Dress Rehearsals

Dress rehearsals are happening this week for Anne - I was up so late Monday night that my stomach was NOT happy with me. Yesterday I was asleep by 8:30 and I still woke up this morning exhausted. I've been so busy, but my body doesn't get over sleep deprivation - normally if I miss say 4 hours of sleep, I just sleep an extra two hours the next night and I'm ok. Not now, now if I miss 4 hours, my body keeps reminding me that I owe it 4 hours of sleep, so I'm still not caught up, AND have practice tonight and tomorrow (and opening night on Friday).

Pray for me!!!

We're Getting a BABY!!!

YAY! We're so excited to be able to share this with you guys finally! It's been a long three months, but at the same time, we're glad to be able to share good news with you guys this time around. We felt so hesitant to say anything until we saw that little baby on the ultrasound, and saw it's little heart beat and saw it's mouth open and close and it's arms & legs move around. What a cool feeling to know that that little baby is a part of our family already. It's funny, both Brad & I have commented that seeing the ultrasound was odd because the baby was moving and when you see the pictures (as we'll post soon), they're static, but when you're there, you see it moving around - and then knowing that that little moving flailing thing is growing inside me is another odd thing to think about.
What we're working on now: A fetus name we can both agree with - it's taking a while.

On another note: Final dress rehearsals for Anne of Green Gables this week (if you're in the area, come and watch!), pray for strength for me to get through this week without collapsing from exhaustion, remember that post in August about "and if I'm pregnant, it's like God throwing a chainsaw into the mix of stuff I'm juggling"...well, he did it - and He's given me the strength to survive, but MAN am I tired!

I take my test today...

Haven't told anyone here, but I figured you all will find out whether I pass or fail anyway...PRAY for me - I haven't ridden in a month due to gross weather, but I'm feeling confident anyway. Of course, all it takes is one stupid mistake...BLAH!

3:00 PT. Pray.

On another note: Anne is going well. Ken saw it for the first time last night (the artistic director of Gal. 7) and he liked it, which is good. He said it's really good for two weeks before opening, which is great to hear!

My plays are both cast!!!

What a big relief and what a wonderful feeling. I'm VERY excited about the shows, and am looking forward to working with this crew. Every year there's a few people who are great actors, but either I don't connect with them, or they're egomaniacs, or they have a bad attitude or something - this year, I feel like that may not happen on this cast. This is a NICE cast of generally humble and compassionate people, which is really good. Anne's cast is also good, which is a very great feeling.

So - I'm blessed as of right now, we'll see if I feel the same at the end of the month, or February, but for now, I'm very excited about the people I'm going to be working with.

YAY!

Well, that was the first two days of school...

They're done. They went well, I enjoy my kids, my classes are quite large but the kids want to be there, so it's a good combo.

Keep praying - the juggling is working so far, but I've got auditions tomorrow night!! Hopefully a real "Anne" comes - trying to do this play with someone who "could work" just would not be a good idea.