Christmas Is Over??? Devastating.

okay y'all.  i'm just going to admit that i'm watching avalon high (the disney channel movie) and it is seriously good.  am i lame for enjoying this??  i don't care.

so christmas is officially over (unless you are going by the 12 days of christmas in which case it apparently goes until the 6th? ).  its always kind of depressing b/c all the warm fuzzies that just bounced around in the air all month suddenly dissipate and life goes back to normal.  lame.  also, i really love christmas decorations.  why can't we have fun decorations like that all the time?  why can't we always have giant lit up and ornamented trees in our houses??? speaking of which, my resident starbucks guy was telling me all about the FOUR christmas trees he has in his house.  showed me pics of them today...they are intense. BEAUTIFUL. belong in magazines. and intense. it took him 9 HOURS just to put the LIGHTS on one of them.  insanity.

all in all though, i had a lovely christmas this year!  got to spend about 5 days at home with the fam and it was a grand time.  here are few pics to commemorate and quickly sum it all up:

before heading to washington (ga) to visit grandpa, we realized we accidentally
dressed in coordinating christmas colors.  typical.

GRAMPS!

did some double cartwheels.  a childhood favesie.

jordan decided to restrain me like a child with a behavior disorder and mental disability.  rude. 

so i retaliated by frolicking. and blocking her face.

punched haley. just cause.

godwin family christmas tree! so cozy :)

then it SNOWED on CHRISTMAS DAY!! amazing. 

so there ya go. you're welcome. i know you enjoyed those pics.

and i'm sure everyone is just dying to know what all i got and what was my favorite present, etc etc (cause that's what people always ask right?).  well, i know this makes me an old lady but i was SO excited to get a food processor (a REALLY nice one too) and a fondue set that i wanted.  like...you don't understand how excited i get about those things. i wanted a fondue set so badly that i may or may not have gone out and bought the necessary ingredients for a killer cheese fondue BEFORE christmas and BEFORE i knew i was getting it....way before.

ANYWHO. i have to say the most hilarious present i got was a particular ring. hahaha. okay, if you follow my blog at all and watched my video blog from a couple weeks ago (the one in front of the christmas tree) you will remember that i have always had an infatuation with prince william.  it was especially intense in my early teenage years and so with this whole engagement thing i was a bit devastated.  regardless, i knew all the deets and knew that the ring he gave her was actually princess diana's wedding/engagement ring.  you know it...the GIANT sapphire surrounded by diamonds?  well. my mother knows me ALL too well, knew that i would know exactly what that ring was and so she and dad got me an exact replica (not of real sapphire and diamonds OBVIOUSLY, but not costume jewelry either).  HAHAH! how amazing is that? i am obsessed with it.

BOOM BABY.  just call me princess courtney.

THEN,  i came back to ATL and had a lovely reunion with a very special someone from A LONG time ago.  uga freshman orientation in fact.  lonnnng story, but it was a wonderful evening.  i'm very much looking forward to seeing where this goes and am definitely looking forward to a repeat. :)

and the next day i got to see him again, meet a friend of his, AND see chase off on his last night in ATL before he went back to new york!  it wasn't even planned that way, but we ended up right next door to where chase was (at a sports bar "watching the falcons game"...haha)!  DESTINY.  so we stopped by there for a bit to hang out.  it was seriously such a fun night with great company and i was so, so, SO happy to have that time with chasey.  he is my heart :)

SPEAKING OF CHASE.  hahahahahah. he is going to kill me for this, but i have got to share a video he made for me.  i got this in an email at work and literally was covering my mouth as i laughed OUT LOUD at his complete foolishness.  the body of the email read "As I move back to NYC, my thoughts are best expressed by the one and only, Céline Dion...."  brace yourselves.  i love this boy so much i can hardly stand it.  and here is why:

and with that, i will conclude this blog post.  lots of exciting things happening in my life at the moment, but i will explore those more in later posts :)

love to you all!

