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Reagan
This week marks the independence holidays for Canada and the USA and it has been a great week, especially compared with last year around this time. Sunday, I sported my Canada shirt to celebrate the 1st of July and "OH CANADA DAY!" This shirt was a great gift from my co-counselor from last summer, Smurphy (Sarah Murphy) and she is in fact a Canadian. :) And then yesterday, Annie and I got dolled up before heading to the fairgrounds for work in celebration of the 4th! We had a great cookout with some of the Tractor Pull boys and the Super Science girls! Who doesn't love a good hotdog and some burgers at 10pm after work? :) Only a few days left of the Alameda County Fair and before I know it we will be jumping back to the Seattle area and then I fly to Sweet Home Alabama! :) I am so beyond excited for a week of baseball at the Barons and Braves, Six Flags, and family bonding time. Hope everyone had a great and safe fourth of July and wishing everyone a quick end of the work week!
Live and Love, Reagan
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Welp, I closed our Circus show in San Mateo, CA and it was so much fun to be doing another fun show! I got to put my clown work to the test when I was PW-ing and really develop a fun character even when I was not on mic. I also really started to love the power that my Ringmaster had going for her! She was super fun and hopefully I will get to play and work on her some more when I head to Arapahoe County Fair in Colorado later in July! In other news, I am now at the 100th Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, CA for the next three weeks! We are again doing the Wild West Show and I am excited about getting back into my Wild Jill boots today. It is a cute fair and I am meeting more of the "fair family" and getting to know some really great people. I have truly started to realize the impact of what I am doing and the fun and light I bring to these kids when they get up in front of parents and strangers and SUCCEED. It is a great feeling and I hope to continue to make the great impact I am making in these families fair experience and I continue to get the same satisfaction out of this job. Don't get me wrong though, this is by far the hardest job I have ever had. It is as though we are the entire production team and actors, as well as sometimes being viewed as babysitters to the fair children (which we are not). But at the end of the day I am doing something I love to do and I am introducing theatre to these young kids. Even when children do not want to participate, I tend to reinforce the true ideal that a good audience member is JUST, if not MORE important. Without an audience....what is it? I am blessed to be doing what I am doing. My heart is homesick for my Timber Lake family. This was the first day of camp 2011 and I miss all these cute babies that will now be Sophs! They are precious and there is not a day that goes by that I do not think about them and the spirit they had. They got me through an extremely hard summer last year and I am so thankful for each one of them. I hope they stay the great kids I know they are and stay true to themselves in every aspect of their lives. I also miss my many great friends that are back up on Saddle Mountain for the last few days of orientation and the start of camp. It is going to be a great summer there, as usual, but it is so strange to think that I am not there. It will always be a part of my life and some of the BEST memories and friendships I have ever had. Every kid deserves a sleep-away camp experience even if it is only as a counselor. :) Live and love, Reagan I have to remember this. End of discussion. Lately, it has felt as if I have had this heavy weight of homesickness and loneliness thrust upon me, and I have to remember that worrying over something like that will not make it better. In fact, it will only make it worse, as it has seemed to do in my life at this moment. I need to take moments every day to remember that I am loved by many people and ultimately by the most loving God I have ever known. He will give me what I need and deserve and those that are in my life also want the best for me. I am his child, and he has me safely in his hands. While this is easily said, it is hard to put into action. All too often, I find myself trying to dwell in negativity about my personal life and what will or will not pan out. I cannot continue thinking this way. Up until a week or so ago, I was EXTREMELY happy in everything in my life, and then this "sickness" hit me and everything started to harbor doubt and stress in my mind and heart. And it will END. I command it to end. My grandmother, Nana, who passed away last summer, used to always tell me that what you think and say will then be in the universe and come back to you. Therefore if you think negatively and say negative things, you are "cursing" yourself. That has been on my mind a lot lately as well. I do not wish to curse myself. I wish to help myself succeed and reach the heights I was destined to climb to. Live and love, Reagan You know when you were younger and on a family road trip? Remember going up a hill and it seemed like the car wouldn't make it to the top? Do you remember leaning forward to "help" the car out? I do. :) Now the past two days have been LONG days of driving to finally arrive back at home in Seattle from our first two weeks on the road with fair season. I was reminded of when I moved cross country at the end of 2011 from Alabama when my perfect plans went down the drain when Budget did not have my reservation correct and the stress set in. My mom told me that no matter how well I planned there are going to be things out of my control and there is no reason to stress over them. We all had to remember that on this LONG journey. It was the first time pulling Sudsy's Barn; an interactive hand-washing station. It is a mini water park....with soap. :) Very cute! Molli and I drove 15 hours on Tuesday, traveling from San Bernadino to Chico to meet up with the other members of the team. Molli became a bit delirious towards the end of trip. Here is her "SOX TALKS" video. I promised her that I would get this video to go viral and we laugh hysterically every time we play it! Hope you all enjoy it just as much. It is safe to say that I am excited about my visit home in July and to be able to see friends and family. I have already made a lot of great memories on tour and it is already going by so fast!
