Successful Singing Shows

So I successfully opened the two shows!!!! Phew!!!! It was stressful and I felt like I was carrying the cast so that's a lot of pressure but what an experience!!!! I've had so much fun pretending to be a singer and I can't wait to get back on stage again and continue to improve!!! :D

Everyone has been so supportive, which has helped the process go smoothly. I haven't felt true stage fright in so long!!! I think it was a mixture of being thrown into something new and also having not a lot of time to nail down my product. The singers have a month of rehearsal to learn their words, their blocking, their choreography and I had a week!!!! For two shows!!! I couldn't be more proud of what I have accomplished because looking back on it, I took on a lot and I handled the responsibility with grace, courage, and poise. I feel like I stepped up to the challenge at hand when someone else backed away and I pushed myself to achieve greatness. God works in such mysterious ways because never once did I think I would ever do that, especially this contract when I wasn't even assigned understudy to begin with, But then all these circumstances came into play and I was offered this opportunity. I haven't felt challenged like that in years, because even back at my dance studio, I reached a peak in my dancing that I struggled to overcome and improve. And I fell into this job that hasn't pushed me until now. So I am very grateful because I got the taste of a new and higher goal to reach and I have my hunger for it back.

I feel a continual push to move to Chicago and the more I discuss it and begin my research and planning, the more excited I become. I miss my family so much so of course, being able to be home for the holidays is an incentive that right now, seems impossible to pass up again. And the excitement of something new, the adventure of throwing myself into a situation I will know nothing about and to start from the bottom and work my way up, is a thriving idea in my head. Who knows what will happen in the future but I have things I'm passionate about that I need to pursue before I settle into anything. These goals are crazy, sporadic dreams but in the end, I will be proud to share the stories with my children and my children's children because I will have a unique tale.

Things will be back to normal and I will be able to relax now that the shows are set and we are back to routine. Hopefully after this next paycheck I will be able to invest in a dive in Ilha Bela. Hope all is well, I know there was some intense snow-age back home. I hope everyone was careful on the roads!!! I think I will need a refresher course on driving in the snow when I get home because I've missed it for two years now!!!! :o

Love you all and miss you tons!!!!!