90 days ago.....

Ther is a song from "Wicked" that has the words "I've been changed for good," in it. 90 days ago, when I started counting down the days until my turn to see this awesome musical, I never thought I would be as "involved" as I have become. ;)

A year ago, I knew Wicked was coming to DPAC and waited for months before they announced the dates. Come January, ordered tickets and then the search for which touring company I was seeing came about and searching for which group was which, in the back of my mind I was hoping for tour #2, but didn't care. And now I am thrillified I am going to be seeing the 2nd tour for so many reasons. I am going to see the 1st tour in August, and looking forward to that too. =D

I saw a link about a Wicked auction for Haiti and thats how my whole wild journey began! From going from not being able to get in touch with the person running to finally getting that taken care of, those 2 weeks were stressful in a sense, but showed that the group on this tour is genuine and they pitch in to help if needed. :)

This week the tour hit Durham, NC! (FINALLY) On Wednesday I opened the mailbox to find a very familar looking envelope and was very shocked and thrilled to see it there. Erin Wilson, the one who ran the Haiti auction and who has been so sweet to me over the past 4 months, had sent me a signed playbill from the 2nd tour! I had sent her a package and I wasn't expecting anything back. I was totally surprised and it is a very much treasured item of mine.

The days are steaming by and May 4th is getting closer. :) I am so excited to see the tour and hope to meet the new faces. =D

PLEASE NOTE: I did not ask for the signed playbill. If you want to get a playbill signed, please go see the show and head to the stage door. The cast of Wicked will usually come out after each show. Please do not ask me how to get one, because I do not know! Thanks!

Something Wicked Is Flying Into DPAC!

< The 2nd National Tour is in Durham for their 3 week run! =D

Finally after a year of waiting for the tour to come to DPAC and months and months of waiting since buying tickets, the tour is now on their way or are in North Carolina for the next 6 weeks basically! =D

I started my countdown to May 4th and it was at 99 days and today it's at 15 days! (2 weeks from tomorrow) And back at 89 days, it seemed like an eternity until they were going to be here; and after Greenville it was like its just over 2 months away! :)

So excited to see this amazing touring company again! Even though many have left the tour since Greenville, I am anxious to see new faces and put another name to the many different roles of this show. I have heard over and over about Vicki Noon and Natalie Daradich and how bummed people were they left San Francisco to join the tour, and its like they are sharing their talent all over the country now. ;) More of us get to see them. hahaha

So the funny part is, in Charlotte this I dunno what the heck its called, will be set up at a mall there the duration of the tour's stay there, where you can get into Glinda's bubble and I dunno what else its all about. ;) But my aunt was like pick which one you want to do; the stage door or that?! COME ON! LOL Hard choice, not really! ;)

So the countdown is on till Durham's trip to see Wicked and after that the countdown will be on to see Charlotte's first matinee! =) So exciting! I cannot wait!!!!

Yahoo!!!!!!!!!

< the front of Natalie Daradich's letter. Isn't that cute?!

So FINALLY my aunt was like ok order the tickets for Wicked. :) So I called the place twice, because I didn't like the tickets they had online. So I called and while I was on hold, Defying Gravity was playing in the background! I was like, gee how did the computer know I was calling about Wicked?! ;)

So the lady I first talked to was really nice and found seats better than I found online! :) So I then turned around and called them back and took those seats! They are in the Mezzo section row AA (first row) Seats 12 & 13, to the right of the center section. :) YAY FOR NOT HAVING HUGE HEADS IN FRONT OF US!

So Charlotte's date is May 20th at 2:00 (ugh or 2:30...can't remember). Its the first matinee of the stop! Thinking back to it all, I wanted to go see this for some odd reason. Just to be at one of the first shows. :) Not the first show, but one of them. ;)

So yes I am seeing Wicked 16 days apart, but its worth it! Love the show, love this touring company! They are just awesome! =D

Myrtle Beach Sucked! =(

< Want to know how to get a kid to help you wash the bathtub? Buy some of that Kaboom stuff that goes on blue and then turns white when the area is clean! ;) Seriously, Gaia enjoyed cleaning the bathtub with me! ;)

So backing up to last weekend. We went to Myrtle Beach last Friday, after a bloody cold front came through and it was like not even 70 here or there. Ugh!

So we stayed at a different hotel than we usually did, because the one we usually stayed at, had like 2 rooms to one area and we didn't need that. So of course check-in comes around and Gaia and I are swimming. First we went to the water park at the hotel and the water was FREEZING cold! Then headed to the indoor pool, which was nice compared to the outdoor one! ;) Minus there being some rude kids in the pool who really didn't care if they smacked you with something or whatever, it was fun to go swimming. :)

The drama of the hotel room saga began at check-in. The first room they gave us was located over the pool, my parents said because it reaked of chlorine. So the 2nd room they gave us was better, but the TV in the little living area looked like the TVs back when I was a kid and you had to have an atenna to make it work. So after all of that we went to dinner.

Dinner was great. The funny part of that was meeting a family that lived in Goldsboro who are also going to see Wicked next month. Apparently their mom is a huge fan! ;)

Back to the hotel, they gave us another room. Again not much better! So my parents decided to check out and get their money back. We were going to see if there was a vacancy in our hotel that we always stay at and zero luck there. It was Spring Break, chances were of a vacancy down there were close to ZERO, except for the hotel we were staying at!