Thankful for My Twinsie

i just had the BEST night with the best friend a girl could ask for.  chase and i really do have this insane bond that i can't even completely describe, but it is never more apparent than on nights like tonight.  all we did was go eat (at an amazing restaurant called flip burger), nothing special.  but i don't think we stopped talking for more than 15 seconds!  we really talked about some soul searching stuff too...stuff that just reminded me that that boy knows me.  i mean, REALLY knows me.  it's so comforting knowing that i don't have to put up any kind of defenses around him.  it's just safe.  that's the best word to describe it.

not many people other than my family know this, but that fact is especially meaningful to me given my friendship history, particularly with one person who is no longer in my life.  i've recently realized that they really did a number on me.  they were extremely manipulative and destructive and i have to constantly remind myself that not everyone is like that.  not everyone is going to react to things the way they did and treat me the way i was treated.  even knowing this though, i still find myself bracing for impact.  i have pretty significant anxiety issues centering around approval and people being upset with me (or me thinking they are upset with me) and i would go so far to say that they are probably almost completely a result of that friendship.  so anyway, all this to say, that with friendships like chase's (and several others that are so special to me), i am reminded over and over again and blessed i am to have a true, honest friendship that is not going to turn on me in an instant.

WOW, SERIOUS BLOG. sorry....haha. didn't mean for THAT to happen.  i should probably say something funny now.

OH, how bout i tell a story that had me and chase ROLLING tonight.  we were reminiscing on a particular evening this past summer....chase, myself and our friend caitlin were carpooling on our way back from a rehearsal and we were well into a very serious conversation about a topic we were rather heated about at the moment (not heated at each other, just heated in general).  anyway, i was in the backseat, passionately talking about my thoughts on the subject and at one point meant to say "i mean, it's a DIFFERENT CITY," but instead of city, i was thinking "town" in my head and it literally came out "i mean, it's a DIFFERENT TITTY."

hahahaha.  yeah, we waited about a nanosecond before ERUPTING in laughter.  part of it was that chase knows how much i hate that word and never say it, so the fact that it came out of MY mouth was hysterical.  like, chase literally turned around (as he was driving) and pointed at me going "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHOHOHOHHAHAHAOHOHO!"

interpret that as you will.  try to say it out loud if you want to even.

well that is a much better note to end this blog on i think.  i'm laughing to myself now just thinking about that moment....hahaha. such good memories :)

Dreams

okay, so i have had some WEIRD dreams lately people.   so weird that i feel the need to describe them to you...or at least attempt to.  we all know how dreams are sometimes impossible to recount, mainly because they usually make no sense once you go to speak it out loud.  but i will do my best.  and i welcome any savvy dream interpreters to tell me what the heck these things MEAN!

okay.

dream # 1 - there is a scary guy popping up out of nowhere when i'm out and about trying to stick me with this needle/syringe and inject me with something. for some reason i can never get away from him and he always gets to me....which is very upsetting b/c normally my dreams involve just narrowly escaping things.  and then at one point i think i'm safe in my car, but this man has hired some kid to do his dirty work and they pop out of my backseat and stick me with whatever is in the syringe.  how terrifying is that???

dream #2 -   my sisters and i are coming down some kind of weird....stairwell?....tower??....something with many many stories is the best way i can describe it....anyway, we are having to climb down this piping in order to safely get to the next level down, and then at one point there is no level to step down to, but instead its just a MASSIVE drop down to the bottom.  so we're hanging with both hands on this pipe and its literally like a 60 foot drop.  well, haley lets go and lands, no problem. then jordan lets go and lands, no problem (b/c it's dreamland and they can survive such jumps).  they're both like "come on courtney, just let go, it's not a big deal! you can do it!" and i'm like...."guys...i'm gonna die. i can't do it."  finally i realize there's no other option and i let go.  to my amazement i not only land, but land really gracefully and they both are so surprised and impressed.  the end.  what the???? 

what does it all MEAN???  i need to know what my subconscious is telling me!  i've had lots of others, but those are the two most recent that i thought were just BIZARRE.  

welp, time to go to bed.  crossies scary man doesn't come chasing me around with that syringe again. 

