So Apparently Friday the 13th is actually a lucky day for me. I had a decent skills class, followed by a decent lesson with Heidi that I wasn't really prepared for, but it wasn't terrible. Then I went to health services where the Doctor told me that the horrible burning pains that had been in my chest/throat were probably not going to kill me, which ws good news. Then I had a really great rehearsal. The cast was awesome, the song sounds great, there is a lot of good character stuff going on. I'm getting really excited about the show again. Then we had a little singalong, with Brenden playing from my stephen Schwartz book and I realized I know almost no stephen schwartz songs that aren't in wicked. or not well enough to sing them with no rehearsal. After some tasty yogen fruz Meagan decided we should have an impromptu shopping trip. She needed sweaters, I needed a coat. All goals were met! Both of the coats I wanted were both super expensive and super on sale! Yay for super on sale coats! I really love the one I ended up buying! Meagan is a fabulous shopping buddy! I also got a hoodie, a thin one though, and a green tank top. Yay! Tomorow will be spent doing copious homework, corset shopping, eating spagetti and watching a concert! yay!

So I had a very busy weekend!

On friday Tarah had an appointment at CHEO so we went up to Ottawa and went shopping. We went to the Bayshore mall and stopped in American Eagle (Tarah's current favourite store) where NOTHING ever fits me, but she's always in there for hours, so I figured I'd try some stuff on, mostly to pass the time. I ended up with a great pair of shorts and four tops (three tanks, one T-shirt) that were all on sale. One of the tanks tarah actually has in her size in the same colour. She was really angry I bought it, it was funny. After the mall we went to my aunt and uncles house for dinner as it was my little cousins fifth birthday. Both of them are so adorable, and were SOOOO hyper. But it was fun. Plus Craig came home that evening, so that was good.

Saturday morning Craig, Tarah and I went to watch Mom and Dad in the Dragon Boat Races. It was actually a lot of fun. Maple leaf had a tent thing set up and the minute I got there I was handed a mamosa, lol. THe races were actually pretty excited. Maple Leaf (my dad's company that they were rowing for) ended up coming Fourth (or first in the B division) out of forty teams, so that was kind neat. Plus I got to babysit an adorable little 10 month old during the one race where both of his parents were rowing. SOOO cute. Then we headed off to rehearsal from 1:40 - 7:00. Long day! But things went well. Then it was off to the Mill for dinner for Craig's B-day, and home for cake. I also played D&D for the first time. (dungeons and dragons, yes yes...ive reached a whole new level of geekiness) It was actually kind of fun, because its basically like a big choose your own adventure book, except that craig can make things up and and kill you (he's the narrator or "dungeon master", lol.) if he feels like it.

Sunday was sunday in the park! Rehearsal from 1-4 went really well, we sounded FANTASTIC! Then we went to the park, and after a few small crises, such as not having enough stands, the piano being really late etc, we got fully set up and decided to start. Unfortunately, the sound guy didn't bring any moniters at all. and we had 13 people singing with one piano in an outdoor open air concert. We coudln't hear each other or the piano if there was more than one person singing at a time. So we thought the group numbers were pretty much a disaster. But when we listened to the video afterwards it seemed like the sound actually mixed really well from the audiences point of view. Our timing was a little off in one or two places, but not nearly as sketchy as we thought. and even if we could have heard each other, a little roughness is to be expected with a group of 12 - 24 year olds who only practiced several songs with difficult harmonies for a total of about 6 hours. The crowd was tiny (we had the first park date, which is alwasy low) but they were appreciative. They ate up anything Craig sang, and they LOVED 'The Girl in 14G', I was really hoping my old voice teacher would be there to hear it, but she wasn't. *gah* and I got all of the coloratura stuff right! way better than at the LMT revue. Oh well.

Today Ive just been doing some theatre related work stuff, and went to yoga with a different teacher, as our other sessions finished last week. This teacher is different, less meditation, more quick moving poses, which is fine with me. As long as there is shavasinad at the end (my sanskrit spelling is attrocious, it means corpse pose) then I'm all good.

and thats it for me, this is HUGELY long.