'Cause I can't remember - it's been too long since I've seen it around here.  Seriously.  Tomorrow will be the first day in a very long time that we haven't had something out of the ordinary to do.  Well, unless you count going to the dentist, 'cause I think we'll have to do that tomorrow.  My youngest has some sort of something funky going on with one of his teeth, and I will probably end up in the dentist's office just to have it looked at and make sure it's nothing serious.  You really don't want to know more than that.  Trust me - it's gross. 

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Anyway... moving on.  "Normal" seems so abnormal to me that I'm not even sure where to start.  There's laundry to catch up on... mega cleaning to do... and let's not even talk about the schoolwork needing done.  Why?  Well, let's rewind a bit and I'll explain.  I've posted in the past about my family's interest in community theater.  A few months ago, we became aware of a local community production of The Miracle Worker.  Immediately, my daughter began plotting her audition.  She has been fascinated with the story of Helen Keller (as portrayed in The Miracle Worker) since we first studied about her almost 3 years ago.  My husband and I were hesitant to let her audition, partly because we didn't think that she would get the part, but also because we weren't sure we were up to the commitment of time it would take if she did get cast. 

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Well, the auditions were held, and my little girl got up there and gave it her best shot.  And we waited.  She told herself over and over again that she would not get the part, just so she didn't get her hopes up.  Monday rolled around and we went to our homeschool co-op classes, which is where we were when the cast list was put up.  My husband was keeping an eye on the website where the cast list was to be posted, and he let me know as soon as it was up.  Much to our surprise,

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SHE GOT THE PART! 

Our little girl was cast as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker! 

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To say we were "proud" would be an understatement.  We were overwhelmingly proud and excited for her to have such an opportunity.  And, we were not quite ready for the whirlwind of activity that was about to take over our lives, either!  To make a long story short - many rehearsals, costume work, and lots of late nights later... and we had ourselves a wonderful production. 

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The last of 8 shows was last Monday night.  Then, Wednesday we took off for a quick vacation.  So now... it's all come to a sudden halt.  So what will we do with ourselves now?  Hmmmm....