Bye Bye 42nd Street

backstage with becky and lizzie.  heart these girls BIG TIME.

well....i can't actually believe it, but 42nd Street is officially over.  we had our closing performance this afternoon and just like that, it is a thing of the past.  theatre is a strange profession.  you spend every waking moment of about 7 weeks with a group of people, living and breathing the show you are in and then suddenly, with the final performance, BAM. it is no more.  you all go your separate ways and move on to the next project.  for a person who likes to stay busy like me (that is probably an understatement haha) being catapulted out of such a routine is kind of depressing.  post-show depression you might call it.  i don't have too much time to be depressed about this one though considering i'm launching right into a new show called The Marvelous Wonderettes (with the Legacy Theatre).  in fact, i had rehearsals all this weekend ON TOP of all the shows for 42nd Street.  insanity, i know. but it's going to be super cute and i'm working with three very talented ladies :)

so basically, without getting too sappy (because i don't feel like letting my heart ache tonight), i had SO much fun doing this show.  not only was it an absolutely blast to get to tap again like that, but i met and got closer to some very wonderful people.  i know i say this about every show i do, but it's truly one of the joys of being an actor.  every job brings new people and friendships into your life that you wouldn't have had otherwise. 

and with that, here is a little backstage video becky took with my camera.  the set up:  our orchestra conductor had received marching orders to push the tempos of the songs in the show the previous night (a little trick used to help keep the energy up) and let me tell you....they were FAST. hahaha. it totally worked, but it was pretty hilarious trying to keep up with some of the tapping....so in the start of the video you will see bill (love him) reenacting the opening number from the previous night.  it still makes me laugh SO hard!

also, i made a video blog after a show the other night, but i realized after i started that i didn't actually have anything to say.  so it's basically the most boring video blog you've ever seen.  but i will post it anyway b/c i do talk about my awesome night with Chasey :)  i will be writing all about his visit here soon, but he deserves a totally separate post i think.  

so here it is, boringness and all - video blog number THREE.

i was gonna write all about these CRAZY dreams i've been having, but it's late and i'm insanely tired, so i will save it for another post. 

good night world! sweet dreams. sleep tight. don't let the bed bugs bite......ew....bed bugs.  

Christmas Time is Heeeerreeee

Video Blog Numero DOS.



also, can we just reminisce for a second on nsync and this video (this is still my favorite christmas cd by the way. bar none. don't hate, it is GOOD).  particularly the hair styles and the homeless people. nsync is so charitable.



ps - if you don't know this about me, i will tell you - i was IN LOVE with justin timberlake in the nsync days. seriously thought he was going to meet me somehow, fall in love with me (obviously) and that i would marry him.  that is not an exaggeration at all.  so needless to say, this video brings up all kinds of emotions. haha.  i wish i were kidding.

ALRIGHT Y'ALL. bedtime for little girls.  gotta get up early to hit up that gym!

First Video Blog!

so i'm changing it up y'all.  trying a little something new, mainly cause....well for no real reason.  i just wanted to.  and you might ask yourself why i didn't take the time to make myself look presentable for my first video blog, but a) i'm lazy, b) you should love me for me and that is definitely me and c) that would have ruined the "spontaneous blogging" thing i was going for.  it's all about the realness. i was laying on my couch, recovering from a rather intense workout that left me feeling like i was going to die, for about an hour or so and just sat up and decided to make the video.  maybe next time you will catch me on a pretty day when i'm fresh as a daisy, but today was not that day.  so HERE WE GO - vlog numero uno.

got home well after 2am btw from the webinar.  it was so weird being at CDC after midnight.  anyway, i made the giant mistake of drinking a giant cup of coffee to get me through it and now i'm paying the price.  i just wanna go to SLEEP!  ugh.  alright, good night world!