Oh get this, before we even got out of the room, they gave our room to some one else and two people walked into our room, LITERALLY! Its like what kind of service is this?! ;)

So instead of staying at the beach that night, we drove home at 11:00. Didn't get home till after 2 in the morning!

I was tired all weekend and plus Gaia was a brat on Saturday before going home. She decided to cough up an attitude with me and I had enough of it and was like ok no more movie, go upstairs! Ugh! She does this everytime she comes. I hate it! =/

Well thats it. I am still tired from the week and weekend! 10 days till Wicked trip #1! So excited to go again!!!! =D

I want my bed back!!!!

< So happy some one got their package. :)

I am really wanting my own bed back! I love my niece and all, but tired of fighting with her about her sleeping in my bed every night. I finally gave in last night and let her sleep in my bed. And of COURSE she fell asleep watching New Moon and so here we go again with the 1000 questions about which movie is which! ;)

So yesterday, I took Gaia over to see Kate's kitties. =) Tilly has grown so much since the last time Gaia saw her and of course Tilly was anti-social and not wanting to be around. She did keep her eyes on Gaia the entire time, which was funny. She played with Gaia at the end, though. :)

Last night we went to Albemarle for dinner and here's a shock, we were the last people to show up! ;) My grandma, grandpa, aunt and uncle that live in gastonia, my aunt and uncle and their grandson's from seven lakes, were all there for dinner. It was great seeing everyone. My cousin's oldest son is as tall as me now! Amazing, I remember him when he was a baby! =)

So thats it for now. The pollen is terrible right now and its miserable to be outside. :( Which sucks cause its so hot outside! Wicked is 2 weeks from tomorrow! I cannot wait! =) Doubly excited also right now cause Kate's mom is ok with going to the stage door on May 4th! Yay! Can't wait for the full experience again! =D

Charlotte, Easter, Gaia, Tooth Fairy.....OH MY!

< Gaia on night #1. Notice anything strange?

This weekend was a good one. My mom and I travelled to Charlotte for the holiday. We left here to get over to eat lunch at the Chinese place in Gastonia. =D (best place ever) I made the HUGE mistake and went walking out in the pollen and wound up with the worst headache alive. =( I was miserable on Saturday night and was asleep before 9:30.

Easter Sunday was spent at my grandparents house. =) Oh Saturday I finally got to see my step-cousin's daughter Rylan. She is so cute! She was as shy as can be, but loved running away from Sadie. ;) hahaha So Sunday we had dinner and such. My aunt's chocolate cake was amazingly good. The whole meal was wonderful! =D It was great to see my uncle's mom (Grandma Lay) also. =)

So Sunday I woke to a text from my mom saying my dad was coming home with Gaia. I was like are you kidding me?! She was coming today, not yesterday! Ugh!!!!!! =) So of course they beat us home, and my mom and I even got lost using the GPS, how is that possible?! We figured out a way to do it! ;)

So last night we had to make a run to Wal-Mart because her dad forgot to pack somethings. ;) hahaha Gaia got the Alvin & the Chipmunks sequal last night. I thought it was funny about her wanting to get a doll! I was like you will never play with this thing! LOL She has enjoyed her zhu-zhu hamster.

So she was working on her homework, she has to write in a journal everyday for school. And all the sudden she came down and shows me she lost a tooth! It was loose when she got here, but man she really worked at it. That's the picture up there. She's missing 3 teeth on top at the moment. She has one tooth up there in the front! LOL She sounds so funny when she talks and she looks like a jack o lantern too! HAH! ;) I haven't heard if the fairy visited last night.....

Well thats it. I am sadden I won't get to see Marcie Dodd in a couple of weeks in Wicked, but I am excited to see Vicki Noon. I have heard nothing but great things about her. =D

A few surprises in the mail this week!

< This was in the mail today from Renea, a fellow Wicked fan in Florida!

Its like the never ending Birthday going on. I have gotten at least one thing a day this week. =D I love it!

To catch up....I got my book back from Carrie. =) Except I wonder if it was left out in the rain Sunday night because the book and envelope were soaking wet! Arg! Not ruined though!

I also recieved a letter back from Natalie Daradich, who is with the 2nd tour now as Glinda. I couldn't figure out the address at first but then I saw "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" through the envelope and knew who it was right away. She is one sweet person! I sent her a note and a list of things to go see and do in the upcoming cities. ;) It was cute too, another Wicked fan I know on Facebook, her daughter wrote Natalie a 2 page note and asked her questions and Natalie wrote the little girl back and answered all of the questions. Just so sweet! I CANNOT wait to see her in 3 weeks!!! =o)

Then today I got a package from Renea. I opened it up to find the playbill and the letter. I read the note and she mentioned a DVD and I looked at what was in my hand and it wasn't there, the CD was still in the envelope! HAH! It has Marcie Dodd and Megan Hilty on it and oh my such a great pair and two of my favorite Wicked actresses! I am thrillified to have this! =D This was 2 years ago, Marcie was powerful then and she's just has gotten BETTER with time. =D

Now other than feeling like a truck ran me over, that made my day. =D