So, here I am!
In Chicago playing the Cadillac Palace Theatre. I live in an apartment literally across the street from the theatre. It legit takes me 3 minutes to get from the 12th floor of my apartment building to the call board to sign in. This apartment is so bomb. We have a full size lap pool, a giant gym with a life size chess set in it (that will be important one day I think) and a hot tub...which is outside so I will not be using it because #chicagowinter, but it's really really nice. We have been here for two weeks and it has been amazing not having to pack and move cities, but I have to say these past couple weeks have been INSANE. We had our christmas party last week and the day after we participated in a BCEFA (Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids) benefit concert with our neighboring companies here in Chicago (Wicked and Hamilton). It was so cool. We raised $55,000.00 that night alone and everyone showed up and showed out with their performances. It was such an unreal experience to be able to perform with all of those crazy talented people. We have been in rehearsals welcoming two new members into the cast and they BOTH made their debuts here in Chicago. It has been non-stop and all go go go since I got here but it's great. I am so happy with where I am right now. Wes is here. I forgot what it felt like to have a boyfriend you see everyday. It's seriously something I took for granted before we had to do long distance again. It took a bit to adjust but we are in a good groove now. It's really really nice to have him here. It gives some normalcy to a otherwise incredibly abnormal lifestyle. I get to cook dinner and do laundry for someone else. I know that sounds crazy but I really enjoy being a little bit domestic every now and again. We have decided to start a new diet...I don't want to call it that actually. Food plan? I don't know. We are basically eating a vegetarian diet 5 days a week. We went grocery shopping today and it was actually one of the most stressful things I have ever done. I should have made a list, I suppose. No I don't suppose. I for sure should have made a list. I don't have a lot experience making 100% Vegetarian meals (I was a pescatarian for 2 years so i know how to make meals like that...but purely vegetarian not so much) and I was just kind of wandering around the store trying to figure out what meals I could make out of random things that weren't meat. I'd grab some asparagus, mushrooms, and bell peppers and be like....now what? Dinner? It was only a slight disaster. I just made it home with two pieces of jack fruit that I am not ENTIRELY sure what to do with. If anyone has any suggestions let me know. I'm trying to make this work. Also, Wes has never gone a day without some sort of meat in his diet so pray for that as well. This is going to be a challenge. My birthday is coming up in like 4 days and I get to perform on it. I have never in 19 years of performing done a show on my birthday. I am really excited. I thought about taking a personal day but the idea of bringing in my 26th year onstage doing what I love brings a huge smile to my face. I am, however, taking a day off the day after my birthday. I am planning on trying to see a show, eat some good food, go shopping...ya know all the fun birthday things. I am buying myself a new guitar and I couldn't be more stoked about that. I have really been neglecting that part of me for some time now and I really want to get back into writing music and playing again. It used to be such a large part of my life. I have so much free time on the road and I would really like to see what becomes of it if I pick it back up again. I will for sure be posting something when that purchase is made. I have to apologize a bit for how random my postings are. I literally use this blog as an update on my life (for those of you that care about that) and also to vent about dumb people who do dumb things. There is literally no theme. When people find out that I blog they always ask me what I blog about and I don't have an answer. Maybe one day this blog will morph into something more specific than ramblings... BUT UNTIL THAT POINT I WILL CONTINUE TO EMPTY OUT MY BRAIN. Thanks for humoring me, ya'll. Im pretty sure I just hit my one year anniversary of blogging which is honestly the longest I have ever stuck with something like this. Yay me! Stay warm. It's almost Christmas!
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