Warning: Spider photos below!

Friday

Friday was the last day of tech for Suessical the Musical. I enjoyed watching the kids one last time at the invite-a-dress that started at 2pm. Several of the kids had friends and family there because the show had sold out over a week ago and many parents did not get tickets. They didn't have the ability to add a show because the lobby space was being used for a wedding reception Saturday evening, which is when the added show would have taken place. I really like the soundtrack for the show and the kids did an amazing job with it too. The lights were splendid, of course! In all seriousness, I think Becky did a great job with the lights, especially considering how little time we had to get everything done. I was impressed. My only jobs were to keep track of the cue lists, moving lights palettes, and update the lightwright file. It was a lot of work, but after having done my own design in entirety, it didn't really seem that bad. All in all, I really enjoyed the experience and am looking forward to working on Tommy next week with the teenage group. They are alloted more tech time, so it could be more complicated and thus a more meaningful experience for my future lighting career. :D Again, really excited.

Friday night I came home and my aunt and I went shopping. She is leaving for a seminar this week, so we went and picked up a few things she needed for her trip. Then she decided that we should go shopping for me, so she bought me a few back-to-school tops and an adorable jacket. I wore one of them yesterday when I went to MOA with Matt and his family and even wore the jacket when we were inside the mall (it's cold in there!). So my aunt again spent too much money on me, but I really appreciate it and had a great time shopping with her. A good time was had by all!

Saturday morning my aunt had to leave for work at 6:30. I know she was talking to me while I was asleep, but I definitely did not remember most of what she said. She did tell me that I could park in her garage stall if there was hail, but when I woke up at 10, it was sunny. If there was hail, I missed it and my car was outside. I didn't see any damage though, so it all turned out okay. Anyway, I woke up and saw a spider in the bathtub! I've hidden the picture off the screen so people who hate spiders don't have to look at it. I'm nice like that.

So I was about to take a shower and there was a spider in the tub! I immediately ran to get my camera because he (or she) looked cool.

It's probably the largest spider I've seen indoors. I think it crawled up out of the drain, which is a little creepy, but he's dead now. I tried to wash him down the drain (which is why he is sitting on the wet drain in the second picture) after I photographed him, but he just clung onto it and wouldn't go down. I took a few more photos and then killed him with a paper towel and threw him away. I have a policy that spiders can live until they are in my way. He was definitely in my way.

Anyway, I managed to shower without any further incidences and met up with Matt and his family at the Mall of America. It took me a little while to park, but I ended up with a rockin' spot. I then helped Matt find some shorts for himself and his brother and then waited while they took a while to try things on. Matt's mother and I talked about his butt while he was changing and then both had to approve of it before he could buy the shorts. I think we were looking for slightly different things, but we both approved. :D Anyway, his brother took a long time because he was trying on shirts and shorts and we approved 2/3 shirts and a few pairs of shorts for him too. Pretty exciting!

Then we went to pick up Matt's cello, which had been repaired after the neck broke off. He was incredibly happy to get his cello back, which I definitely understand. So then we went back to the mall to meet up with his family. They decided to head home after a while and we went out to dinner at a restaurant in Woodbury that I don't remember the name of. Something with the word Sun in it. Anyway, I had a fantastic calzone and Matt had the city burger, both of which I highly recommend. I probably liked the city burger a little bit better, but I definitely couldn't complain about the calzone. We enjoyed dinner and drove back to MOA where my car was parked. We wandered around the mall a bit more until everything was starting to close. Then we sat in my overly hot car and talked for a bit more before we both headed home. I probably won't see him again until either Trevor's birthday celebration in 2 weeks or maybe the state fair. He'll be away for a while :( so I definitely won't see him until Trevor's party.

In the meantime, I'm working on my honors project today and will be hanging out with both Trevor and Jackie this week. :D It should be a great time. I only have 4 days left of my internship :( but it should really be awesome. I can't believe it's almost over and that I'll be going back home to get ready for school! One last semester. That will probably fly by too. I'll be blogging and no one will be reading unless they're procrastinating like me. Okay, so a lot of you will still be reading. Anyway, I should get going because I have a lot of things I want to accomplish today. Have a fantastic day and don't with the words suck too much.

Love,

Kiki