Sunshine can make everything better

After the deluge that lasted for what felt like a week, we finally got to see the sun day! An added bonus was that we had about 2hrs of down time in south jersey, so the cast of Midsummer and I spent it on the boardwalk in Ocean City. The group (including myself) was feeling pretty demoralized over the 6hrs of driving/day, 12 show week, and general unhappiness...it's amazing what an hour of relaxation and fun in the sun can do!

March Madness

Nope, not for Basketball (but Boiler UP! too).

We have almost 50 shows scheduled for the month of March, including a day trip to Maryland, performing for an US Air Force Base, a couple three-show days, and an overnight trip to southern North Carolina. *whew*

We've started to get into a groove for touring, thank goodness, and we've gotten a lot of positive responses from our audiences, which makes all the difference in the world. I don't know if I can explain my reaction to looking over the audience at the end of a Romeo and Juliet performance and seeing that the cast made multiple high schoolers cry, but it's definitely good.

We've had good days like that, and bad days where i've had principals, teachers, parents blow up at me, or had to work around some major obstacles like a costume breaking 2 minutes before a show, but all in all the tour has been running rather smoothly (knock on wood!)...



That all being said, I take advantage of my days off. Last week we had gorgeous sunny weather, so I packed up and drove to Harklebarney State Park (ok, I might have partly gone just for the name...) that's about 40 minutes from Madison, and spent the morning hiking and playing with my camera.

Today's weather has not been nice to me, so i'll be hanging out with the lovely Anna this afternoon; hopefully seeing a movie and just relaxing.

Peace, love, and warm thoughts to all...