Redheads Reunited!

Ok, I'll admit it, I'm a fair weather blogger. I just don't have the time anymore! Which I guess is a good thing! But get ready because this one's gonna be a long one!

This weekend was the BEST! My brother Luke and his wife Ashley came down to visit!! I don't have any close friends down here yet, so it was really nice to have people I know in town!! Thursday night we went to a Daniel Tosh concert, which was really really funny! He is just as good live as he is on his show.



I didn't trust anyone with my camera, so we had to make do taking one of ourselves :)

Friday morning I worked at Ulta and then came home and napped a little while Luke and Ash went to the state fair. Friday night we went to a Rangers game!! It was really exciting, they went into extra innings. They ended up losing by 1 point, but oh well. At least I got to spend time with my loved ones. That's what baseball is really about, right?? Maybe not for the players, but for me it is!



My love and me at the game :)



Luke and Ash!!

Saturday we went to IHOP for breakfast and then I showed Luke and Ash around my 'hood. Rockwall is such a pretty town, as I've said many times before, so I was excited to show them the sites! First we went down to the Harbor and those 2 went nuts over the Life Is Good store! I found some stuff I really wanted too, but I need to save my money for my California trip!! I just love Life Is Good stuff. That whole store radiates positivity. You can't help but walk out of there smiling! I would love to open up a Life Is Good store someday. Or a coffee shop. Or both in ONE! That would be a dream. Especially right on the lake. Wowzers. Then we crossed the lake and went to the GIANT Bass Pro Shop that overlooks the lake. As soon as we walked in, Luke and I had to snap this picture:



Haha... get it? Oy. We're hilarious.

Then we headed over to The Flying Saucer so they could see where I work on Tuesdays doing the trivia! We had a drink out on the patio (overlooking the lake, of course). The weather was just delightful.



Then those crazy kids had to head home. But I was sooooo glad they came to see us! Beginning of next month our friends Travis and Ingrid are coming too! And my parents still need to come see my new town. I can't wait! I love having people over!

Kitty Update:

Jack has learned to hiss. Or at least learned he CAN hiss. He does it pretty often now. When we're playing, when he's running. Whenever. Just now he got his little foot caught in the couch and hissed at that! He wasn't even hurt, he just wanted to share that with us. Doesn't he look so ferocious?



ALL RIGHT, also while we were at the Harbor, the BEST thing happened!! I saw this magical sign. My personal beacon of hope:



Have you ever seen anything so beautiful? Let me explain. I have searched high and low for a coffee shop, ANY coffee shop, that is not a Starbucks. Rockwall has FOUR Starbucks! Don't get me wrong, Starbucks makes delicious drinks. But it's such a cold environment! I miss my Aspen in Stillwater. It was big and cozy and everyone knows everyone. I know I can't expect that having just moved here and all, but I just wanted a coffee shop where I could go a couple times a week and get to know the baristas, maybe even work there at some point. AND I'VE FOUND ONE! Finally! I haven't been in yet, but it's beautiful from the outside. I think tomorrow on my day off I'm going to go and snuggle down with a book. Don't judge, I'm passionate about coffee.

I had a few auditions last week that went really well, but I'm not sure about callbacks yet. The Dallas Children's Theater one was a cast of adults who play 1st graders. Being 5'11" and all, I didn't really fit in. My audition for Dallas Theater Center went REALLY well though! I waited for about 2 hours to sing for them, and I ended up being the next-to-last person to sing for the whole day! Am I lucky or what? So I sang and they asked me to stay for the dance auditions. I feel like I danced well, but I won't hear about callbacks for a month or so. The show is Cabaret and it's in the spring! I realllllllly hope I get it. They rehearse 8 hours a day, Tuesday through Sunday!! Just like theaters in NY and Chicago! Most Dallas theaters rehearse in the evenings because they don't pay much, so they give you time to work your "real" job. But DTC is the best one in Dallas, so they can pay!! I could quit my silly part-time jobs and be full-time theater! Plus it's a musical so my days would be filled with singing and dancing. What a dream. I will keep you posted when I hear more in a couple weeks. Then my last audition was Lieutenant of Inishmore. That went well too, I got to use my Irish dialect, and I'm red-headed, AND I've been to Ireland, so you'd think I'd be a shoe-in, right? Wrong. The part is a 16 year-old. So once again my height works against me. But I'm optimistic that something will come along soon.

If you stuck through all this, you're a true friend. Thanks for reading, hope you had a very happy weekend!! Go outside, it's beautiful!