Geez, I simply cannot believe that I disappear for 3 days and you guys almost completely fill up a whole new thread!!! Are we getting excited, or what????
I'm finally coming up for air for just a second. It's been a CRAZY week, full of emotional roller coaster rides! The kids had callback auditions for
Les Miserables on Monday and we had to bite our nails waiting on the results of that one. Alison was beyond ecstatic to have been cast as Eponine, but Erik was devastated that he was edged out for Javert. It came down to him and one other boy, and the other guy got it. It's especially hard because this same guy (he's a great guy and extremely talented!) swooped in at the last second and beat him out for Joseph in
Joseph and the Amazing.... as well as Troy in
HSM just this past fall!
Then, because we're insane, we "have" to (it's an even longer story, but it's political) also do
Cinderella this spring (R & H, not Disney) and Erik is up for the prince. After the huge disappointment earlier in the week he REALLY is hoping for that one! Last night was callbacks, and we get to bite our nails again until Saturday when we find out.
Alison is hoping for the Fairy Godmother. It looks like it's between her and one other girl, but she doesn't really care that much. She's so happy about Eponine that nothing can faze her.
As if that weren't enough, they're both starring in a charity production of
You're a Good Man, Carlie Brown (Charlie Brown & Sally, respectively, how cute is that???) to benefit families of kids with autism. The production goes up next Thursday and Friday and we're all losing our minds.
Erik doesn't even know all his lines yet!
NEVER AGAIN will I commit to 3 productions at the same time;
NEVER!!! Add in Alison's gymnastics schedule and we have a bunch of folks ticked off at us (I don't blame them in the least!) because we keep having to leave one place early, only to be late to another.
If we all arrive on the ship with a twitch, you'll know why! I keep telling Erik, especially (who's trying to keep up with 3 honors classes plus Anatomy, Algebra 2 and Spanish 2) that we only have 10 days until we can put it all on the shelf and just relax! I just hope none of us ends up sick from the stress!
Wow, I didn't mean to post our life story, but sometimes it helps to just sort of spill it all out!
Anyway, I probably won't have time to post much before we leave (You think???)) but I do try to read a bit at night (when I can't sleep from the stress!) and I wanted to say
WELCOME 
to the new folks and to report that
we got our DOCS yesterday afternoon!!!
And that's just the ones I know about.
