It's been a while
Things are going fairly well. I had a bit of a rough time at the beginning of the summer with some family issues, but things have taken a turn for the better.
The show is going well. Anyone who reads this and doesn't know, I'm in Annie Get Your Gun in Minnetonka, MN with an incredible facility, incredible production, and two incredible leads. Playing Frank Butler is John Trones, a Minnesotan who has toured with Jim Brickman and Olivia Newton-John and is probably one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. I am totally blown away by him.
Playing Annie Oakley is Jen Burleigh-Bentz, who starred in Mamma Mia on Broadway for two years! She is incredible and is also super nice!
I am sad that nobody from Omaha is coming to see the show. Jenna said that she was going to come for months and that a couple friends were going to go with, but I guess they decided to go to Florida instead?
It's different being up here in Minnesota this summer. It'd been a full year since I spent a summer up here and so many peoples' lives have changed whether it's getting engaged, married, or having babies. I almost feel like my life is on pause. Scrolling down my page, I re-read the translation of "Estuans Interius" and still identify with the song, two full years later.
I feel torn a bit between my outlook on the world. I still want to view it with some bright-eyed optimism, loving everyone around me and wanting to shut down and give everyone the finger.
A friend recently looked over my old journal entries and said they were all sad. I found it kind of sad myself that that was how my musings came off. The entries totally skipped over a wonderful part of my life. I guess I only felt the need to write when I was down?
Time flies and certainly time has flown over the last year, but nothing in my life has really changed. I'm a teacher now, that's about it. No wife, no kids, no girlfriend, not even a new dog.
Maybe I should ask our landlord if we can have 3 pets in the house...
The show is going well. Anyone who reads this and doesn't know, I'm in Annie Get Your Gun in Minnetonka, MN with an incredible facility, incredible production, and two incredible leads. Playing Frank Butler is John Trones, a Minnesotan who has toured with Jim Brickman and Olivia Newton-John and is probably one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. I am totally blown away by him.
Playing Annie Oakley is Jen Burleigh-Bentz, who starred in Mamma Mia on Broadway for two years! She is incredible and is also super nice!
I am sad that nobody from Omaha is coming to see the show. Jenna said that she was going to come for months and that a couple friends were going to go with, but I guess they decided to go to Florida instead?
It's different being up here in Minnesota this summer. It'd been a full year since I spent a summer up here and so many peoples' lives have changed whether it's getting engaged, married, or having babies. I almost feel like my life is on pause. Scrolling down my page, I re-read the translation of "Estuans Interius" and still identify with the song, two full years later.
I feel torn a bit between my outlook on the world. I still want to view it with some bright-eyed optimism, loving everyone around me and wanting to shut down and give everyone the finger.
A friend recently looked over my old journal entries and said they were all sad. I found it kind of sad myself that that was how my musings came off. The entries totally skipped over a wonderful part of my life. I guess I only felt the need to write when I was down?
Time flies and certainly time has flown over the last year, but nothing in my life has really changed. I'm a teacher now, that's about it. No wife, no kids, no girlfriend, not even a new dog.
Maybe I should ask our landlord if we can have 3 pets in the house...