Just Because

okay, so sometimes when i'm writing a gigantic paper that is due tomorrow i have to do something to distract myself here and there so my brain doesn't explode.  i will get it done though, don't worry.  i know you were worried.

i just thought i would post some videos for your enjoyment:

video #1 - this is of my sister haley's boyfriend, tyler.  they've been together for quite some time so he is practically family at this point and i therefore like to brag about him like he is my brother.  this was his solo from the most recent a cappella concert i went to at UGA and it was just SO GOOD i can't help but post it!  and those boys got moves.  ps - the group is called The Accidentals.



video #2 - i'm posting this one purely because it makes me so happy.  i laugh SO hard every time! we are fools.  especially jordan....haha. you seriously need to take a moment watch her air guitar section and haley's air drum section.  you will pee yourself.  i heart my sisters :)



a little behind the scenes fact for that one...my computera's camera kept stopping mid song every time we tried to record it, but we would never know until we got to the end so we literally did it like 10 times.  not kidding you when i say that all of our necks were sore the next day. haha.

video #3 - CUTENESS OVERDOSE.  i can't even handle it...i want that kitty in my lap right now.



and with that, i will conclude this post. back to the paper. hope you enjoyed the vids and there are PLENTY more where that came from.

Opening Weekend!

opening weekend has been a SO GREAT.  considering the massiveness of this show and the space we are working in (the Strand stage is soooo small and the wing space is non existent) it is a minor miracle we can even do this show!  i am enjoying it so much, but can i just say how much i am looking forward to having three days off?  my feet are thanking me already.  anyway, here's a little preview video of the opening number our director took from the orchestra pit.  all i can say is, how hot do i look in those pink shorts?  i know, i know.... extremely hot.

and that one part where it looks like i messed up, well that was totes on purpose (lie).  it's an audition so it is just really good acting to be slightly imperfect every once in awhile (lie).  i never REALLY mess up (big fat lie).

oh and here's a pretty picture of all the girls in our fancy costumes for the champagne toast after opening :) that would be me workin' the pink.

ALRIGHT! i gotta get my stuff together and head out to our sunday matinee performance.  happy sunday!

Wo' out as a lady can GIT

opening night is soooo close!  i am very excited about it and think this show is going to be really really wonderful.  there are some terrifying aspects of it, yes....particularly my trek down the scariest staircase EVER (so steep its practically a ladder y'all)...but the show itself is just a musical theatre gem.  the music alone is pure magic and then add the costumes, set, KILLER orchestra and stunning performances by some extremely talented people and why would anyone NOT want to see this?!  and don't be mistaken like i was prior to familiarizing myself with this show and assume that since it is an old musical it is all cheese, because it is not.  there are some very sincere, honest performances coming off that stage and even in rehearsals half the cast was crying!  i think it's because the show itself is about what we do and who we are as theatre performers.  it just touches a subject that means a lot to all of us.

speaking of theatre....watch this. it is funny. and it is the conversation that i think every theatre performer has had. probably more times than they count haha.

i'm so, so tired.  i think i've been getting about 5 ish hours of sleep a night, which for some people might be enough, but not for me.  i need about 8-9 hours to feel rested so this has been rough.  but i i see a light at the end of the tunnel and it is called SATURDAY MORNING! the show will be open and i will be able to sleep in to my heart's content.  and i really need to considering my boss told me to get some rest yesterday because i was looking "pretty tired." yikes. haha. i know i looked rough, but dang.  to put a positive spin on things, i could probably go snag a stagger on role as a zombie in AMC's The Walking Dead right now with very little makeup required.

and let's just talk about the weather for a second, and not because i have nothing else to say, but because it has REALLY been ridiculous.  today is nice, but the past two days were absolutely digusting.  tornados, torrential downpours, flooding interstates, CRAZY fog.  this was my view on the way to my workout one of those mornings (my gym is on my rooftop):

it is important to note that that is supposed to be my city skyline view...like i said...CRAZY fog.

but this morning, i have to say that although it is FREEZING, the sunrise was breathtaking.  if i hadn't been on my way to a 7am workout i wouldn't have even seen it!

God is quite the artist y'all.  alright dear people, i'm out.  final tech tonight!!! i'm PRAYING it all goes smoothly so we can feel confident going into our opening.  gonna need some serious caffeine though that is for SURE. haha.

