This week Mount Vernon, WA

[lyseeboo]

Oh my Goodness! Where to begin..... I MISS YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH! I hate not having a cell phone, not having time to talk- I totally do but it would be past midnight for all of you. (I'm in Washington State so I am in the Western time zone) Good news though I will be getting a cell very soon my parents mailed it to me- I will call you from it and e-mail you the number. Anyway, I have experienced so many firsts- tumbleweeds, rainforests, the pacific ocean, only ever seeing one person every day all day every day..... So I wonder if this is really what it is for married people. (Except Meryl Rabin my tour partner and I do not have sex. lol) Staying with families you do not know, restaurant chains called Jack in the Box; Taco Time; grocery stores called Safeways (which sound like battered women's shelters to me!)And Buttes (no not Butts) but mountain/plateaus with no trees at all on them. So I am in a totally foreign land, I miss all of my friends and silly stuff like how people talk back home, and Pals, and the same area codes.... Anyway, Meryl and I get along pretty well- you all would probably like her. So I could think of worse people to be with in a tiny red pickup truck. At least I feel pretty confident with the work now. These kids really do listen to me and actually do what I say- it's amazing. I will find out soon whether or not Missoula Children's Theatre will rehire me. I wish I could have done UPTA's or something bc I am not guaranteed anything!

Anyway, I need to go to bed it is a show day tomorrow but my "Spring Break" is April 9-16 and I really would like to get together with you all. Gary: I will be in New Mexico near the Texas border in May- I don't know how far away Austin is from Clovis, NM but I'd like to see you too!!!! I think about all of you a lot and hope you are doing well.

I love you all!
PS I am taking a ton of pictures and I am keeping up with my adventures in the journal Alan gave me.