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.