Gainesville FL

After 3 long days on the bus, we arrived in Gainesville yesterday. The busride didn't turn out as bad as I thought it would be. Seeing as we only had half of the people on the bus we were able to really spread out. We each had a whole row of seats to ourselves which made us a little less cramped. We all kept ourselves occupied by either sleeping, reading, going on our computers, kidnapping each others stuffed animals(yes we are adults!) and watching dvds. Colin and Quentin also had 3 hours of school each day in addition to homework. Sue homeschooled Mikey for the days that they were home. We all definitely got a little antsy during the last couple of hours or the ride each day, but were able to get through it all with a little humor. At one of our lunchbreaks we stopped at McDonalds. Erin was excited to see that they had a playarea and asked Colin to go in it with her. Colin happily went along. It was a blast watching them climb through the tubes, but even better watching the faces of the mom's who were there with their toddlers watching them! Erin even asked two of the toddlers to get in a picture with her, lol! Erin then thought it would be fun to bring Spencer in. Unfortunately once she climbed through several of the parts of the play area, Spencer got very scared and started to cry. Erin's face was priceless as she rushed down all of the little nooks and crannies to get Spencer out! Back to the bus-Clare and Bart have taught sign language to Spencer to help him communicate better. Spencer made our day when he put his hands up in the air on the bus and signed "All done". Needless to say, by the end of the ride each day we were all signing "All done"!
Colin and I were happy to see the rest of the cast when they arrived today in Gainesville. With so little time left on the tour we realized how much we're really going to miss everyone once it's over. Unfortunately, Will was very sick when he got here so he had to miss the show tonight. Kudos to Adam for stepping in and playing both Mr Sowerberry and Dr Grimwig! Hopefully Will will feel better by tomorrow night's show in Statesboro GA.
The Fairfield hotel which we are staying in sent two baskets full of goodies to the show for the cast. It was so sweet of them and everyone really appreciated it! Before the show the theatre held a question and answer session for some audience members. A few castmembers went and answered questions. Colin and Mikey decided that they really wanted to do it, so Sue and I went to listen in. James did his research and calculated that at this point we have traveled over 20,000 miles!!! YIKES! The cast were a lot of fun while answering the questions and one of the audience members mentioned that he has read both Sue and my blogs! It felt great to know that people are really reading what I'm writing. So if that man is reading this, thank you and I hope you enjoyed the show!
Tomorrow we head to Statesboro. It's only 250 miles so after our last few busrides it'll seem like just a hop skip and a jump!