Because it's blah.

My last post was June 5. Wow.

I'd like to be able to say that I've just been so busy doing amazing things that I haven't had the opportunity to write a blog about it all, but that's not true. In reality I didn't really have anything good to say and I didn't want my blog to be depressing and stuff.

I also felt like my life got boring. If my life is boring, why would I want my friends and family to suffer through it on the blog? I feel bad though, because this is how I keep in touch with a lot of people, so perhaps I should put more effort into it.

So update on me. Since June 5th I have:

Finished working in Washington DC and driven from DC to Salt Lake.

Worked at Lagoon on a crazy Cirque show for three weeks.

Spent some quality time with my family.

Sold my Jeep and bought a new car.

Put a lot of miles on my new car driving to Syracuse, New York.

Visited NYC.

Opened and closed the most boring and frustrating show I've ever worked on.

Now I am starting rehearsals on my second show at Syracuse Stage, where I'm working as the Assistant Stage Manager until the end of March. I've been here for just over two months now, and it's been the most difficult move I've ever had (and that's saying something). The adjustment period has been really long. I feel like a lot of it had to do with the awfulness of the first show I worked on. Once it closed, I really felt the huge weight lifted off of me.

So here's to new beginnings, fresh starts, and being able to recognize "blogable" things in my life.

DC is treating me well.

June 1 marked my ONE MONTH in Washington DC. I've (surprise surprise) fallen in love with this place in that short amount of time. I am enjoying the beauty of the location, the excitement of the city, and of course my job.

My commute is pretty annoying, but I only have one more month so no need to complain. I do get a lot of music/book listening time in. I also am enjoying the 30 min walk between the metro station and my house. Weird I know. One of my favorite things at the end of a long day is being able to walk home, think about how things went, and wind down. I've probably mentioned it on here before. This is something I fell in love with when I was in Vanuatu, and something I definitely miss when I'm driving everywhere. (If you know me at all, you know that I don't wind DOWN when I'm driving)

Memorial Day!

For Memorial Day my new roomie and I went to Arlington Cemetery and the parade. It was really beautiful, busy, and hot.

Also, President Obama was there. This is him driving away.

WORK

I don't think anyone will be surprised to learn that I've gotten completely caught up in work again. It's so easy to do when I don't really know anybody else. It is easy to become a workaholic.

We are doing two shows in rep, which means we rehearse two shows at the same time and then when we open they perform each show every other day. I've never worked in rep before so I was a little nervous, but I'm finding it to be a lot more refreshing than it is stressful. One show is The Maid's Tragedy. Which is ridiculously depressing. 4 people die onstage and 2 people vow to return to their homes and die in the last scene. Whenever we are on Maid's days the mood is a lot more mellow, then people start getting testy. It's tough not to be effected by it.

(this is when we were staging where the dead bodies should end up. They have their scripts with them so they know when in the lines they should groan and/or give one final breath and die)

So it's a good thing that we have the light hearted Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost to return to. It's funny and it's about being in love and making a fool of yourself. The rehearsals have kind of been going 3 days on 3 days off. So I have 3 days to spiral down, and 3 days to pick myself up again. Such the roller coaster. And we are ALL on it.

New lessons learned in my first month in DC:

Always stand to the right on the escalator.

White short sleeve shirts and backpacks DON'T mean missionary.

When you ask someone what they do for a living and they respond "I can't tell you". Take them seriously.

Old lessons Re-Learned:

I can do this.

Not only CAN I do this, but I AM doing it, and I'm doing it well.

You don't have to feel like a waste of space

You're original, cannot be replaced

If you only knew what the future holds

After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed

So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow

And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light

And let it shine

Just own the night

Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework.

Today wasn't the first day I rocked out to this song on the metro on the way home. Things are good. Life is good. I am lucky.

Someone out there sure knows a lot more about what's goin on than I do. I just need to remember to trust that.