My summer is finally falling into a pattern...characterized mostly by work! It feels good to be earning a steady paycheck[s]. Work at school is really quiet...sitting in the Honors center we play scrabble, talk, and surf Facebook. :p Marcia gives me a lot of freedom to leave and take care of whatever I need to on campus. To make up extra hours I sometimes work in the English office, which is a little busier and more interesting. The administrator there is very sweet and organized and treats all her aides wonderfully (just like Marcia :). So while it's a bummer being inside so much, at least it's quiet and pleasant.
"I Hate Hamlet" went really well. Opening night blew me away...we all pulled it together and offered something I was truly proud of. :) Six months of work paid off I suppose...I'm definitely not in a hurry to do it again. :p The setbacks, the long evenings, the drama (off stage :p), the work of memorization and planning...it's all so incredibly taxing and culminated (for me) in a experience I will definitely treasure. I'm very grateful the understudies had the chance to put on their own show on Thursday evening. So I got to play Deirdre, the girlfriend of the lead character. My family, Shannon, Jeremy, the Murrays, and Ryan came to see me. I felt so good about my performance, and being up there was an incredible rush! :) Now I know what it takes to do a full-scale production I am still very much interested in theatre, but have a better appreciate for the type of sacrifice it takes. I have so much to learn and want to keep studying it as much as I can, as a hobby if nothing else.
On Sunday night Shannon, Jeremy, and I went downtown to Sonar to see Anberlin, their first time and my second. The sound quality was awful, and feeling like a sardine for two hours isn't exactly marvelous, but once Stephen and the rest of the band came onstage it made it all worth it. :) Seeing them live is incredibly exciting to me, despite the fact everything was so distorted Shannon and I couldn't always pick out which song they were playing. We didn't stay for the headliner (Taking Back Sunday) instead left to get Chinese and drove around Catonsville for awhile. Our ears were ringing (my still were yesterday) and we had a great concert high. :) While we were driving in a neighbohood near school we saw a deer (a big buck actually) and Jeremy made Shannon drive up and around the same two streets a few times so we could get a better look at it, hahaa.
Having the evenings to myself feels oddly nice but also a little lonely. I'm working on organizing so much in my life...my thoughts, my possessions, my plans...before I didn't have time for simple things like doing my laundry or balancing my checkbook! I badly need to save money for several expenses I have coming up, so I'm grateful to be out of the house and working so much. Also, I've been going to small group again, and plan to get back into church activities.
I would like to run away to the beach for a day or two. <3
