Blog! (The First)

Despite the dramatic title, I am warning anyone who reads this now: this blog will quickly devolve into a boring repetition of my daily life and goings on. You are warned!

I have recently moved to San Antonio, TX, where I am involved with Mennonite Voluntary Service. I am volunteering for a year-long period with The Magik Theatre.

This is what it's like (a reader's theatre):
a: welcome to the theater, would you be willing to audition for us tomorrow so that we can (possibly) place you into a touring troupe with our children's theatre?
b: Yes.
a: Okay! Your audition was successful now you canstarttolearnnotonlyonebuttwo (don'tworrythey're short) littleplays (you can sing, yes?) oneis Jack and the Beanstalk andtheother (and dance too, right?) is SchoolhouseRock!
b: um...okay!
a: Congratulations! You will love it here! bytheway, weneedyoutostarttrainingonphonessothatyoucanwork president'sdaywheneveryoneelsewillbegone.
b: o...kay.
a: huzzah!

Actually I really like it at the theater so far, except answering the phones and taking reservations is still scary. But I did learn two shows in the space of a week and tomorrow I start rehearsing a new show about Texas history.
The people there are really nice and I think I'm settling in pretty well.

The other sphere of my life revolves around the VS house and San Antonio Mennonite Church which has been my source for a social life. There are a lot of young people who really like to do some and/or all of the following things: getting up at 4 am for a Cowboy Breakfast, watching sumo wrestling at an Asian Festival, hosting Superbowl parties, watching The Bachelor, going to see Bollywood movies, going to the rodeo, going to see the Goo Goo Dolls (at the rodeo), cooking, eating, playing volleyball, playing Dutch Blitz, going to art galleries, having bonfires, etc, etc. With all of this activity, and tons of new people that I've met (okay, maybe 30ish?), it is little surprise that I feel established here, though I've only been here for a couple of weeks.

So, life is good. The weather is so nice compared to dreary Goshenland, but I miss my friends there very much. It breaks my heart to think that they are having pajama-jimmi-jams and karaoke Wednesdays (sometimes Monday) without me, but alas, what is adventure in real life without leaving college behind? My only real complaint is cockroaches. So far the score is Tara 3, cockroaches 0. But let's leave on a happy thought: my parents and brother are moving to Lithuania for 9 months starting in August and I am just pleased as punch. Hopefully this will mean a Christmastime trip to Europe, fingers crossed.

well, that's all for now, folks.