Brand New Day

Sorry I've been slacking on the blogging front. But, I've also been slacking on the homework front, so don't take it personally.
The weekend after we got back from Stratford was full of homework. Since I had done barely any homework for pretty much a week and a half, I had a lot of work to catch up on. Fun times. But, the weekend was made more exciting by hanging out with the girls of Clarendon Villas. We've always gotten along as a house, but never really spent a lot of time together as a whole. But since coming back from fall break, we've started spending more time together. Who knows the reason why - maybe we missed each other when we were traveling our separate ways or something else, but whatever the reason, it's been pretty great. And in addition to just hanging out around the house, we decided that on Saturday night we would have a house dinner and 'sleepover'. So, Taco Night was born! Even though I'm not a huge Mexican food person, it's just in my blood, being from California and all, and I have missed it. So we made tacos, drank Coronas, and sat around and talked. Then we watched ' Shakespeare in Love' (extra fitting after going to Stratford and seeing Twelfth Night). It wasn't anything extravagant, but it was really nice. I love these girls. And, it was a great break from the homework.
Speaking of homework ( wah-wah), that's taken up the bulk of my time and attention this week. The second set of paper weeks is quickly approaching - I have my first paper due next Tuesday. (ASE for some reason decided it would be a good idea to make us have four papers - one for each class - due in the same two week period. Twice during the semester.) It's been a little rough because it seems like barely any time has passed since our first papers were due. It doesn't seem right to be working on new papers. But I'm working. And hopefully I'll make it through these two weeks, not die, and write some fairly decent papers.
The only thing I've really had going on this week has been my internship. Beasts and Beauties, the show I'm working on, is opening really soon. (Ironically, the same week I have three papers due. Like I said, I'm hoping not to die.) Wednesday's rehearsal made me smile because it reminded me of my childhood days doing shows with RCT (Riverside Children's Theatre). YPT (the group I'm interning with) is in a lot of ways quite different from RCT, but there are still a number of similarities between the two that come from working with kids and theatre. And it was just extra amusing for me to listen to the 'we open in two weeks speech', where all of the kids start freaking out, and the classic 'I'm disappointed speech' to try and make the kids behave during rehearsals. And on that note, I just want to apologize to all of my RCT directors and supervisors for being an incredibly talkive kid growing up.
This weekend has consisted of more homework time. Really exciting, trust me. But, on the bright side, I did get to talk to my newly-hired-and-newly-engaged sister, as well as watch 'Dr. Horrible' and eat Indian food with my house girls last night. And apparently, tonight I have an old movie movie night to look forward to, so life's not horrible.