Good case of the Mondays.

25 days until the folks fly in for the big show. Whoop! How has that word snuck into my vocabulary? Too many Aggies in my life. :)

Y'all, this local theatre experience has been a trip. I'd always wanted to audition, but couldn't seem to bring myself to try in East Texas. I figured Phoenix would give me a better pool to draw from. And while this is no "Midnight at the Oasis", sometimes I just need to go home and bite my pillow to keep from giggling.

It's good. Real good.

Also good, a day off. I wish I had it in me to just lounge about all day long in my pajamas. And now I realize that it is noon and I am still sitting in my pajamas with a box of corn flakes beside me on the coffee table. I'm planning on making some coffee and reading for a while before going to the gym. (Currently reading through books that I have on my shelf but have somehow never managed to read. In the third chapter of "Praying God's Word" by Beth Moore.) I have dance rehearsal tonight, but that's really the only thing on tap. I should be practicing Act 1 of the show, as it is 79 pages long and I have lines on a fair few... but I just need a small break. A small one.

Not sure why you care to know about all of this, but I'm really just typing anything that comes to my mind at this point. I reread my posts over the last 6 months and gathered that they are almost all lists. But I figure that since I don't have a child to document on my blog, that this really should be ok. I'm wondering - should I be reading any blogs that you follow? My friend Megan just recommended this blog by Katie and so far it looks to be amazing. What are your 5 go-to blogs to read? My google reader still has plenty of room. Perhaps if I broaden my reading, my writing will improve as well.

Oh, one last thing... if you didn't know by now, I'm an NPR junkie. It's on in my car most of the time. Here's a fun quiz about their radio personalities. Good luck.

COFFEE...

******update post coffee... a chat between Val and Ginger ******

Ginger: I received 2 comp tickets for Camelot - they are yours

12:28 PM Valerie: sweet!

i actually was looking at flights this morning

12:29 PM i was hoping to do a thursday night to tuesday afternoon thing

but the thurs. night flights are more expensive than fri. morning

so it may be friday to tuesday

do those days still work for you?

12:30 PM Ginger: Oh my goodness! Yes!! I didn't think it would actually happen!

so thrilled you would come.

Valerie: but of course!

Ginger: Whoop!!

Valerie: uh.... no Aggie sounds please

Ginger: woot

Valerie: :)

12:31 PM Ginger: I really didn't think you would be able to come - that's so exciting!

Valerie: the flights i was looking at are in on friday at 9:15

12:34 PM Ginger: in the evening?

Valerie: and then leaving sometime tuesday. afternoon

nope, in the AM

Ginger: I was just trying to do the time adjustment in my head - and thought - would you leave at 5:00am?

and then

Valerie: lol

Ginger: i realized I was working backwards

Valerie: yeah, no it leaves at 8:40

12:35 PM might catch a flight as late as 4:45 on tuesday, but no later than that as that one gets in at 9:00, then i'd still have to drive back

Ginger: yeah - you don't want to be dead, that's for sure... sweet

12:36 PM Valerie: "cause living is good...and dying...not as good"

12:38 PM Ginger: :) here's what just happened in my brain: "Is that a quote from Camelot? From my scripts for Kidfest? What is that? That's a song. Did Tom Hanks say it on Conan? WHAT IS THAT FROM?"

then I typed it out so...Jerry Seinfeld right? Stand up comedy? I could hear a male voice singing haven't looked it up yet

12:44 PM Valerie: yep! thats exactly it

sorry i wasnt here, i was brushing my teeth

about to head to the dentist here in a minute!

12:46 PM Ginger: well - you have fun with that

I'm about to update my post

with the coffee disaster

Valerie: good times

Ginger: I tried to take a pic of pouring the coffee

into the creamer

for the post

but my depth perception was off

12:47 PM missed the cup

got the counter

Valerie: LOL

Ginger: made for some fun times

what do i save... the coffee... the counter, the floor, or the camera?

Valerie: CAMERA

Ginger: the camera won, of course

Valerie: lol

Ginger: i didn't even get mad... just started taking photos of the whole debacle

Valerie: gold star! so wait...why were you taking pics of the coffee in the first place?

Ginger: to have a pic to go at the end of my post

i mention going to make some coffee

Valerie: oh, haha'

buce

LOL

or NICE

way to go, fingers on the wrong keys

12:49 PM WOW

Ginger: WIN

i was like - is that something new?

Valerie: yeah, wow

sigh.

Ginger: Busting Up Crying Even

i don't know

OMG! BUCE!

lol

Valerie: hahahaha... you should add that one as well!

Ginger: DONE.