Back to Real Life

Posted by: Karen

I am finally back from my 3 week long tour of the North West. We went to Salt Lake City, La Grande, Seattle, Orcas Island, Everett, Lincoln City, Cottage Grove, Coos Bay, Medford, and Davis. It was a very...interesting 3 weeks. We got to do a lot of fun things like sail in Seattle and visit the space needle. Speaking of Seattle, I have renamed Pikes Place Market, it is now called fruit heaven. We went to the redwoods and spent some time on the Oregon coast.

Colt and I are in the redwoods with our good friends Dave and Marlayna. This was us being rebellious and being 10 minutes late.

Other than doing those fun things, we spent our time driving (and driving and driving), performing, setting up theaters, getting yelled at, dealing with team romances and drama, missing our friends, never having any free time or alone time, eating gas station food, living out of suitcases with host families, skipping meals, and never sleeping.

It was a fun trip, but three weeks was way too long and I was definitely ready to come home. I did have a break down in the middle of it, but thankfully Colt was there to make everything better. The trip was bittersweet for me because I know that this is the last team I will ever be on. I have danced since I was 5 years old, and trying to imagine my life without dance is really hard, but I am moving on to bigger and better things!

Now I get to look forward to going home this weekend with Colt. I am so excited to go to my bridal shower, hang out with my family, and go to Matthew's farewell. I can't believe he is leaving so soon, but I'm so excited for him!