The Time Has Come, the Walrus Said, To Talk of Many Things

I am in my home town for the weekend. I haven't been home since Thanksgiving, so I am taking advantage of the three day weekend. Three day weekends are scarce at work, so I am enjoying it. I get a 4 day weekend for the 4th of July, which is exciting too. We are going to a Peoria Chiefs game tomorrow, which I'm really looking forward to. I love minor league baseball, and the Chiefs being a Cubs farm team makes it even better. I am woefully out of touch with the Cubs this year, as I live in Tiger territory and do not get WGN. :-(

The plays ended last weekend, and I've missed it. It has been nice to have free evenings, but I had a good time with my cast mates, and it was so much fun to meet new people and act again. I realized that I am hooked, so I auditioned for the reader's theater in July. I haven't heard back yet, but I also haven't checked my phone today, as my phone has zero signal here, and I also left my charger at home and need the battery to last for the trip home. They are doing the Glass Menagerie and Fairy Tales and Folk Tales for reader's theater, and I would like to get a part in both productions. I haven't read the Glass Menagerie, but it sounds good, if not overly uplifting or cheery. And, I love fairy tales and folk tales, so that would be a lot of fun. The fairy tales and folk tales will have both adult and children readers, which I think would be fun too.

So, last weekend, my family and my friend from college came to spend the weekend with me and watch the performance. They went to both the Friday and Saturday performances, which was good, as Saturday was a lot better than Friday. It's also amazing how much an audience plays into the dynamic. The shows go better if the audience is into it. Feedback and all that. Anyway, we had a cast party of sorts at the Mexican restaurant after the show on Saturday, and it was a lot of fun. Jess went with me, and as we left around midnight, I get to the car and realize that my keys were not in my purse. They were in the car. Which was locked. To make a long story short, one of my fellow cast mates drove me home to get my spare, and we had a few adventures, including seeing two deer and getting pulled over (only a warning, thankfully). That was quite the evening. But, all things work out for good. In my audition for the reader's theater, I had to tell a story that had happened to me in the past week, and if that hadn't happened, I wouldn't have had anything to tell.

I think my brother and I are going to see a movie tonight. Probably Night at the Museum II.

Also, I had a wonderful night out with a couple from church on Thursday. I finally made it to the Cutty Sark restaurant, which is rather good, and laughed as one of them sped around Target in a motorized cart that had the most annoying backing up sound ever. :-)