I'M COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday we arrived back in Missoula.  Two of the longest days of my life.  We didn't even have it that bad.  Only 20 hours of driving compared to some groups who had several days or half a week of driving.  Still it was great to get to our hotel.  Then we had two days of check in.  Since Nicole and I are switching shows we had to do a complete check in.  Everything had to be inventoried, sorted, cleaned, repainted and stored.  Boo.  Too much work on too little of sleep and I just want to come home.  I'm super excited and I can't wait.  My flight leaves at 2:00pm tomorrow and then I have to drive back from Rochester to Minneapolis!!!!  I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!  AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!  See you soon!

The end is near.......

Home again, home again, lickity split.  Today is the last day of summer tour and I couldn't be more excited to be done for a bit.  I really love my job, but the endless weeks of loud children are wearing on me.  I need to sleep for about three days and then I think I'll feel better.  Today is also the last day that Nicole and I perform the show Hansel and Gretel.  We are switching shows come fall to The Princess and the Pea and we get to tour the east coast.  New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Canada to name just a few.  Tonight after the final show :( and :) at the same time, we drive to La Crosse and then by Tuesday night we will be back in Missoula, MT for check in and I'll be home by next Friday.  It has been a long summer and I'm in need of a vacation.  On Thursday our contact here in South Milwaukee took us to Jazz in the Park in downtown Milwaukee and it was amazing.  We had a picnic and there were a ton of people there groovin' to the live music.  I forgot how much I love live music, it makes my heart happy.  I'm very excited to be hanging out in Minneapolis for a while and I'm very anxious to see everyone!!!  

INTERNET!!!!!

You don't realize how much you use the internet until you can't use it anymore.  Nicole and I had an unbelievably amazing week in Manistique, MI.  The family we stayed with was AWESOME!!!!!  They included us in everything we had meals together, game nights, ice cream nights, nights with Grandparents and they even toured us out to the tourist spots in Manistique.  We had breakfast Tuesday morning with the local Kiwanis, the group that helped fundraise the money to bring us in.  Another great group of people.  Also that week in Manistique was the replica of the Vietnam wall. Very moving and eye opening.  It was indescribable how open and honest this family was.  It was really hard to leave on Sunday and drive to our next town.  Hartford, WI was pretty weird  after Manistique.  It was the first week that we had to cut kids.  That was really hard.  To see the faces of all the kids that didn't get cast was really sad and heartbreaking.  We did discover The Mineshaft.  A restaurant down town that had a game room upstairs where we earned tickets for cheap plastic prizes.  So of course we spent some money and won some tickets, had some fun and got some decorations for Frank, our truck.  In addition to the Mold-O-Rama items from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, he now has several plastic soldiers, jumping frogs, bouncy balls, and a plastic die.  Very much a lot of fun had at the Mineshaft in downtown Hartford, WI.  I'm ready to be done for awhile.  We have one week in Oconto Falls, WI and then our final week in South Milwaukee, WI.  Then we are done for two weeks and I get to come home!!!!!!  I can't wait.