Great day to snuggle down with a book... or not!

Hey ya'll--

So for the past few... months... yes, months! I have been TRYING to read 1984. Maggi's boyfriend Gabe loaned it to me after I finished The Hunger Games series. He said since I loved the conspiracy weird futuristic vibe that series had going on, I would love Animal Farm and 1984. Well, sorry Gabe, but... I didn't. I have literally been reading a few pages every night just to put me to sleep!! I can't help it. It's a great premise for a book, and I wish I had been forced to read it in high school so that I'd be obligated to finish it. But I gave up. Sorry all you out there who love it. I did make it through Animal Farm, and it was good, but I must admit. I was confused by the ending. I'm just not smart enough for these classics yet. I need to grow up a little more first.

SO instead I went to the Rockwall Library today and got myself a library card (finally!) and checked out Eat, Pray, Love. I'm pretty excited about this one. My only fear is that I'm going to want to up and move to Italy. It's probably going to happen. I'll have to fight the urge. I've already seen the movie, so I have high hopes for this book. The book is always better, right? Right.

So Travis and Ingrid visited last week! It was a blast. I was so happy to see them. They are crazy adventurous, and are always so sweet. They make me feel better about working at a makeup store while all Michael's friends are engineers. They are always so happy and encouraging. I wish they lived closer! Speaking of old friends, I went home this weekend to see OSU's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Oh, it was fantastic!! I laughed the whole time. It was so great to see my friends onstage. Afterward I ended up talking to my former professor, Matt, for about an hour. His family lives in Dallas and he has worked in the theater scene here, so he always has lots of advice. He made me feel so much more confident in my abilities and my strengths, and reminded me to never ever ever give up. I don't know what I would do without those professors! They are not your normal stuffy college profs. They are fantastic people who will be your friends for life. So I came home and went to an audition on Sunday that went really well! I'm feeling confident that even if I don't get it, I did a really good audition. Then I e-mailed Dallas Children's Theater and they said they might have an internship for me! Opportunities always present themselves when you put in a little extra effort.

Hope all your lives are fabulous, here is a video for you. I LOVE Florence + The Machine, and Mags gave me a few of their songs I haven't heard before over the weekend. I'm obsessed! So here ya go. Put it on and dance. I know you will.