through the neighborhood
7. 2 words: HARDWOOD FLOORS
6. A shower that is able to provide both water pressure and hot water in less than 20 minutes
5. A landlord that answers his phone
4. Friends no longer feel the need to carry pepper spray when coming to visit
3. All the minivans/suv's in the neighborhood remind me of Utah
2. Cable TV!
1. The only gangs here are "gangs of Jews" walking to synagogue on Saturdays

Friday, April 24, 2009

The Beginning of Year 26







As usual it's been so long since I've blogged I almost can't remember. So I turned 26 almost two weeks ago and have been contemplating where I am in my life and amazingly enough, I'm content. I like who I am and I'm confident in myself and my abilities. Stressing out is pointless and so I find myself doing less of that than ever before. I feel like I can handle whatever the world chooses to throw in my direction. I'm currently dating someone, but I feel like that if I were to be single, that would be okay too.

When it comes to work, I'm currently in audition mode. I've had what I've felt to be 3 very strong auditions and not made callbacks for 2. However, I auditioned for my first non-musical show since high school and was called back for that...woo hoo! I'm so glad that I can trust in the Lord and know that he'll provide me with the opportunities that will benefit me and help me grow. It really takes the sting out of rejection.

I am still in a children's production of Sleeping Beauty that performs on Saturday mornings and occasionally during the week for school field trips. No, it's not the Disney story, but it's fun nonetheless. I play Sunbeam, one of the 4 good fairies. Basically, I'm the ditsy cheerleader from the Valley type (big stretch I know). I love performing for kids and it appears the feeling is mutual. Not to toot my own horn, but I keep hearing that I am the favorite fairy. My director has a 3 year old son who likes "yellow" the best and is wondering when his mom gets to be the yellow fairy. So basically I get to go run around the stage acting like a fool wearing false eyelashes that any drag queen would approve of , and come home covered with glitter that sticks around for several days.