XOXO!

And so begins TECH WEEK

welp - we just jumped head first into tech week tonight for 42nd street!  i was actually thinking it was going to be a train wreck tonight just being on the stage for the first time, but it went surprisingly well.  got through act one relatively painlessly.  of course the real terror will come tomorrow when we add in costumes and wigs.  lottssss of quick changes that as of now seem almost impossible.  but we will find out tomorrow i guess haha.  speaking of costumes, tried on the "we're in the money" get up today.  not HORRIBLE, but i don't feel awesome in it either.  i guess it takes longer to get rock hard abs with no fat over them than i thought. anyway, here is a pic of the costume so you can see exactly what i'm talking about here:

Yep..... so now you see why i'm in the gym every morning before work!  all i'm sayin' is why we gotta have a costume that goes that far BELOW the belly button??? everyone knows that is a girl's biggest problem spot!! ugh, whatevs.

ANYWAY, moving on from THAT.  i think the show's going to be awesome.  if you are in ATL anytime dec 3-dec 19 you should def come see it.

man i'm really boring tonight. i don't even have anything else to say.  kinda over school, but what else is knew and who really wants to read about that?  kinda wish life and scheduling were easier so i could do the things i want to do and see the people i want to see, but again nothing new there.  kinda wish i could snap my finger and know who someone really was.  that's definitely not new.  but yeah other than that.....ain't got nothin.

got a 7am training so i need to peace out now.  time to go to sleep!  and maybe i won't have such CRAZY dreams tonight.  last night i dreamed that this tornado was like right up on me (i was just hanging out outside i guess) and somehow sucked me up so i was hanging on to the outside of it for dear life.  there were other people there too and they were telling me i had to hang on and just ride it out, but that seemed like suicide to me so i was saying "no, no, i have to let go!" and they were saying "no you can't do that!" but i did it anyway. i think i landed in some trees or something.  background:  i am absolutely terrified of tornados. i always have been, ever since i was little.

anyway, no idea what that dream was about, but it was SCARY.

okay for real, it is bed time.  i shall leave you with christmas video numero dos:  here my dear friend brad and i show you the best christmas songs out there.  slash, basically, it's just us being fools to christmas music.  ENJOYYY!



WOW. TERRIFYING freeze frame. i look like quasi moto.

Mountains and TURKEY DAY!

y'all.  i had SUCH a good time at the cabin.  it was so nice to just sit and do NOTHING and go nowhere.  we just hung out, played games, played music, cooked yummy food, ate yummy food....yep that basically about it.  and our new favorite family game is definitely banagrams.....or banarama as mother likes to call it.  she has this thing where she never really calls anything by it's real name.  particularly if it's real name is something even slightly obscure.  i once had a professor named dr. zavaleta and you would not believe the names she came up with when referring to him.  and she referred to him a lot because it was ochem and it consumed my life, so it was bad.   and FORGET about it if i have a boyfriend with an unusual last name.  all of these are done just to annoy me of course. haha love you mom! :) 

anyway, here are some pics from the trip:

the view on the drive up the mountain

 

terrifying deliverance house we saw on the way up...

complete with a rebel flag hanging from the porch (blowing in

the wind so it's hard to see) and a "no trespassing" sign.



our pretty cabin.  the porch was my fav :)



sisterly love



jordan started getting on our nerves so she had to go



self timed family portrait!

so then we came back, i went to back to work and rehearsals for a couple more days and then home for thanksgiving!  i just had thanksgiving round two actually...don't judge me.  i have a 7:30am training followed by a 10 hour rehearsal tomorrow so i will pay for it i am sure.  thanksgiving was great as usual, but we were missing grandmomma and granddaddy a lot this year.  it's so strange without them.  but having all of us together definitely helped.

ps - total side note. i need a haircut SO BAD.  i'm looking super shabs right now.


