The last three months have been extremely challenging, as I quit my job at Noodles Express to travel down to Los Angeles and follow my dream of doing a show at the Hollywood Fringe. That involved staying in an Airbnb hostel, rehearsing and performing four times during the Fringe, and working sporadically for TrendSource.
Once the Fringe was over on June 30, I returned home to Missoula and immediately began packing for our move. We spent the next 17 days packing as much as we could into our storage unit there, cleaning the apartment, and giving away a ton of stuff. On Saturday, July 20, we said our goodbyes to our friend Victoria Watson who had hosted us on Friday, and set off on our new adventure.
After making a short stop in Choteau to visit family, we headed off to Yellowstone Park, arriving mid-afternoon. We spent the rest of that day and Sunday circling the park before ending the day on Sunday at a hotel in Cody, Wyoming. Monday morning we were up early and headed to Devil’s Tower before ending the day at Mount Rushmore, ending the night at the KOA there. On Tuesday we headed over to Des Moines, Iowa and spent a couple of nights visiting with our dear friend and director of Girls Rock Des Moines, Sara Routh, meeting her husband and their children. We left there Thursday morning, intending a short visit with my brother Charles and his family in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
After talking about our adventure with them, Charles’ wife Mandy talked us into staying for an extended time and putting the rest of our trip on hold. They offered us a place in their RV and Mandy even got both of us jobs with her at Pizza Hut.
My new career as a shift manager began yesterday, and it was a crazy day, since we were short-staffed. That craziness continued today for my second day onboard, and I haven’t even finished my training yet. It felt good to be thrust into the fire and see just how much I could accomplish based only on my preview experience and my ability to be flexible. Thanks to my boss Coy Brown for giving me this opportunity.
As a result of these changes, my blog is on hiatus. We do have some upcoming articles we promised to do, but will not be producing as much content as we have in the past. I am sure we will be back to normal eventually, and simply ask that you be patient with us until we are able to get back into the rhythm again.
In the meantime, we are working hard on the nominations for the first half of 2019, and hope to have that published shortly. We look forward to sharing our list with you soon. Take care and keep supporting indie music and theater.