I Have A New Job!!

Yes, it’s true!

I’m the new Theatre Editor for the Deseret News. How about that? So I’ll be covering all theatre from Broadway to high school and everything in between. Not only that, but the Des News is working towards adding more content to their website so I’ll also be doing video segments in addition to writing articles.

It sounds overwhelming, doesn’t it? Overwhelming but exciting.

I’ve been on the job for a week now and my thoughts and emotions on the job have run the gamut from ‘What on earth did I get myself into?’ to ‘How fun! I still have a voice in theatre!’ I’m currently working on find a happy medium.

I cover 80 different theatres across the state and the touring shows. I’m responsible for keeping up to date on auditions, show openings, closings, reviews, interesting/feature stories plus a little fashion and beauty thrown in just to keep things interesting.

Sounds exhausting.

But I think it also sounds really fun. I’m looking forward to finding interesting theatre stories to share.

My first byline was in the paper Sunday. I did a little blurb on “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” which is in town Tuesday. Other than an interesting editing move where they split up my paragraph, and one missing period, it looked good.

I love theatre. I so enjoy attending a great show or being on stage. I just love it. Whether it’s high school or Broadway, I love it. Hopefully you’ll catch my stuff in the Deseret News or head to their website www.desnews.com.

Victoria Update

For those of you interested in an update on Victoria, she’s doing great! Believe it or not she’s almost 4 months old. Time surely does fly.

She’s been sleeping through the night for the past 2 months which has been tremendous! I put her down between 7 – 8 p.m. and she sleeps until 6:30 – 7 a.m. Mom and Dad are pretty happy about that.

Of course, I think she’s just the most incredibly beautiful thing I’ve ever laid eyes on. So sweet and bright eyed and smiling more and more everyday. Actually, she’s right on the verge of giggling which will be fun.

Victoria still hates bath time (REALLY hates it) and she also hates getting burped. Any time you take her bottle away she just comes unglued. But think about it, wouldn’t you be upset too? You’re in the middle of a great meal and someone takes it away for a few minutes and beats you on the back… none of us would like it.

So far Mark and I have been able to break up our work schedules so that baby V is always with one of us which makes me happy.

Now we’re just hoping her first little giggle happens while we’re both home.