to stay on the whole thanksgiving theme...i just have to say that i am thankful for so, so much this year.  it has been a trying year in a lot of ways and very successful year in other ways.  but all in all, God has been so faithful through everything.  He has held me together through some pretty difficult times that i didn't think i would come out of so well.  but i did.  i have been blessed beyond measure.  i'm thankful for my family, my friends (near and far), my job, the compassion and concern of my coworkers/employers, the opportunity to do what i love and the possibilities that are just around the corner.  i wonder what all i will be thankful for come next year :)

AND WITH THAT....i am now officially transitioning to CHRISTMAS MODE!!! to start off the season right, i shall post a classic holiday video made my myself and my best friend/twinsie, chase.  and to clarify and make you aware of the skillz you are about to witness...we recorded the vocals and then lipsynced to OURSELVES.  pure talent.

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALLLLL!

Family time is the best time.

OH MY GOSH BLOGGING IS SO HARD!!!!  i can hardly keep up with this thing.  i always have so much to write about, but zero time to do it.  between work, school and rehearsals it's completely insane and then add in what little social life i try to have and forget about it.

so okay, what's the last thing i wrote about?  woodstockappella? well let's see, since then i've pretty much just been consumed with 42nd street rehearsals.  you know how show time goes for me...i pretty much have to tell all my friends "see in a few weeks."  once the show opens and i have week nights off, i can play again but until then i basically disappear.  i'm having a ton of fun with everyone though and it's going to be incredibly cute.  and all this tapping is giving me some much needed EXERCISE.  i'm still doing the training thing in the mornings before work though (i know right.....who am i???) because LETMEJUSTTELLYOU. we have to wear what is basically a frilly bikini for "we're in the money" and listen...you can think you're toned pretty good....until you lift up your shirt and tap dance in front of a mirror.  frightening.  so i don't care how i tired i am, i will drag my butt out of this bed and into that gym at the crack of dawn if that's what it takes to not make the audience stare in horror and empathetic embarrassment at my bouncing stomach fat.  i hope that visual didn't gross you out too bad.

but don't worry, come opening i am going to be so un-jiggly it's not even funny.  i know you were worried, so i'm just setting the record straight.

hmm.....what else?

well last night my family (mom, dad, sisters, aunt, uncle and cousins) came over  to take on the task of dividing up my grandmomma's jewelry.  she passed away two years ago and mom and my uncle scott figured it was about time to do it.  it wasn't something anyone was looking forward to...it's such an emotional thing...especially coming from a grandmother who had TONS of jewelry and wore it often. ever piece reminded us so much of her.  but this is why i love my family SO MUCH.  even taking on such a difficult thing somehow became a good time with lots of laughter.  and one point daddy picked up my guitar, started going to town and this is what happened:

we are such a loud, rambunctious group and i love it!  at the end of the night, everyone left all at once and all the sudden the silence was deafening hahah.  i'm sure my neighbors hate me a LOT right now, but who cares :)

and speaking of family, i'm now off to a cabin in the mountains with my mom, dad and sisters for a few days of ultimate relaxation.  it couldn't have come at a better time.  we all need a break from life for a bit just to sit, breathe and enjoy each other's company.  and eat my dad's AMAZING chili :) yummmm.

now the key will be to not totally lose all my hard work on my abs over the next few days.  will be tempting with chili and sausage gravy and biscuits in my face, but i am going to do my best.  

ALRIGHT PEOPLE. it's that time. off to the mountains i go!

peace out and see ya in a few.

Hairspray Vid, Rehearsals and Woodstockappella

what it do y'all? so i have like 20 minutes before i have to leave for rehearsal and i am determined to get a blog entry in. READYSETGO.

okay so i started rehearsals for a new show, 42nd Street, with the atlanta lyric theatre and i am SUPER excited about it. first of all, no one in this town does musicals like this. i mean it's a huge, huge show and a tap show on top of that, which is extremely difficult to pull off. but we have such a great cast and creative team there is no doubt in my mind it will be amazing. so y'all come see it if you are in the atlanta area! obvs there will be more deets to come as the time approaches.

