Spring Break!

Last week, we were in the very first town MCT ever resided. It was a really cool thing for us to experience- everyone there was so supportive and glad to have us. Our host family insisted we put all our food and purchases from the grocery store and cafe on their account, so we saved a lot of money pre-spring break style. Unfortunately, after the show when we counted the t-shirts and cds, at some point during the day someone in the cast had taken a shirt and cd from us when we weren't looking. This is the first time that has ever happened, and luckily it was only one of each so our profit didn't take a huge hit, but it is really disheartening when children as young as that are already beginning to steal. We were both really sad more than upset.
On sunday when we were driving to our residency for this week we were able to stop through Great Falls and have lunch with Doug and Lynn and Amber and Mike, our good friends and favorite people we've stayed with. It was so great to see them, and it turns out that the week of my birthday we'll be really close to Great Falls (but in a really small community) and they invited us back to take me out for my birthday! I'm so excited. This job has been outstanding for meeting some really great people.
This week we had to cut from the numbers that auditioned, and while it's always sad, these kids really, really want to be here and are so enthusiastic to participate. One of the cast members reminds me of Tommy Wiseau from The Room in his acting. It's AWESOME. I am ready for our break, though. Starting saturday, a week off!!!!
I've been hearing a lot of really great and encouraging audition opportunities and acceptances into career paths from my close friends recently; it is wonderful to get those tidbits from people and hear about successes people close to my heart are having. I hope this good fortune keeps spreading to everyone.
I have to submit a teaching video next week to the company in Jersey to possibly get hired for the summer. I would love to work there, not only to do something on my terms and work with kids again, but also because it would put me only an hour outside NYC so I'd be super close to Jack & Stacy and a few others who are living there now. Then off to the Windy City.
6 weeks until I'm off the road for an unspecified amount of time- I bought my ticket home to Wichita for May 20th. Looks like my plans will start to gel soon.