Go Weight Watchers!

Okay...update...lost another 3.8 pounds this week, for a total of 8.8 pounds total since I started Weight Watchers three weeks ago. (And a total of 50ish pounds lost since I went to the hospital to have the baby!) SOOOO proud of myself. Go Shannon! ;D Only 30 more to go! ;)

Brendan tonight at Mommy's concert got his first unpleasant encounter with shrieking sound equipment feedback. Poor little guy's bottom lip came out and he SCREAMED for a good five minutes, telling Lamar and I all about how it had scared him so!! We felt soooo bad! No more sound checks for the little guy. :( That bottom lip just breaks our hearts!

I'm getting sick again. Sigh. My bronchitis is getting worse again, before it went away. It's very frustrating. Tonight's concert was subpar... I really wish I could wave a magic wand and always perform perfectly. It just never happens. Sigh. My extreme perfectionism frequently prevents me from being happy about a performance no matter how good I did though...it's annoying. I'm working on that. Lamar taped my two songs, but they're so full of mistakes I won't post them. Sorry. I know...it's annoying. But I can't.

Lamar has a HUGE presentation to finish by Monday, so the two of us have been extremely busy. Hence the delay in posting another post. I had Beauty and the Beast callbacks today. WAS called back for Belle, until the director cut all the girls above a size 2. I'm in the wrong business. BUT I did get called back again for Madame Bouche...the crazy wacky opera diva turned wardrobe lady! She's a lot of fun. However, seeing as I'm Equity, it probably won't happen. (I'm in the Broadway actors' union, and it's a non-union show.) But it was a GREAT and fun experience to do the audition today. I just wish I still lived in NYC so I could audition for things all the time, as opposed to twice a year max. It's very frustrating and sad.

"Savior of the World" is going well so far! Our show is in April and it's the greatest role I've ever had. I get to bear my testimony onstage every night. I get to play the most amazing woman, Mary Magdelene, and be the first person to see the resurrected Christ onstage every night. It is SUCH an honor. And extremely humbling. I cry onstage every night in rehearsal 'cause it's so close to my heart. It's been a wonderful experience. No other musical theater experience can come close. So even though I miss NYC and the multitude of opportunities there, I've had many rewarding experiences here. I love being a part of the "Saints Unified Voices" and now "Savior of the World". They're very very different from what I'm used to, but it's very refreshing. And uplifting. And they are definitely increasing my testimony in a very big way.

I have the most patient husband in the world. He's been stressed all week about work and this huge presentation he has to give Monday and he spent most of the day today helping me! He took care of Brendan so that I could spend several hours at auditions, rehearsal, and then the concert. He's an angel hubby. Brendan gets it from him. He is so perfect for me. I can't believe how LUCKY I am to have married him. I feel like I can never catch up to him in the 'hubby of the year award' points he gets all the time. I can't compare to what an amazing hubby he is. He is so patient with all my drama...is sooooo sweet to me, never raises his voice at me, never gets irritated at me, never tries to belittle my pain from missed opportunities/dreams that didn't come true. HE'S a dream come true to me. So is Brendan. And that's all that really matters.