End of October.

Wow, it hardly feels like this month can be almost over. The tour is half over for the fall, and while sometimes it feels like forever, it really has gone so fast!

This past week was a godsend. Dan and Katie were with us in Yakima, we had a remarkable cast, and it was in an actual city with more than one restaurant and a gas station.

Halloween on saturday! We reconvene in a college town half way between our city and their city for debauchery and fun times.

The Springfield trip is scrapped, unfortunately. The reason I was going has been postponed, thus the money it costs to go and the money I would undoubtedly spend is unreasonable with my current salary, so I am now counting down to the Christmas holiday to visit.

Other postitives-

seeing Darci and Jared in Portland in December.

Tugs and Wichita in less than a month.

I figured out how to Skype.

It's Fall!

I have so many amazing books to read.

Negatives-

We are again without cell service.

I am so sad to miss all the productions at MSU this year, and really need an acting class.

I am so out of shape (physically, too, but not what I'm going for) to audition.

October is almost over.

happy thoughts.

In light of missing things, I thought I'd make a list of some of the things I really miss from home, the little things I never really thought of as monumental, but are the first to pop in my head when I am thinking about it.

Our house

11 o'clock crazy hour

chasing Colin around the kitchen

Late nights on the porch w/ J

Emily's laugh

Movie night with JMo

Movie night being crashed by everyone we love

Sushi dates w/ Jack

NONNA'S

Downtown springfield

Townhouse thursday

Hank, Elfie, Leo and Murphy

Check-in with Stacy

Balcony

Laughing until I cried at Andy's Childhood stories

Gailey's late morning breakfasts

recapping the night before with the roommates

driving down Seminole in the fall

Backseat Time

Stopping to visit Mika and Raj every chance I had

Jay!

Crashing the theatre district

the inept space that is kickapoo, and how we loved it anyway

Advanced movement class

meeting the freshmen

doing 'work' for Angie

...playing bejewled blitz 2 with Alex on Angie's computer

auditioning.

small list of things that make me smile when I think about them.

I just put some darker red in my hair for fall, and did so in a house of a family where Dave and I are staying. They probably thought I was sacrificing an animal or something because it took so long and there is a blood colored substance on tissues in the trash can. Man, that would be a story to tell.

We go to the U of Montana hc football game saturday, and in the past few days have had the pleasure of seeing a lot of TAD's in the seattle area. Just catching up with a few other people makes it seem so much less lonely. I can do this.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner!

week one off-

Seattle visit. The facebook obsession has become more of a problem in the last few weeks with the longings for home.

What am I doing?

This job... this fantastic job, though is great and I am learning so much, is really reminding me how I need people in my life. I have to surround myself with those who I love in order to be content.

I had a good conversation today that lead me back to my major need to be in Chicago. Countdown to May.