So it begins!

Tech/Dress rehearsals have begun for "Beauty and the Beast" (as of Sunday night). Sunday through Thursday this week I start at 5:00 putting on make-up, doing my hair and putting on whatever "underneath" costume pieces I own myself (and doing my stretches if I remember and don't dawdle) before driving to Valley (about 10-15 away) to the theater. Once there I join the teeming throng in the little tiny dressing room putting on costumes.
I start with my villager costume. It's fun! Swishy skirts and lacy sleeves. One annoying thing about it: whoever last altered it messed up one of the hook and eyes. The hook is in the right place. The eye is about an inch off! What were they thinking!? If I ever had time I would fix it myself since the wardrobe mistress (who plays the Wardrobe in the show, by the way - that cracks me up) seemed confused and wanted to just stick a safety pin on me...which made my costume change a bit more interesting. So, I figure I'll either fix it myself or deal with it. It's annoying, but not altogether earth-shattering.
My second costume is...a fork in the enchanted castle...actually, it looks more like a shiny Taco Bell spork, so generally I jokingly refer to myself as that instead. :-) The skirt was too tight to zip up due to someone else's alterations, so last night I popped a few threads so I could zip it up all the way. I have my needle and thread at the theater, so tonight I will fix the bottom of the zipper which is no longer attached to the skirt (my hips and/or butt are bigger than the last girl's, apparently, so that one was my bad), but I think removing the previous alterations will help that not happen again...that and I know how I do alterations. It won't go anywhere without extra effort. :-p
I go from villager to spork back to villager again. I also get to help Belle with a costume change. It all keeps me busy and it has been fun getting to do this again. I come home pretty tired. Works better than any other sleep aid and no chemicals! :-D
The show opens on March 4th - just a week and a half!! :-o Until then: rehearse, rehearse, rehearse! Hope to see some of you there!

Tutoring

Today was my first meeting with my new student. She is from Ethiopia, a nursing student at Creighton University and is so sweet! We are working on her grammar and writing skills. It is pretty exciting to be using my God-give talents in this way -- finally!!