Day 142/365 (December 6, 2014)

The morning started off quite interesting... Sasha saw someone outside the window of our apartment and woke me up... we called the police... eventful! Then I got some sleep and woke up again to find Fred and Charlie playing at my feet. I let in the exterminator and then begun making the creme part of the creme brule. It was surprisingly easy. Later Lola came over and it was earlier than expected and I was still in my PJs and when she saw me she said "tamra it's not morning why are you still in your pajamas?"

We played some games and went on more adventures in the rocket ship, and the boat. She wore her space tutu and I had space sunglasses. She drew more flavors from her scented markers and we voted so we ate cotton candy since it was the winner. I even made a cone for it since she asked if there was one using parchment paper.

I went to use my kitchen torch for the first time and it didn't work... I was so sad, but I improvised and used the broiler to caramelize the sugar... it was SO tasty! Then it was off to Bea for Rita's bachelorette party dinner. It was nice to see her and meet her soon to be future sister in law. The restaurant however was TERRIBLE. The service was so bad, prisoners get more water than we did. The food also wasn't that great. While we were there we found out poor Ellyn's place had more than major ceiling leak... it made us feel not so bad about our situation. Then I came home and got dry (it was raining badly) and headed over to cabaret to try and get a Playbill for Sasha.. I had to be sneaky, but I succeeded! Then I went up to the 54 Below dressing room before Michael's concert since I was filming it and had all my stuff with me and a change of shoes so I could wear my boots over. I filmed Gioia to the World: My Holiday Hell and it was lovely. Of course I had some troubles filming at first because of where they put me, then moved me once the show had already started.... grr! Then after the show a bunch of us went to the three monkeys bar. I only stayed for a bit since I was so tired!

Day 44/365 (August 30, 2014)

This was a jam packed day! It started pretty early because I got up to rush Pippin. I was first in line, and my friends Matt and Jess came! Jess was a big surprise so that was nice. We also met a lovely girl we chatted with. Before they got there though it was just that girl (Brianna) and I and we had quite an interesting experience with a random guy who at first asked us what rush was but then tried to have a conversation with us about his family.

After we got our tickets Jess and I headed home... then I got freshened up for a bit and we finally headed out because I was meeting Andrey for lunch and she was going to get some food too. Had lunch at Blockheads and then we wandered around for a bit before it was time for me to see Pippin. I met back up with Matt and we went to the matinee.It was my 10th time seeing it. I really enjoyed the new Charlemagne, John Dossett. KDM was cute because he waved to me during curtain call and mouthed that he was sorry because he couldn't come out to the SD after. I said it was okay... and it was because I had lots of stuff to do!

We headed home and I spent some more time with Jess while I was designing and preparing thank you tags to go on the cookies I had made and packaged the night before. She finally had to head out and at first I was waiting for Marty to come but of course he never came, nor did he actually say he wasn't which made me pretty sad. Being stood up is no fun. I ended up going back out with Andrey which turned out to be a VERY good thing. We went to get him a standing room ticket to Lady Day (success) and then he wanted to go to steak and shake. Turns out Jake worked there and when he saw me (after a bit of time) he came over to start working out a schedule to pay me back the money he owed me from ages ago. This is excellent because I could really use it!

Then it was back home to get ready for the concert I was filming that night. A bunch of us dressed in our Disney princess dresses so that was fun! The concert was so much fun, and I enjoyed filming it. Natalie W. even told me I was her inspiration (for the whole weight loss thing). It was a really late evening though and by the time it was over and I had settled I didn't get to attempt sleep until almost 2:30

Random note in the dressing room area of 54 below they had this sign on the women's bathroom door... haha!