Yesterday was the first day that I
really REALLY feel like it was spring. The sun was out, I only needed a
light sweater to walk outside, and I genuinely thought "today is a
beautiful day." Too bad Mother Nature's mood swings has got me sick
again. At least- that is what I think is causing all of this.
This is the fourth time since the beginning of
February that I feel sick. The first time was the worst- doctor's
appointments, staying home from work, bruising of muscles around my ribs
from all the coughing. It was terrible. After some anti-biotics, I
finally started to feel like myself. And then, about 2 weeks later I
began to feel icky again. This time, not quite as bad. But still enough
to make me sluggish and have trouble eating and sleeping. About 2 weeks
after recovering from that, I started to feel sick AGAIN! A little bit
tamer than the two times prior, probably because I decided to "nip it in
the bud" by making sure I took Nyquil every night and Dayquil everyday.
This third round only lasted a few days. And then I started to feel
better. And it lasted for longer than 2 weeks this time. And I thought I
was in the clear.
And then Saturday night came. I spent the evening
relaxing after work and preparing for an audition I had the next day. I
got my music ready, I got my resume ready, I practiced, everything felt
good. I went to sleep that night and woke up in the middle of the night.
My mouth was dry and my throat was sore. I thought maybe I had just
worked my voice too much and it was retaliating against me. But when I
woke up and saw it was snowing outside and hours later I still felt like
sickness was going to overcome me soon, I knew I was in for round 4.
And I am pretty sure I can blame it on Mother Nature's mood swings. I
went to work at VS for a few hours and then jotted over to
auditions/callbacks.
So, I was nervous for my audition because of this
little tinge of sick I had, but luckily my voice held out for me. That's
what good training does- makes your voice strong so that it will come
through for you! And luckily, I didn't have too many nervous jitters.
Sometimes, I get really really nervous and I begin to shake during
auditions. But this time, I just felt confident and felt "in the
moment." It was good. Really good. It was the shortest
audition/callback/casting of my LIFE! My audition/callback lasted less
than an hour (this is INCLUDING other people's callbacks as well). And
then an hour later, I got the call that I was cast. I have to hand it to
Music Theatre of Madison. They don't mess around! And I appreciate it!
So this summer, I will be playing Rachel in "Bloody Bloody Andrew
Jackson."
I am excited to be in a show again, but I am even MORE
excited that it is a rock musical. Also- I am excited that it is a
substantial role where I really get to sing the music in the show. I
didn't get to be in RENT when they did it at Point and I played an adult
in Spring Awakening, so I didn't really get to sing any of that awesome
angsty stuff. This time around, I get to sing, I get to dance, I get a
juicy and interesting role...it's gonna be good.
In other news- I got my taxes done, made sure Ben got his
done, and have been working a lot. I really hope that the work pays off
and puts me in a good situation come moving time.
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