Day Three

Well, day three isn't over yet but there really hasn't been much going on. We didn't have a show today so everyone got to sleep in! (Except Mrs. Wooley who got up early and ate breakfast with her aunt Phyllis.) The boys got up around nine thirty and went down to eat the amazing breakfast here at the hotel, but us girls slept in too late and missed it. So instead we had tuna sandwiches, lemon honey tea, and miscellaneous items from the downstairs vending machine. After we ate, Emily and I went and soaked in the jacuzzi while the boys did some homework. When we were done, we went into the boy's room to find JE looking up his ancestry. There was a bit of drama today when Emily borrowed the boy's peanut butter and jelly and used the same knife to scoop out both the peanut butter AND the jelly. Reed had to dig out all of the peanut butter chucks that had fallen into the jelly and he was not a happy camper. All is well now, though, as Emily and Reed are hanging in the girl's room doing homework, and JE and I are hanging in the boy's room blogging and reading. In about fifteen minutes, we will be heading to Storybook Land, and then tonight dining at a fancy shmancy restaurant. Tomorrow, we head out early to Rapid City (a journey consisting of a little more than five hours in the van) and then the perform the show at night. On an ending note, I leave you with today's philosophical question: If you were looking up your ancestry one day and realized that your significant other was very distantly related to you, would you continue to date them? Until tomorrow!

Alissa

Day Two (From the Grown Up Perspective)

We ARE having a great time together...and there are times when I find that I don't think I have laughed this much, over heaven's knows what, since I was in high school. I also don't think that I have ever seen two boys eat as much as they ate today....and on only $20 combined! The boys were quick to inform the girls that they were the "spent the least-got the most" contest, while the girls were gloating over their healthier-more green shopping decisions. Walmart was like Disney World today!
The show, set up and strike is getting slicker every performance. The venues have been great and we have left Little Lamby's brothers with the various organizations that we have performed for----as thank yous. I resemble the 3 curbs an hour remark! It really isn't quite that bad, however every time I do nudge up against(...gently .....)a curb, all the boys' packing reassembles itself and the clatter makes more noise than the actual slight bump deserves. Also, I don't think that it is fair that our first motel had to be in the middle of a construction zone with those silly cones narrowing an already narrow two lane street...no cones down...but my nerves were frizzled.
We had a contest filling up the van with gas. John-Emmett was the manly man who braved the cold windy rain to fill up the thirsty van who refused to fill. Our guesses for a full tank started at 18 gallons...but we had to keep changing our votes as the tank nearly reached 30! After that, Reed and John-Emmett's appetites didn't look quite as voracious.
We are lucky enough to stay in Aberdeen for a second day. The kids are sleeping in and then studying. If their work gets to a point where they feel they have accomplished enough, we may go to Story Land....a place that Reed thinks he would like to live. It is supposed to have a Wizard of Oz section and Alissa and Emily would like to see it. Reed just wants to live there, sight unseen and John-Emmett is wisely waiting to make such a judgement on the park. We will be leaving VERY early Wednesday morning for Rapid City...a 5 hour 3 minute journey, will check into our motel and then go to Central High School to set up and run the chase before the 7p.m. show. THAT will be a very full day.

Day Two

Just when I think I'm going home in a few days I realize that we're stuck with each other for a whole week!

Ethical question of the day: If you went to a doctor and were accidentally given someone else's fertilized eggs and you had to give up the baby that until now you thought was yours, what would you do? In the non-hypothetical world, John-Emmet and I braved the torrential downpour to pack everyone's stuff in the van. We then made our journey to Aberdeen, SD. After a short drive, we arrived at the Ramada to find that our accommodations were glorious! A trip to Walmart yielded 192.8 ounces of delicious, heavily processed food. We ate, studied, and lounged until it was time to leave for our second performance at a local middle school. We set up in record time: 26 minutes. Fortunately, there were many seats filled. Unfortunately, all of the participants pulled from the audience refused to cooperate, but Emily handled the situation very well. We'd like to thank the Kiwanis Club for putting on our show. Sidebar - we ran over an average of 3 curbs per hour.

Reed

Day One

It has only been nine hours, but it feels like nine years!

We started out our journey eating the most delicious cookies in the entire solar system + Pluto. We had many crazy conversations, including cannibalism, people raised in the wild, and sleeping in campers while coyotes howl around you. From these conversations, the most valuable thing we learned was that Reed eats people. It also led us to the idea to post one philosophical question every day. Today's question is, would people have the same traits if they were raised in the wild? When we got to Watertown, we checked into our retro hotel. We have actual metal keys to unlock our rooms. From there, we went to four different restaurants only to find that they are not open on Sunday afternoon or would not allow minors. So, we ended up eating at Dairy Queen. It was delicious. After we ate, we headed to the Watertown Events Center to set up for the show. Although we were a little worried that the turnout would only be a few old-timers and a disgruntled middle-schooler, the seats soon filled up with tons of kids. The little ones just ate up the show and our sponsor, the Lion's Club, was more than pleased with the turnout. All in all, it was a very energetic and satisfying performance.

Alissa and Reed

Almost Here!!

So, last night we had a great final rehearsal! We fixed some problem spots, got some notes, and packed for the trip! Today, we organized all of the set, costumes, and props and tomorrow we pack up! The two of us girls in the show have our Homecoming dance tomorrow night, so it is looking to be quite a busy day! Well, I am off to the football game. Until next time!

Welcome!!

Hello all!!
It is Friday--two days before we leave on tour! We are all very excited and cannot wait to get on the road! This blog has been set up so that we the actors can communicate with our parents and friends while we are on the road. We will be posting pictures from our journey, videos of our adventures, and descriptions of our days on the road! If you have any question you would like to ask us, please feel free to do so! We will be spending a lot of time in a van and in hotel rooms, so we would love to have something to do! Thank you all for visitng our blog and enjoy!!