speaking of shows, i just finished editing a MASSIVE amount of backstage footage from my last show this summer, Hairspray (also with the lyric). it just shows a sampling of the craziness. also, i know, it's long, but you don't understand how much video i took. i worked so hard just to get it under 10 min.

also, last weekend i made a little road trip to athens to see my sisters (haley and jordan) perform with their a cappella group, noteworthy, in their big fall invitational concert entitled "woodstockappella." brilliance, i know. as i was also in this group in college, i got to jump up with all the other alumni and sing a ditty with the current group. it was my old solo so i got to sing the last half and it was so funnnn! check it:

don't hate on my choreo...i had a hard time remembering after all this time okay. i actually messed it up when i was still in the group now that i think about it, but whatever. anyway, after much appreciated peer pressure (thank you julia, kelly and kiley) i did end up spending the night there, which meant i got to go hang out with everyone at the after party (SO much fun). it also meant i did the most awful walk of shame the next morning as i ran into starbucks to get a coffee, on game day, in non game clothes, from the night before, with disheveled hair, one contact and looking very very tired. i'm so too old for that. but it was fine b/c the AMAZING time i had the night before totally made up for it. also, let me just jump back to the concert again and say that it was SO INCREDIBLY GOOD. haley and jordan were ridiculous (as usual) but every group was fantastic. and tyler reed (haley's bf)... if you are reading this (not likely because you're never on the internet...much like your girlfriend...) you seriously killed it! i was so proud :)


here's the video of haley singing "i want you back" by the jackson 5 (with jordan KILLING the vocal percussion):





aannddd here's the video of jordan's song ("uncharted" by sara bareilles).  obsessed.





i'm such a proud mom right now.

hmm...what else. OH. so i don't think i mentioned yet that i have been working out with a personal trainer for the last 3 weeks now and i am loving IT. i feel such a difference and between that and dancing my butt off in these rehearsals i am sure to be fierce in no time. i'm talking beyonce fierce. like i could dance around in a leotard and stilettos and be totes fine with it. he promises me ima have a six pack by summer. WHAT?

well my loves, i must be off. i started this post before rehearsal, and now i'm back, it's 1:00 am and i have GOT to go to sleep.

TOMORROW IS FRIDAY YAY! fun times in store for this weekend y'all. I SAID FUN TIMES IS IN STO'.

Halloween and Steff

i could write the longest blog post ever right now, but i am TIRED y'all so ima keep it short.  plus if i wrote about everything going on in my life right now, that would be a reallll long post and i'm not about that.  i feel like people would stop reading if i went on too long.  better to break it up into smaller increments i think. 


SO.

after my friday night of not doing anything festive or social (back off holiday nazi's) i did quite a lot on saturday. first i had a personal training session with my new AWESOME trainer where he just about killed me.  then i showered, and ran across the street to taco mac to kick off the GA/FL game with friends (devastating loss, but good game).  left half way through to go to a swing dance lesson (one of the bajillion things i have going on right now.  i'm telling you, i have too many interests!), then met back up with everyone to finish the game.  we ended up at myers' apt watching hocus pocus.  solid choice.  and MUCH better than stupid paranormal activity that would have terrified me for months no doubt.  i'm serious, people can downplay it all they want, but that stuff is SCARY.  sometimes i even find ghost adventures scary if i watch it by myself at night.  don't judge me, i'm just being honest here. 


then on sunday (halloween) i went to party down in the McD with my family.  who did i go as you might ask?  well i will tell you.  see, i had lots of brilliant ideas in the weeks leading up to halloween, but they either turned out to be too expensive or i heard of other people going as the same thing (after a run in with another tinkerbell two years ago, i vowed to never let that happen again). speaking of, that tinkerbell costume was pretty fierce.  ANYWAY, so basically i knew whatever i went as had to be made of stuff i already had.  times is hard y'all.  sooo i decided on....drumroll PLEASE....TSWIIFFTTT!!! that's right. you heard me.  taylor. swift. i actually don't have any pictures of the FULL costume just yet, but i do have pics of my tswift-inspired make up.  you know how she do.

