As Dea pointed out on Facebook... I failed in my goal of posting every month... Crap! So here's March's blog 1 day late.
LEGALLY BLONDE!!!!
My life is consumed by 2 jobs and a show, but I'm really enjoying it! Legally Blonde is looking like a really amazing production. The cast is so strong that it was destined to be a great show from the beginning. I've also felt more accomplished in this role than I have in any role since RENT. I'm loving it, and am actually excited for people to see it. My voice lessons with Donna continue to be a huge help as well. All this can be summed up by saying that I feel I'm becoming a strong performer again. I've been doubting myself for so long that I had forgotten what it felt like to be confident in what I'm doing. The major change this time is that I know my limits a bit more, and understand that I'm not perfect. High School gave me an inflated opinion of myself, and college along with the years that followed has helped to rid me of that.
Next we have work! Only a few weeks more of the Tax job, which is gonna make things a little financially rough. I've been pretty good about saving since I've started working the second job. And while it eliminates any free time, saving needs to be my focus over the next year. This has led me to the conclusion that I need to have a second job until we leave. I'm going to see if Tomato Cafe will hire me back over the summer, and if they will I'll probably stay there until next tax season rolls around. Don't wanna, but I need the money!
As for the other job, it has it's ups and downs. I love some of the people I work with, but have an ever growing list of problems with a few others. Luckily there are only two more months before I get a nice vacation, followed by a school year that I hope will be much more enjoyable.
Now I'm gonna brag a bit... THIS IS THE BEST YEAR EVER!! I'm officially going on 3 major vacations, and there are talks of another one at the end of the year. Gilbert and I joined my parents and sister (with husband in tow) to New Orleans over spring break. Was so much fun! It was great to spend time with all of them as I rarely see them. Next up is a family trip with Gilbert's folks. We'll be going to Disneyland and Vegas as the end of May. I wasn't sure I could do it, but Gilbert and my parent's basically told me I had to go! So I'm going! And then of course we have Europe in July! So many trips in one year! Truly is the perfect way to spend my last year in NM.
So there we go... My update for now. I haven't worked on developing my cabaret at all, but I've been too busy. However the progress I feel I've made vocally will make it much easier to put it all together.
I will update before the end of April... Otherwise I don't know what Dea will do... O_O
