Goodness, I have a whole week to report now!!

Thursday was a nice day of just wandering around and doing whatever my path took me to! I had lunch at Whole Foods, then went to my favorite place to get CHEESECAKE!! It was absolutely delicious :) It is called Carnegie Deli, and I make a point to visit there every time I'm in NY to have a gigantic slice of Strawberry Cheesecake. I love that stuff. Afterward, I wandered for a while and went into a cute art supply store that had all kinds of fun things. I made it out of there with only a pack of cool postcards, and was proud of myself! That evening I headed out to meet Savannah, and we watched The Office in one of her friends' cool apartments! I stayed the night with Savannah in Astoria, because she lives really close to the airport and I had an early flight the next day!

Got up eaaarly Friday morning and took the city bus to LaGuardia. No problems getting there, and all my flights were on time and good to go. I slept most of the way from NY to Dallas. Landed in OKC around 1 and Tucker picked me up :) It was so good to see him!!! We headed to mom and dad's house to pick up mom for lunch (who it was also so good to see!!)- went to Chili's and had a nice lunch. I was pretty out of it still, because of the motion sickness patches I have to use... so after lunch I was ready for a nap! That evening I went to Tucker's show with him. I was so happy to be with my fiance!!!!

Saturday- Audition Morning (yes, even in Oklahoma). I auditioned for Lyric at 11ish and they called me back to dance that afternoon at 2! I felt like it was one of the best singing auditions I've had in a while, so that made me very happy! Had lunch with Tucker, then headed back to their studio. The dancing... was Hip-Hop. I don't hiphop. I looked pretty stupid, but still had a fun time and enjoyed seeing a bunch of friends from home while I was there. After a day of auditioning, Tucker took me back to my parents' house to hang out until Katie and Joe's wedding!! The wedding was lovely! It was at the State Capitol in the Rotunda, and Katie looked beautiful and they both looked so happy! The reception was great fun- held at the OKC Zoo, complete with good food, wine, friends, a great band, and dancing! Tucker and I both had a fine time and enjoyed dancing and celebrating our friends' marriage :)

Sunday... I had every intention of going to church... but Mom still wasn't feeling well (she has had this horrible stomach bug) and the time changed making me oh-so-sleepy, so we decided to just lounge around the house and relax all morning. It was fun just lying on the couch chatting with my mom for a while- I have the best mom in the world! Tucker came and picked me up after running sound at a church, and we headed down to have lunch with his mom, Skye, and her husband, Terry. I'm glad we found some time on my short trip to get together for a bit!! It was great to see them! Headed back to my parents' house to hang out with the whole fam and go have some delicious Mexican food (which apparently doesn't exist in NY... well Tex-Mex at least doesn't). It was a good day!

Monday - back to the airport. It was one of those horrible days of flying where everything keeps being pushed back and cancelled. I made it to Dallas on time no problem... then my flight to NY was cancelled... and lets just say it took a long time to get back here. I sat at DFW all day and made it back around 10:30pm... I was originally supposed to be back around 5:45. It's all good though, I made it.

Tuesday - Audition day! I had an appointment for the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre in Missouri. Appointments are wonderful things! I didn't have to be there til 10:30, and was in and out in nothing flat! I sang two songs, and the artistic director seemed to really enjoy them! We'll see if I hear anything from them... even if I don't, it was a good audition and I was happy with it! Afterwards I came home then went to the grocery store and got some food! It's kind of fun at the store because they have so many different kinds of things that we don't get in Oklahoma. Different brands, and almost everything says "Organic" on it. I had a fine time, and stayed in the rest of the evening afterwards.

Wednesday - More Auditions! I actually went to two auditions on this day, and was finished by 11:30! It helped that I got there super early to sign up, and they were both in the same building. First I went to a dance call (I know, crazy!) for 42nd Street at Jersey Shore. The combo (tap of course) wasn't actually that hard! It was really just a lot of time steps strung together. i didn't do it perfectly, by any means, but I was proud of myself for holding my own! After doing the combo in groups of 6, they had us do an Irish and some pullbacks individually. It was pretty nerve-wracking, but hey I know how to do those things! Yay! I was cut, but am so glad I went and auditioned. It was great fun to just tap my little heart out... I haven't tap danced since Steel Pier! After that one I headed over to a singing call for The Producers. Got to sing 32 bars, and the people in the room were super nice! He even said "that was terrific!" after I sang. That always makes you feel good! Of course, they didn't tell anyone anything about callbacks, so who knows what their plan is for that. After a full morning of auditioning I came home to rest, then headed back out to try and see a show! I entered the lottery for West Side Story, but didn't win :( I really want to see it, so I'll have to keep trying! I ended up walking down to the Shubert and getting student rush for Blithe Spirit, starring Rupert Everett, Christine Ebersole, and ANGELA LANSBURY!! I was on the 4th row center... my seat was perfect!!! I was so excited to see Angela Lansbury in person, and the show was hilarious! It was a fabulous evening, and I enjoyed myself very much. I stood at the stage door after the show and met all three mentioned above and took pictures with them :) Fun stuff!

Today I slept in and am obviously sitting here blogging! I got a confirmation e-mail this morning for Good Morning America... Tucker will be here and we are going to be in the studio audience on March 25th, so set your DVRs!! Ha, it's something I've never done, and we thought it would be fun for us and everyone at home! So, we'll see how that goes! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day- I hear it is snowy in Oklahoma... it is sunny and pleasant here. Stay warm everyone!

P.S. I finally added some snow pictures to my last post!