Theatre girl again

So I've been meaning to write for the last four days, and it's just been entirely too insane to get a moment to do it!

But now I'm kind of back to my standard Monday ritual of the past two and a half months...sleepy and quiet after bedtime yoga, plopped in front of the tv geekily anticipating a new Jon & Kate Plus 8 (best show ever) and drinking a decadent strawberry and chocolate smoothie. Thrilling, thrilling stuff!

Friday was my last day as a temp...possibly ever! Probably not. But you never know, I suppose! This job was absolutely a godsend and a blessing and the best thing I could've asked for. The super early mornings were really tough, but I think it was really good for me (even though it never got any easier!) because now sleeping in until 7:15ish feels like lazy heaven! And I feel up to going for a run in the morning, which is awesome. But yeah - the people I worked with, particularly the ladies, were just wonderful. I hope to see them all at the Yoder this summer!

Friday evening I went straight from work to Zenya Yoga Studio in Port Warwick, a tiny and gorgeous and peaceful yoga studio, where I took a free Hot Yoga class. Oh my lord. I sweated more than I ever have in my whole life, and it felt phenomenal. Most of the poses felt easier because my muscles were so freaking *hot*! And it was so easy to focus because...it was kind of impossible *not* to focus in that environment. And the instructor was great, and I just can't rave about it enough. The second the class was over I bought a 10 class pass, so I plan to sweat my life away every Friday night right up until Of Mice & Men rehearsal kicks in. And my beautiful wonderful Peter wants to try it with me this week! So I'm giving him a crash course in basic yoga poses on Thursday night (and it's possible there will be alcohol involved, so that'll be interesting) and then he'll come with me on Friday. Hopefully hot yoga for a yoga newbie isn't a horrible idea.

Saturday was awesome - I did my standard morning workout (running the Noland and then BodyPump at 10 with badass Lynn) and then drove to Richmond to go to a wine tasting festival with my mommy! It was my first one ever, and it was SO much fun. Even though Lisa was going to be joining us and then couldn't, Mom and I provided plenty of our own silly giggling just-barely-tipsy fun. Good times.

Then in the evening I came back for the first ever CNU student performances in the Yoder Barn! Beautiful little Natalie's senior thesis which was selected scenes from Sweet Charity, and Rabbit Rabbit, a BRILLIANT sketch comedy group comprised of four gorgeous young men, Chris Blake, Johnny O'Malley, Jake Mills, and Andrew Bentley. It was a freaking amazing night. Natalie melted all of our hearts (and I loved that Mich and Lauren got to duet together as trashy hookers with hearts of gold) and Rabbit Rabbit made us pee our pants. And seriously, I'm not just saying this because these boys are my friends and I love them to bits and think they're great, but Rabbit Rabbit is truly *brilliant.* A million times funnier than anything on TV today. And there wasn't a single "inside" TheaterCNU joke - it was all totally universal, original, brilliant humor. I can't believe how talented my friends are. It's overwhelming sometimes!

Then Sunday I spent the day with Carol's beautiful mom and her Jim (both of our moms have Jims. weird!) and her man and little Lisa. We had brunch where I ate at least four pigs' worth of bacon, then headed over to Ferg to see Blast which was great, and then we went to Panera where we switched out Mom and Jim for Pops and M&M (in Lisa's words). So four of Carol's parents in one day! A truly special occasion. It was a poopy day, though, like today. So we all kept talking about how, even though we were having a lovely time, we all kind of just wanted to be in bed doing nothing.


And then this morning, after getting up at the shockingly late hour of 7am to run and shower, I reported for duty as Miss E's temporary fill-in. And also just starting my jobs of Assistant to the Artistic Director and Associate Company Manager full time. It was a bit chaotic at first...and of course there's always an element of chaos that runs throughout the day when you're at Ferguson. So it was great. I saw some of my darlings and it's so wonderful to be around all the professors. They're such great fun.


So, I'm completely ready and excited for the summer. It feels like it's already here, and I am all about it :)