April!?

Every single year I try very hard to think of a brilliant April fool's joke. This year the only thing I could come up with was to either convince someone to let me be "married" to them on facebook or list Sofia as my daughter on facebook--both not very original BUT both would scare at least one person in my family/friends. I didn't follow through with any of them, but I found out later that my sister has been telling people that I really do have a secret daughter which explains my absence from NC over the past year. She doesn't quite have them convinced yet. I crack up every time I think of it. My sister and I have the perfect one for next year, though...or some other random time if we ever feel the need for more drama in our lives.

You know how thankful I am for skype? It's been so refreshing people able to skype my family here and there. It's hard to believe that it's been 4 months since I've seen them, and it will be 5 months when they're here for Phantom. 

Tickets for Phantom of the Opera at Morton College at the JPAC went on sale the first of this month! The performance dates are weekends April 29-May14, and tickets can be purchased through this link. 

Rehearsals have been fantastic for this show. I melt each time--always in awe of the talented cast! Everyone has continued to work hard which has helped us accomplish a lot in this short time that we have been rehearsing. Our masquerade rehearsal was especially fun. Our choreographer did a great job with this scene, and it's going to look so cool once we have the choreography in ourselves plus the complicated text down pat. 

Day job news: Within the past couple of weeks, darling little Sofia has made it a tradition to run to the window, wave, and kiss me goodbye. It's so adorable. This week, though, when it's the end of my workday, she has started to get her shoes and coat and squeal for me to help her and take her "bye-bye" with me. Talk about heart-melting. 

One day when we picked up Alexander from school, we arrived at home, and he gave his fish his dinner. (Notice that it's singular....the new fish died! :(... ) I noticed him rubbing the fish bowl and talking quietly to his fish saying, "Hii fishy! Fish, did you know that the opposite of up is down? And, the opposite of in is out!" I discovered that he likes to teach him what he learns in school each day, as well as provide artwork and reading material to keep his fish entertained during the day. Haha. Cute. 

I accidentally left my Phantom score at their house one evening, and the next morning I found a surprise:

THANKFULLY it's not a "return with no markings or else" score, and I get to keep it! A cast mate of mine loved it and said it's like a time capsule. Perfect description. Really funny thing about Alexander's drawings is that my brother jonathan used to draw very similar scenes!

This past week a dear friend that I met last year while working at the Willis (Sears) Tower came into town for a gig plus Chicago visit time. It was amazing fun getting to hang out with him again and getting to know him even more, since the time I met him last year was a little before I moved to NY with Becca and a little before he moved back home to Santa fe. A performance of his that I enjoy that you should check out: 

And lastly, one of the highlights of my upcoming weekend: