I can see Russia from my house!!!!!!!!!!!

sound check or somethin' (I'm the one on the left in the blue)

me and Misty talking to Ted about the Last Supper during a rehearsal hold and apparently being photographed ahhaha

As you can guess by the title, we have now reached the Alaska portion of our tour. We took a flight from Seattle to Alaska, which wasn't all that bad-about four hours. It was FREEZING when we came in, with a wind that seemed to just cut through to your bones. I walked across the street to get a bowl of soup and was practically blown over on my way there. Back at the hotel as I was warming myself by the lobby fire (a real maid by the fire character moment haha), I discovered when asking the woman working at the front desk if she had any chocolate an amazing local candy called the Polar Bear Kiss, which is milk or dark chocolate surrounding a pink/reddish peppermint crunchy middle. AMAZING.

The next day was a bit warmer and beautiful, and it began to snow in the mid-afternoon. This was our first snowfall since we've been on tour, or at least the first that I have seen. Anchorage is absolutely gorgeous covered in snow, and, when I dress appropriately with hat and scarf, is fun to explore around in. I went to the mall today and bought a bunch of local stuff for some Christmas presents.

Now about the show. We came to Alaska with absolutely NO set, they constructed a mini one for us here but it was COMPLETELY different. So the first day we got here we had a five hour re-blocking rehearsal, followed by a performance that night at 8PM. The performance was a little nerve-wrecking, but kept us all on our toes, and we got through it, minus a few technical things that no one on cast or crew could have controlled. A sound cue that was supposed to go off and was cued had a mind of its own and didn't go off, a moment when we were all around Ted worshipping him, and he just kept talking to us as if nothing had happened until the cue started, saying "stay with me", etc, his arms around us all. He is so amazing.

We had another performance tonight, which went even smoother, as we were all a bit more comfortable with our new blocking and were all settled in.

I am trying to see if I can get on one of those day plane flights that takes you to the glaciers, as I think that would be a really cool thing to see. We'll see what happens with that.

Ok, it's 3 AM, I need to stop going to bed so late. This show puts me in such an adrenalized (is that a word? probably not) after the show that it takes me hours to wind down and get ready for bed.

More Alaska to come.

Alas, bed time is approaching

I am putting the words to my favorite Christmas song because my google is not downloading to find something more philosophic.

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need.

I don't care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree.

I just want you for my own.

More than you can ever no

What more can I do?

All I want for Christmas is youuuuu

youuuuuuuu baby

HOME IN TEN DAYS!