Labor Day

My friend Megan got into town safely and we had a great visit. She drove from Cincinatti to NYC all in one day (about 12 hours of driving). Yikes. When she got here she actually got to park on the street in Manhattan which was a small miracle. I stood outside and held a parking spot for her and it was a little terrifying. I wasn't gonna have her pay tons of money to park in a garage overnight! Anyway I felt pretty tough holding my ground out there on the streets of Manhattan, maybe I'm crazy, I could have been ran over.

Well, Megan got here at about 8:15pm and we walked around, ate some dinner, and talked about all sorts of stuff. We had lots of catching up to do.

On Monday morning we woke up at 6am so Megan could get on the road to Boston early. Plus, her parking spot was no longer a spot once 7am hit. (Parking in Manhattan is nearly impossible to figure out). Megan got on the road (without a ticket) and made it to Boston safely. I have already begun making plans to go visit her there.

I went back to bed for another couple hours then got up and got ready for my audition. It was an audition for "ArtsPower," a touring children's theatre company. It was an equity audition so, like the 'Wicked' audition, there was the possibility of not being seen. That didn't stop me, I knew I'd regret it if I didn't at least try.

I got to the audition, signed up, and sat around for 3 and a half hours hoping to be seen. While I waited, I read the book I had started, "Memory Keeper's Daughter." I got a lot of reading done.

Well, I was finally seen at 3pm. Yay! I sang a song called, "Today is the First Day of the Rest of my Life" that I've been working on since college. It went really well. I felt great about the audition and I was so glad I actually was seen, especially after all that sitting around. I don't think I'll get a job from the audition though. I'm not so sure I was what they were looking for. I still felt like it was a good experience though. I'm feeling pretty good, I've gone to 4 auditions in the city so far. Not too shabby. As Dad would say I've gotta keep "pluggin' away." So that's what I'm gonna do.

I went to the gym after my audition and have been working on putting together some mailings (with my headshot/resume) for some theatre companies that are currently casting and are looking for new talent. Thought I'd "throw my hat in the ring" so to speak.