Busy busy busy!

Wow, it has been a long time since I've blogged! Life has been crazy! In a very good way. Last week, my family, along with Michael, left for Colorado! For the past few years, my family has been vacationing in Leadville, a couple hours outside of Denver and about one hour from Aspen. It's the most beautiful place ever! We usual climb the mountains around the town, hike, shop, and just relax! This year I was SO excited that Micheal was able to take off from work and come with us. We climbed Mt. Elbert, the highest peak in Colorado, 2nd highest in the lower 48 states! My dad and I climbed it a couple years ago, but I was glad to share that experience with Michael. He and I have had so many great adventures together! (Side note- our 1 year anniversary is this Sunday!!) He also celebrated his 23rd birthday while on our trip. It was just a blast all around!

As soon as we got back to Stillwater, Michael had to head back to Texas to get back to work the next day! We were in the car 12 hours, he was in the car 17!! Yikes. I felt bad for him, but he is dedicated to his job, can't fault him for that! On Monday I headed to Texas as well for some auditions in the Dallas area. Monday night I auditioned for Dallas Children's Theatre, which was a blast! The cast is all adults and they perform for schools around the area, and have some evening shows open to the public as well. The script was hilarious and all the characters have some kind of funny accent, so the audition was really fun. And I have a callback for this Tuesday :)

Tuesday night I auditioned for Theatre Three. It is a BEAUTIFUL theatre in a gorgeous area of Dallas known as "The Quadrangle." As soon as I walked in I was like, "Oh yeah, I'm home." The audition was much faster than I would have liked it to be (I was actually out of there before my audition time even started) but at least they know me now and have my headshot on file. Maybe I'll get a callback next time. I was a little disappointed that I didn't get more time to show them how much I love the script and how much I love their theatre and how much I want a JOB, but that's the way life is. I got home yesterday and had to go straight to work, where I promptly put in my two weeks' notice at Texas Roadhouse. I'm sick of traveling back and forth to visit Michael and to go to auditions. I've found so many more opportunities that I can't go to because I can't ask off work anymore. So it's time to move and really go for it!

Of course, I promptly got really freaked out. I've lived in Stillwater my whole life, always ten minutes away from Mom and Dad. It's definitely time to move and be independent, but wow. Pretty scary. Far away from friends and family! I mean, if I moved to NYC I'd at least have Maggi and Rosie with me eventually. Or Chicago, I'd have most of the people I graduated with. Or in California, I'd have Emily. But Texas? Just Michael and me. But I know it's the right thing to do. And I'm VERY excited to start a career in Dallas. Who knows, maybe someday I will move to one of the big 3 places and become even more succesful. Dallas is just a starting point, from here on it will just be bigger and better things! I hope. Needless to say, prayers are very appreciated. I'm scared to leave everyone behind but SO excited to start this new journey. Plus I'll be just 3 1/2 hours away from Rosie, so I can be there for her while she plans her wedding. And I'm just a 4 1/2 hour drive away for family occasions like holidays and birthdays. I've been hoping for a big clear sign to let me know I'm doing the right thing, but maybe little signs like this callback are all I really need. I just keep telling myself to take it one day at a time.

Have a great weekend everyone! I know I will- I'm taking Rosie to Dallas to do more wedding dress shopping!!