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Hey hey! This is going to be a short one, but I feel guilty for not updating my blog so here is a run down of the last month or so…

Christmas at the Guthrie…or more appropriately, “the squeezing, wrenching, grasping, covetous old sinner” that is the Christmas Carol run. Rehearsals started in October and we went into tech week knowing we would only have two full days on stage before we were in front of an audience. Well that may be all well and good for those actors who have been doing this show for seven, or eight, or twenty seasons, but for a newbie like me, it was less thrilling and more terrifying and exhausting. From there we launched into eight or nine shows a week. Anyone who has ever had to perform more than one show a day will tell you that is literally sucks the life out of you. So much of the energy you might spend throughout an entire day is used when performing… even when one’s part is very small. It is especially difficult on those days when you are already exhausted or sick or just don’t feel like doing it. But you do it anyway. God knows why.

I’m also not working during this show, so I am stressed to the max, knowing that I have creditors banging down my door while bills continue to pile up and I can barely afford to put gas in my car. Remind me why I wanted to do another production at the Guthrie? Oh yeah, for the “experience.”

I auditioned and was asked to be a part of the cast in “Quilters” at Theater Unbound… I’m still weighing my options there. Not that I don’t want to do the show, I do. But those green pieces of paper are looking mighty tempting right now.

Jordan and I are back together. He realized he was being a jerk-faced idiot and wanted me back after a week. Currently, he is still on “probation.” He’s been doing very well.

Other than that, will be playing my annual “potted plant gig” for CVTC’s graduation ceremony. Making Christmas cookies and hoping to stick to my diet. Ta ta for now!