Turning Over New Leaves

So this past Saturday I had my last day watching Des, which made me very sad because he was really a joy to take care and put a smile on my face every day.
I mean just look at this kid!

We had a lot of fun together! 

So it was definitely hard to say goodbye. But unlike most of my other nanny positions I am not leaving the state so I will hopefully be called upon to babysit every now and then. 

So here was my job in review: 

• I got really caught up on my reading: 
• The Hunger Games Series
• Bossypants
• The Boxcar Children (because they had it and why not? You know for nostalgia's sake)
• Wicked (just in time to get to see Wicked in a week!!)
• Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
• Mirror Mirror
• Truth in Comedy (Just started this)
• Devil in the White City (I just started reading this and I am super excited!)
• I got to read lots of Children's books and practice different character voices, because you can only read the same book so many times before you have to mix it up for your own sanity!

• Because Sharon works as a stage manager at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre I have had a lot of opportunities to meet people and see theatre in the city that I wouldn't have had otherwise
• Shadowed the SM of Shrek at Chicago Shakes
• Shadowed the SM of Pullman Porter Blues at The Goodman
• Got tickets to see Cyrano de Bergerac at Chicago Shakes 
• Travis got the see The Table at Chicago Shakes
• And next week I get to shadow the SM of Wicked at the Oriental Theatre!! 
• Plus Sharon helped me with my cover letter and resume for the Young Performer Supervisor at Chicago Shakes for their production of Gypsy in January! 
• Most importantly, I got to play with a wonderful little boy every day who made me smile and laugh and play like a kid again! Which is great not only for improv but also just to be reminded of how wonderful and exciting the world is. 

I recentl just got hired at a toy store called Timeless Toys for the holiday season. Then after the holidays I will either have a job working theatre professionally or I will go back to nannying... either way I am very excited for the new year.

And since this post will be going out on Thanksgiving here is what this job made me thankful for:

• Sharon and Geoff for giving me a job and then for being incredible and helping me out in the theatre world as well
• Des for bringing joy to my days
• For having a new job to help me make it through the end of the year and the holiday season

And those are just a few of them!  

Looking forward to Thanksgiving with friends tomorrow!