The luck of the Irish!

I can NOT believe it has been so long since I last posted, I'm not sure anyone even checks this blog any longer!

So much has changed over the last eight months...

Most importantly...I have a new job. In this crazy economy you hear all of the horror stories...my experience was quite the opposite. I was laid off on December 1, December 3 I was employed by a health & wellness center as the Office/Marketing manager. It is such an amazing environment...no stress...a job where the office is actually helping people to live a healthier life. Who thinks that getting laid off is the best thing that could happen to them? ME!

I took an overnight trip to Washington DC this past weekend, on the way home last night I turned the radio off, and drove in silence. This gave me six solid hours of thinking time! Something that I have been way too busy to do lately. With St. Patrick's Day upon us, I think I would reflect on some of the things I thought about, and why I am so lucky!!

I have always said that I am not a "lucky" person...I never win raffles or the lottery... but I think that luck is just in how you look at it!

I speed...a lot...almost every time I am in the car.... I have never ::knocking on wood:: gotten a ticket! THAT is lucky!

I have amazing friends who know who I am. Who know what it looks like when I have a terrible day...and also what a great day is. They stand by me no matter what. One of which I have known for 11 years now...she is the reason that I went to DC...it was such an amazing day...this is how she put it...." There are only so many days in a persons' life that they can classify as 'perfect". It usually has nothing to do with the location...the weather.....it's the people and the time you share." Yesterday was one of those "perfect" days for each of us! Having these people...makes me lucky!

My Mother is pretty gosh darn great! I know a lot of people who have terrible relationships with their parents...mine is wonderful!! Having her makes me lucky.

I participate in theater...schooling...Toastmasters...I volunteer....and am involved in a myriad of other activities.... I feel pretty well rounded....this makes me lucky.

I am in a stable relationship...and have been for almost six years...we rarely fight...we trust and love each other...everything a relationship is supposed to be...this makes me lucky too!

So many people focus on the negative things going on around them...I thought I would share the good today.....I also promise to blog more!

I lied....

Okay -- So I didn't blog the next day. Luckily Kate was so busy she forgot to yell at me!

Last night we went to see Jersey Boys. I was skeptical, it sounded a little like Mama Mia, but people assured me it actually had a story line, and after all it DID win the Tony.

Since we had to get some last minute tickets, I ended up sitting away from my group, no big deal since you aren't supposed to talk during shows anyway.

The show starts and right away the crazy ass old people all around me start singing and dancing. YES DANCING. I did not pay money to hear a revival of Jersey Boys done at the old folk's home! By the end of the show there was a woman who was SOBBING in front of me because it was just that moving.

Okay....here's the thing.... I love being swept away by theater, BUT....the public services announcement is this: MUSICALS ARE NOT CONCERTS...YOU ARE NOT IN YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM.... YOU WERE NOT CAST IN THE SHOW! SHUT UP!


I feel better now!

Because otherwise Kate is going to keep bragging...

It has been FAR too long since I have posted..... this will just be a place holder... I PROMISE I will post something tomorrow!!!

Do you have a minute?

It's been awhile..Kate keeps telling me to blog..... I can explain.

I am BUSY!
I have two jobs
I have rehearsals
I have voice lessons
I have a surge of work at my main job
I have a relationship and friendships that occasionally need attention

I kind of feel like I am swimming in one of those endless pools that shoots water at you...so you swim and swim and swim... and the only thing that happens...is you get tired!! Why can't I have a pretty infinity pool with a floating lounge chair and martini?

I am a pioneer....

...of modern cooking!!

Some of you know that a few weeks ago I blew the oven up! The heating element decided that it no longer wanted to serve it's purpose in life.
Fast forward to last night... I had decided to make Chicken Tortilla soup I had finished the chicken...was starting the soup...when in a grand burst of over zealous flames....the stove top stopped working. Out of propane!

It only took eight years.....

I finished the soup in the microwave!

It's been forever....

I know...I know.... I'm certain that people have even stopped checking this blog...since it has been so long since I have posted. Maybe people actually use RSS!

I have a great excuse for not writing...really... My life has been consumed for the last five months....with war! I've said over an over again that war is hell, especially when looking in the mirror, but war has been the best thing for me!

I wasn't even going to audition, what was the point, right? After going through the audition process, and getting a larger role than I had even wanted, I was brought into the NCP family. Not going to lie, at the beginning of rehearsals, I wanted to quit! The other girls all knew each other, they all bonded in other shows, and they didn't need a new girl. My only saving grace was Jennifer, the other new girl! We would go to Starbucks and talk; we would call each other before rehearsals just to make sure neither of us had to go through it alone! Then something changed, something just clicked. I am certain it was the night I stayed late to help with the set. Marci, Greg, Brenton, Kelly, and Doug...we were there until 2am painting, hanging the ceiling, laying burlap. (itchy..itchy..itchy!!) We sang, we laughed, and we were exhausted! I felt like I belonged. I realized it wasn't us vs. them...

The show came together....we got amazing reviews....we got standing ovations every night....we touched people!

It all really hit last night, I should have been getting ready to go on stage, I should have been smearing battle scars across my face, I should have been having a hair quicky. I should have been surrounded by amazing people. I wasn't. The last five months have been a movie...thanks to friends for life....the next fifty will be our sequel.

Well girls, the shooting has just begun!

It is like Santa came...again!!

I will miss the knife fights and chases around our cars... I will miss the cops calling me crazy when I tell them there are men living in the trees...I will miss the crazy cat lady most of all!


Good-bye crack house...hello Starbucks!