i was trying to do my best squinty eyed pose.  and i know you can't see any of what i was wearing, but i promise it was cute and very taylor swifty. i mean, i know, it was mild, not too crazy, not too out of the box, but i will amp it up next year fo sho.  anyway, the family party was fun and i was glad i got to spend time with everyone.  i have treasured every moment of time spent with my fam these days.  not that i don't usually, but especially this past month.  and we have a mountain trip coming up in a few weeks that i am SO looking forward to!  three days of pure relaxation people.  mom has actually already ordered a ban on electronic devices that would give us access to the outside world.  haha.  i am so down with that.  

well, i am going to start this episode of modern family and work some more on my current video project: backstage footage from hairspray.  y'all ain't even ready for this.  i kind of forgot how crazy it was back there.  first of all there were fifty BILLION people crammed into 5 dressing rooms, but also being a high energy show people were just kind of bouncing off the walls before hand.  here is a little tastey taste of what you have to look forward to:

(if your computer is lame and you can't see it, you can also click HERE.)


hard to believe all that chaos somehow organized itself onstage huh?  yeah...sometimes i can't believe it either.  also that is literally the ugliest freeze frame they could have ever chosen, but whatev.  i'll just hope you actually pressed play and watched me at least morph OUT of that hideous face.


ALRIGHT KIDDIES. time for me to hit they hay.  i ain't no spring chicken anymore and mama needs her beauty rest.  can i get an amen?!

Friday Night Relaxation :)

before i go any further with this blog, i'm just gonna say it.  yes, i am sitting at home updating my blog on a friday night.  yes it's the friday of halloween weekend, i know, I KNOW OKAY!  for your information i have plenty of cool things i could be doing right now and plenty of people who are practically begging to hang out with them (duh), but sometimes a girl just needs a night in.  sometime a girl needs a night in, in her pj's, eating carb smart ice cream and kashi cookies, lighting her woodwick candles and catching up on her tivo.  do i get any points for the fact that i'm watching ghost adventures on the travel channel???   (the best thing on tv y'all...except i don't think they meant for the show to be funny).  anyway, judge away judgey spices.  i am perfectly content with my friday evening.  plus, i've had some pretty eventful nights the past week.

FOR EXAMPLE...had a lovely night out with my friends mallory and gumby (obvs a nick name, but he literally goes by it) tues night.  went out for delicious tacos, guac and margs at Taqueria del Sol and then headed over to Ormsby's.  it's a new-ish bar/hangout in atl and it is pretty awesome place.  all kinds of games and stuff (bocce ball, darts, pool and even board and card games).  we totally played scrabble, uno and wait for it......rainbow jumbling towers.  aka...gay jenga.  it was amazing.  WELL, whilst i sat playing rainbow jumbling towers i look up, only to lock eyes with a DELICIOUSLY attractive man.  i start to think though he looks extremely familiar....then that he looks like the main guy on vampire diaries  then i realize....oh. that IS the guy from vampire diaries (it films in GA).  YEAH.  THIS guy:

so long story short we obviously made out (how could he resist?) and now he's my boyfriend. 

WELP - i think that's a wrap for tonight. i'm pretty pooped.  wo' out as a lady can git you might say.  at least chase and i would definitely say that.  oh chase....i miss that boy.

but that's a whole notha blog :)

Hello Blog World!

Well folks, for some strange reason, I have actually decided to try my hand at blogging.  I don't have any specific reason for it, other than why not?  Also, I used to keep a diary as a kid/teenager (I seriously have about 12 of them completely filled...juicy stuff people), so maybe this could be an adult version of that??  The subject matter will probably be a bit different though...I don't really see myself writing about all the boys I have crushes on and how much I love Justin Timberlake and Hanson.  Although who knows, maybe I'll surprise myself!  haha.


Honestly, I have no idea if people will find this even remotely interesting, but I guess we will see!  I certainly have plenty to write about in my life.  And I take lots of obnoxious videos of myself (and friends) so maybe that alone will be entertaining to the masses???


Anyway, that's that for an introduction.  Here's to a hopeful blogging future!