Long time, no write!

It's been a while since I've written, but that usually means life has been busy and wonderful! So a couple of weeks ago Mags and I headed to California. Let me tell you, it was the time of my life! I had never been to the West Coast before, and it was so amazing. The weather was cloudy but not cold, and compared to our Ireland flight, the travel time seemed really short! We flew into LAX and then I took a train to Santa Maria. It was called the Pacific Coastliner because it went right along the ocean! So beautiful! Above is a picture of Mags, Laura and I in a fun little restaurant in LA.



This was the view out the window of my train. My first view of the Pacific was from this train! Ahh! So I arrive in Santa Maria that night, and the next day I had my audition at PCPA. It went really great, and the casting director was such a great man. I will be auditioning for them again when they come through Dallas in about a month. Hopefully I'll get on for their summer season :) It would be a dream to live in California! I absolutely fell in love while I was there. My only regret is that the trip wasn't longer.

Quick recap of the trip:
Thursday/Friday were traveling and my audition. Friday night we headed into LA for the weekend! Saturday we spent the day being complete tourists, and it was fabulous! We saw celebrity houses, Hollywood Blvd, did some shopping, and then took a powernap. We also saw a ton of scientologist churches!! I didn't even know what scientologists believe until that trip. But boy, they were everywhere! Sunday we went to Santa Monica pier! It was great weather! Even though it was cloudy it was still warm and we played in the water a little bit :)



Then Sunday Emily had to go back to work and so I joined up with Maggi and her friend Laura. We had a blast! We went to a haunted house Sunday, and then saw the Upright Citizens Brigade later that night! Monday we went to a Doug Benson taping for his new show, "The Benson Interruption." It was so fun and we even got to meet him afterwards!



By the way, when I got home, I saw him on a really old Friends episode. I was like, "I MET HIM!!" Haha I could never be famous because I feel like I'll always be starstruck! Then the next day we flew back to good ol' Texas.

So needless to say, I was a little sad to return to Texas. I definitely missed Michael, but after travelling so many wonderful places these past few months, I've realized I don't want to live in the MidWest permanently. This is definitely a great place to settle down and raise a family, but who's ready for that? Not me. So I've been applying to random places I've wanted to visit, trying to find a place that's right for me. So far I've applied to Yellowstone and a work/live program in Australia. Who knows what could happen. Maybe I'll never even hear back from them, but if I do, what a great opportunity!!

However, I have been trying to make the best of my time here in Dallas. I have sent in applications to a couple of local agents, and I had an audition Monday night that went really well. It's for a brand-new theater in Dallas called Nouveau 47 Theater, and they're doing Measure for Measure. I have always loved Shakespeare. I used to be one of those people who didn't understand it and became frustrated easiliy, but now I almost prefer it. So I was very happy when I got the call that said I got a callback :) I'm going back on Saturday to read for them again. Yay! I have another audition Monday night, and I can't wait!

Time to go get dinner ready, stir-fry tonight! YUM!