Florida Day 11

Hello all!!!!!! Well we have successfully gotten thru the first two weeks of rehearsals! My brain is pretty full right now and we still have a whole other show to learn :/ We have about three more dances to learn until Rhythm and Rhyme is complete and then it's on to Boogie Wonderland. I am not looking forward to rehearsing it all in our shoes because, oh yeah, everything is in heels!!!! AH!!!!! LOL.

The cast is doing great! We are all still getting along, although after an intense game of Cranium broke out last night, some people showed their competitive sides which is not always pretty! I am happy to report that Michael and I dominated! To be honest though, I don't know how we did it! His blind drawing was a circle and a swirl way on the opposite side of the paper (an attempt at a pig) for the answer "farm" yet miraculously, I guessed it correctly:D We have had a lot of opportunities for these team bonding activities from making home made pizzas to mall trips and movies. Since we have three Canadians in our group and their Thanksgiving is monday, we are making a big feast to celebrate tonight! A family away from home :) I am really proud of my contribution, a salad. HA HA.

I am still antsy in my pantsy and ready to get over to Europe!!!! It seems everytime we talk about our itinerary, someone mentions another place I didn't know we go to and I scream in excitement! I think the total country count is 17!!!!! I am still trying to find our entire itinerary so I can post that and everyone will know exactly where I am and when. I will also work on figuring out how to put pictures up so my log will be complete :)

Well, I should have more time to update tomorrow, but right now I need to run home and help set up the feast :D

Love to all!!!!!!

Florida Day 1

Day 1 was very successful! My fellow cast members are super nice and it has been a lot of fun so far :) We had orientation in the morning, then learned the "welcome aboard" routine in the afternoon. It was a bit intimidating because I am the only new hire, so I am a bit behind! But after years of learning 17+ dances, I can learn relatively fast so it didn't take long to catch on. The apartments they are housing us in are really nice!!! We have an updated kitchen and TV!!!!! SO HAPPY about having cable, maybe I can finally catch my episode on MTV ha ha....NOT. I am sharing the place with five girls, two singers and three other dancers. The boys are across the hall- a total cast of 12! Royal Caribbean takes really good care of us, making sure we have enough money for food and everything we need during rehearsals. I am just ready to get out of the U.S.!!!!!! Ready to see the world!!!! 37 days til Greece and counting :D