Let The Break Begin!

It's break! Thank goodness. This three day long schoolweek seemed to last about eight.

Tonight was Movie Night with The Gang. There wasn't as much movie-watching as there was hysterical laughter and obnoxious comments. But it was still lovely. I've missed them all so much since this weekend.

But now I'm exhausted, so I am going to cease with my blogging and fall into bed. I have a poetry meeting tomorrow. We're getting closer and closer to Louder Than A Bomb and it worries me deeply because I know how far from ready we are at this point.

Off to dream-land.

Goodnight, Not Goodbye

Yesterday I mentioned that I felt numb about the whole "show ending" thing, and I said that the finality of it all hadn't fully sunk in yet. Today it did, hard. So instead of wallowing in my sorrows, I am going to emphasize the happiness that Theater Magic makes me feel by writing cheesy paragraphs about my Sister Wives.

My lovely Rachael,
I am no longer petrified of you. As a matter of fact, I love you so dearly. I'm glad that we can relate to each other's grade school experiences and laugh about them, and I'm even more glad that we both wound up making Theater Magic in the same place. You are so talented and so kind, and I'm very thankful to know you. It makes me happy to know that our little cult means so very much to you. I promise to call you every opening night and to get you in on the Chi Chi-sharing action. I love you, Rae. Thanks for everything.

Dearest Catie,
I find it hilarious that neither of us really remembers when we first became friends. I think it just sort of happened- all of the sudden I started seeing you nearly every minute of the day. We're good for each other; I wouldn't want to be uncomfortable and creepy and occasionally hostile with anybody else in this world. Thank you for tolerating me when I really should not have been tolerated, for comforting me when things got rough, and for laughing at Lauren entirely too much with me. It's been an incredible year. I'll miss you next fall, but I know you'll always be back. I love you like Peeta loves bread.

John, honey,
It's positively excellent that you find me to be an acceptable human being. For awhile I was really concerned that you didn't, so it was really great to learn that I was wrong. My dear, you bring so much light to my world. Thank you for your wisdom during the days I felt blue, for waltzing backstage in the dark with me, for frolicking in the rain and dancing to Gaga. We are quite the pair. You are the Giles to my Buffy, the Cinna to my Katniss. I can't think of much else that you haven't already heard me say and maybe I'm repeating myself here, but I mean every word. You're such a gift. Remember that. I love you, baby. Like a little prayer.

You are all the best and loveliest people I know. Thank you for sharing this experience with me.
Blessed are those who make that magic.

Did That Just Happen?

It's over.

Everything was less of a cry fest than I had anticipated; we were all very emotional before the show and then our tears cleared up right away. I don't think I've actually come to terms with the fact that we're done, or even that we ever had a show in the first place. It was all sort of a blur for me. Any other day I would be gushing and praising and being completely overwhelmed with love for all of these people, but I'm just not in the right state of mind. I'm numb to it all right now. The reality of it all will probably hit me like a freight train in the next few days, but for now I'm living in blissful ignorance. As far as I'm concerned, it isn't my dearest people's last show on our stage, no one is going away, we're going to get up and do it all over again next week.

So that is where I am at the present. I'll probably be in an entirely different place tomorrow.

Oh wait, it's already tomorrow.

First Curtain

One down, two to go.

We rocked it tonight, and since this is our first performance we have nowhere to go but up.

Currently I am completely overwhelmed with love for my people. We've been through so much together- three productions, a remodel, trips to the sushi bar, and a whole ton of uncertainty. But we are the greatest group of people I know. Seriously, you guys, my stomach is completely sick with emotion. It's one of those love-someone-so-much-it-hurts kind of feelings.

We're going on our annual Sushi Excursion tomorrow. I love these people.

There's No Place Like Home

Last night wrapped up the greatest two months of my life so far. Charlotte's Web is over. I don't quite know what to do with myself.

I am so so proud to be a part of Duchesne Theater. I really feel like I have made a home here over the past two years, and the friends I have made will stay my friends for life. We are just the most wonderful family. Sometimes I think about what my life would be like now if I didn't have this beautiful thing in my life, and I know how horribly sad and changed and different I would be. My heart is so full of love for each and every person who was with me on that stage this weekend.

So to my beauties, thank you. We have gone through so much together and I am so very proud of all of us. A few of us may be going out into The World next year, and to those people I give all of the love in my heart. I just want you to know that once you set foot in Duchesne Theater, you will never truly leave. You will always have a home here-remember that.

Thank you all for a fantastic show and for being such a huge part of my life. I love every one of you with my whole heart.

Today In History...

I was birthed by none other than The Management. I am really glad it was her and not someone completely crazy. If she were not my mother, I wouldn't have gotten a wonderful and fantastic blog post dedicated especially to me. Either that or I wouldn't have been born...that would be problematic, I think. Here is the post of which I speak:

http://beckercaribbeanconnection.blogspot.com/2011/09/glitter-in-my-life.html

My day was simply splendid. Father Steinbecker and I biked up to Our Second Home for a mocha and a pumpkin cranberry muffin and then on to Hogwarts. It's a lucky thing that I didn't brung a lunch box...for some obscure reason everyone decided to make me delicious baked goods. I did not complain. Shout out to De-Facto Mongolian Sweetheart for the cupcakes and Suspicious Water Bottle for the pillow plate.

Also, and I think this is most surely worth noting, something wonderful happened yesterday. I GOT A LETTER FROM TRISH. A real live letter- in the mail and everything! It was so exciting. I definitely broke down and cried in the doorway. I miss her so much, and it was stupendous to know that she is doing well.

Rehearsals are going to be really tiring. Wilbur does a lot of jumping around. Doing so in a
long flowy dress today made me feel like I was frolicking in a meadow, which is an extremely pleasant sensation.

Today was also bettered by the fact that I received beautiful golden snitch pendant from The Management and a bottle of glitter from the always lovely and hilarious CKor.

Not much room for improvement today, folks.