There have been two tragic disasters during this quest, but I'll tell just one of them. It's been a tradition for the Easterday women (Mom's side) to make the "Red and Green Jello" for Christmas dinners. I really wanted to attempt this task, so I asked mom for the recipe. My sister and I were going to visit the Perez family (Mom's cousin Coleen and family), and I wanted to bring the Easterday tradition. I bought the ingredients and began the task. When it was supposed to be finished, I could not figure out what in the world I did wrong. I skyped with Mom, showed her the runny Jello, and we figured out my mistake. OH YEAH! THE CREAM CHEESE AND COOL WHIP! Off to the store again. Round 2 took place, and this time it worked! Again, I watched everyone take a bite to see their reactions (and boy was it intimidating---Jose Perez makes amazing food...), and they went back for seconds! Success. :)
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| Red and Green Jello! |
I mentioned my trip south in my previous post. The first day of this trip was the most thrilling New Year's Eve ever. Our NYE's usually consist of amazing parties with family and friends. This one was just the 6 Primms. Mom had an idea that she had heard about---Carolina Christmas at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Now if that doesn't sound redneck...... ;). She said it was a light display at the speedway, but it was $20 per car. I was hesitant about it, but agreed and thought it had the potential to be a fun time. We arrived, and it being NYE, we sped right in since there were such few cars. Talk about amazing light display! It was so awesome to be inside of the speedway, driving through the light display, and drive next to the track that the race cars go on. Little did we know, that the most AMAZING part of the whole evening was at the end. We were on the path, and there was a sign next to the track that said, "CHOOSE". We were so confused, not actually believing that they would let us drive on the track! Mom rolled her window down, and the guy standing there waving us on said, "Have fun!" Ok...well, mom sped up and we felt like we were zooming. All of us were screaming, Jonathan was covering his eyes, but she still wasn't driving on the slanted part. Guess what passes us in our mini-van? A 15 passenger van. Laugh it up. So, she was only going 55mph.... Soon the chance to drive on the track ended, and we saw a sign that let us go around again. We were picking who would drive next, and if you have ever experienced my brother Matthew's driving, you'd be kind of scared to let him go over 80 on an angled race track, too...so Rebecca hopped in the driver's seat. We enter the track, she speeds up to 95, once again we're all screaming, Jonathan is freaking out, and I was worried we'd tip over. What's weird about the part about us screaming---none of us really scream on roller coasters. I really wish we had a recording of our mini-van zipping around the track and our screams coming from the van. So, it was worth the $20. ;) Who gets to say they drove on the Charlotte Motor Speedway?
Today, I auditioned for Circle Theatre's upcoming production. I had heard that they were a great company, but I never auditioned for or attended one of their shows. I walked into the theatre, was kindly given and informed about the audition forms, and was soon told I was "in the hole" (their version of "on-deck"..."up next") They led me to a room where she said I could vocalize before it was my turn. I was shocked and so happy. I haven't been to an audition yet where they had a special warm up room! I had prepared Green Finch and Linnet Bird from Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, so I was vocalizing through it. Then they come and get me, explain the audition process, and I handed my music to the music director. Finished my song, read the side from the script they had given, and went on my merry way. Everything about the atmosphere really made it the best experience I have ever had!
I'm super excited for tomorrow afternoon's audition for the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company's "The Sorcerer". I had a truly wonderful time with them last year in The Mikado! It'll also be great to see old friends at the auditions.
Completely different note...
Over the past few months, I've had some difficulties, and since music is my main outlet for expression, I slowly put together a playlist that related the things that were going on. Ok, yes..I admit it...it could be called a sappy breakup playlist....
It all started with a song from the musical The Last Five Years--"Still hurting" then it went to "I'd give it all for you" from the same musical. When Shontelle's music video came out for "Impossible" I was shocked. It was like watching my life. Rebecca added one to it when she said to me that this particular song was just like me--"Boom" by Anjulie. Another shocking video that was even more like watching my life was "When Love is Gone" from the Muppets' Christmas Carol. Soon these were added:
--"I Don't Believe You"--Pink
--"Hold Me Now"--Renee Olstead
--"If I Were A Boy"--Beyonce
--"What Hurts the Most"--Rascal Flatts
--"Perfect Nightmare"--Shontelle
--"Last Kiss"--Taylor Swift
Now here comes my daily inspiration that always boosts my spirits ;)...wait for it...ok it's an obvious one...Jason Derulo's "Ridin Solo".
Mmmhmm.
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