After my escapade in L. A., Loretta and I headed to a part of the United States that maybe 200 people have heard of. The thing is those 200 people all live there so if you go anywhere else and mention this place no one and I mean no one will know where you are talking about. This place is called Acme, Wa. Now Acme may sound familiar but thats only because of "Acme products" in Looney Tunes. Two very different things. Loretta and I stayed in a cabin for the week which was very cozy and warm. The only thing we didn't like was the fact that there were flies EVERYWHERE! Now I am not being dramatic but I cleaned my room that night and I woke up with about 20 more flies DEAD in my window, on the floor and a few buzzing around my room. I would come home everyday and vacuum up all of them but would come back a little while later and find more. I bought a fly swatter from the local general store and all I'm gonna say is that I knew my Badminton skills would come in handy one day. Ha! 
We also didn't have internet that week so I really felt as if I was away from the world which was pretty cool up until day two. I knew I was going to get behind in my blogs and facebook gossip. :( Loretta and I found things to occupy us when we weren't in rehearsals like reading and watching movies on the VCR. I even got to talk to Sarah Seaman on the phone! That Gill is so hard to get in contact with but I just love her anyway! Oh and remember that general store? I bought a giant Princess and Fairies coloring pad. I'm an artist. I told a fellow TAD Jordan Williams that he was my Prince in all the pictures. Haha!
Since this was a small town, everyone knew everyone and was very kind. A lot of the families invited us over for dinner at their houses. We went to the principle's house (Mr. Rogers) and met his wife who fixed us a wonderful meal. We then went out to their barn and watched a teen girl band practice some of their music so that was cool. Another night we went to the basketball coach's house who had two girls in the show. They had so many puppies at their house!!!!!!!! Loretta and I were tempted to steal one or two. :) When we weren't eating with some of the families we stopped by the Blue Mountian Grill where we were given free meals. Saaaweeeet! One day after eating at the Grill we headed back to the cabin and saw a heard of Elk just hanging out infront of our cabin. Way cool.
The kids that week were sooo great. They were fun to be around and perform with. There were times where I had to pull out my "I'm a serious actor" face so I wouldn't laugh onstage. Loretta and I also had to do some workshops that week. Nothing out of the oridnary but this was our first week where we had to do the "If Forest Could Talk" workshop. This workshop is very odd. The other workshops we do deal with acting or improv but this one is basically about encouraging the kids to go outside and enjoy nature. Ok not a bad point but still kind of odd. Not to mention that this particular workshop doesn't actually have a script for Loretta and I to follow, just a rough outline. All I'm going to say is it's a good thing Loretta and I work well off each other and both know how to think on our feet. I feel like we actually made this workshop more fun than what MCT had outlined. But that's just my opinion. Also there was one day where the accompaniest for the week was warming up by playing a beautiful song called "Kiss the Rain" by Yiruma and I got to dance like no one was watching. The reason being was no one WAS watching and I had the stage to myself. :) I love and miss dancing. 
Since we just had a show on Friday, Loretta and I had Saturday off which never happens. Woot Woot! We decided to go to the Acme Cafe for lunch and then went to Bellingham (we went there earlier in the Fall) for some shopping. When we got back that night we exchanged Christmas gifts by the fire. I got Loretta and owl pillow; she loves owls. Loretta got me a Britney Spears concert dvd; I LOVE BRITNEY! After our day of fun we decided to hit the hay and get a good night's sleep because the next day we were headed to Wapato, Wa!-Jen
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