Live and love, Reagan Howdy there! Well, I guess you can say I am now a seasoned pro at the Wild West Show! I spent the first day at the Calaveras County Fair as the PW (Production Wrangler) which is a fancy way of saying I took care of what goes on with sound and "special effects" as well as helping with the kids! The I jumped in head first into Wild Jill for the last three days of the fair! It's amazing how much you can learn in such a short amount of time! Yesterday, I arrived in San Bernadino, CA for the National Orange Show which opens on Thursday and runs through the holiday weekend! Today, I am taking my boss to the airport so she can fly to our other location in Chico, CA and I am picking up Molli! I am so excited to be working with Molli and to teach her so much of what I learned last week! It amazes me how much you learn when you are "hands on." Working with all of these kids is truly a blessing and they are so adorable (especially dressed like cows and sheep!) It is going to be a rough, hard, and fast paced summer, but I think it is going to be a great one! So long for now! Live and love, Reagan Alright! It's finally here! The tour begins tomorrow and I am headed to California for two weeks straight for two different fairs! I am very excited about this opportunity to work with all different kids and meet some amazing people.
I'm sure as I am on the road, there will be several things worth writing about. So, when I am able to, I will let you know how the tour is going and what fun things are happening. Tomorrow's trip is to Calaveras County Fair in Angel's Camp California with a slight stop in Chico, CA to drop off some of our equipment. After that fair, I head to San Bernadino, California for another fair! I have a feeling these five months of "work" are going to fly by! :) Well that is all for now. I just have to figure out how to pack for two weeks on the road. How am I going to do it when I don't come home for a month!?!? :) Live and Love, Reagan After my long awaited visit to Alabama, I am now back safely at home in Seattle. And it is good to be back, but it was hard to leave everyone I love once again to come back to the Northwest.
I am now the owner of a Washington state license and it is an odd feeling to not have an Alabama license to have in my wallet. I guess I am NOW finally a resident of Washington. Not much to mention, life in Seattle is life in Seattle. Just still prepping for tour rehearsals starting in May and then ready to hit the road! Should be an exciting and memorable five months! I also cannot believe that when the tour is over I will be 10 days from being 24! I know that isn't OLD, but it sure sounds old! I remember turning 13, 17, 21 and now I am going to be 24? Crazy right? Time sure does fly. Looking forward to what life has in store for me. I am truly blessed in my personal life, career, and in pretty much every aspect of my life. :) Live and love, Reagan Happy Easter everyone! Hope everyone is having a great day and looking at their life and all that they are blessed with and thankful for!
This is my first "major" holiday away from my family and it is a bit bittersweet. It is great that I am here in Seattle doing what I love to do and being an "adult," but it is very strange to not be with my family! I received a special package in the mail yesterday from the Easter Bunny, full of chocolate, treats, and other assorted candy. The Easter Bunny did well finding me all the way out here in Seattle! Attended a church service today at Haller Lake Baptist Church and it was great to meet new people and I even got invited to Easter dinner with the Preacher and his family! So hopefully that will be a great time to fellowship and get to know others in my community and neighborhood. Today something Preacher Don said really stuck with me. He said, "Christ's resurrection puts certainty in our faith." This is such a strong and empowering statement. There is so little that is certain in this world, but God and his love and Jesus as the Son is one of the things we as Christians can count on. He is Risen! (And will live forever on!) Remember to live and love and to never take anything for granted. :) Live and love, Reagan You know that feeling you get when a show closes and it is a bittersweet release of stress? Yeah, that's what I have going on right now. Closed The Whole Shebang on Sunday after a very well-recieved and attended one-act weekend at UPAC Theatre Group in Crown Hill. It was a great experience and I met some truly amazing people and talented artists. Might have even picked up a friend or two! All in all a great project to work on as my first dive into the huge theatre scene in Seattle.
Next on my mind is getting the scripts for the Cutest Shows on Earth down and ready for rehearsals in May. But before all that really kicks into high gear, I have a visit home to look forward to! And now it is officially almost here! Three weeks from today I will be getting on my red-eye and heading to Sweet Home Alabama for a visit with friends and family that is long overdue. AND my great boyfriend is taking me to Gulf Shores that weekend for some Vitamin D (Something I don't get enough of up here in the Pacific Northwest!). I keep counting my blessings. I never thought that in my first couple of months living here in Seattle I would be blessed with so many opportunities and that I would already be TURNING DOWN roles! Talk about a complete 180 turn around from my college auditioning experience! :) I am thankful and so happy to be living in such a beautiful city, making great friends, and doing what I love to do. There's not much more I could ask for! Live and Love, Reagan So it is now towards the end of March and I have so much going on right now! Tonight was the preview audience and final dress for The Whole Shebang at UPAC Theatre Group and it went really well! It is amazing what having an audience can do for a show! It really is a cute and funny one act full of surprises!
One thing that I am kind of sad about is the fact that my family and friends cannot see my Seattle stage debut. Both my parent sent their love and "break-a-legs", but it is just not the same having them not able to attend a performance! But I guess that is what happens when you move 3,000 miles away from everyone! I'm sure they'll be able to see me one day work professionally! I am also in the process of learning the scripts for The Cutest shows on Earth tours and I am very excited to get the ball rolling on this project. Check out more on my News tab! Hope everyone is doing well, where ever you are reading this! Live and Love, Reagan |
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