QUARANTINE!

Yes, Gordon is a swamp. It also happens to be the birthplace of what I like to call the Gordon Death (you know, like the Black Death?...) Something is going around Gordon, and I have never heard more people cough around me during convocation (and it actually was a good one!). It was like everyone was having a coughing war to see who could be the loudest. I am just glad that I have had the Gordon Death and can be immune officially. Lindi has been sick all week, and I was going to host a volleyball recruit, but I don't think she wants to go home diseased...

It has been biting cold again! It started to rain last night, then turned into snow, add a little wind...and it's FREEZING! I've just gotten used to the heat wave we had last week, and now it's back to the cold. It's like it is taunting me! AHHHH! Ha ha, well, as I am writing this, I am sitting in Gillies because I don't want to brave the cold quite yet to go back to my room. Call me a pansy, but you come back here and brave it out. Good luck.

I had my first rehearsal last night at Jeff's house. He and his wife made dinner for us, and we read through the entire show. I am so excited to be starting, and I really think that I have the most fun character in the show. I can't wait! We talked about costumes, and we are holding nothing back! The costume designer is really getting into our gowns, and is making each of them unique to our characters and our perspectives in the play. She is literally sewing in lines from the script that encompasses the thoughts and feelings of our character. Subtly of course, but when you look up close, you can see the actual words. We will be wearing rehearsal skirts to practice lifting and sitting in them, and the guys get the fun job of wearing harnesses during rehearsal to practice standing up straight! I'm already having fun, and we have only just begun. Everyone in the cast and crew is very nice and welcoming, and I am so thrilled to be back in a show again. And a professional one at that! No more thousands of extras, lame costumes, and ridiculous scenes. Jeff also gave us a bit of the back history as we went through the show, and it is so interesting! I hope it is put in the program somewhere so that you can read it! The story is absolutely fascinating! The picture above is one of the only original portraits of Susannah Maria Cibber still in existence. I would have put up a picture of Mary Pendarves, my character, but the only picture they had of me was an old lady, and I am definetely not that in the show! (in face, the script, describes Mary as beautiful, well dressed, and kind) Thank you, thank you very much.

Can't wait to talk to you soon, and see you sooner!