Monday, February 23, 2009

5 shows left!!!






We had a great Golden day yesterday. Colin and I along with Sue and Mikey ventured out in the cold and headed to the mall. Colin and I got much needed haircuts and then really enjoyed taking our time and shopping. Colin got new sneakers for school(so did I!) and treated ourselves to a couple of other things. Colin was thrilled to get a new phone(He was up for an upgrade). After looking over many phones, he decided on the LG Vu and absolutely loves it. After shopping we met up with Sue, Mikey, John, and Q for dinner. We were all freezing by the time we got to the restaurant, but were excited to show off all of our purchases. Even the waitress enjoyed looking at all of the fun princess things that Sue and Mikey got for Maria! After dinner we headed back to the hotel and went into the pool and hot tub again. When the pool closed we all headed up to our rooms. Sue and I bumped into Chaz and Alaggio in the hall and were horrified to hear about their church experience. Chaz thought it would be nice to join his friend and go to a local catholic church. Even though he isn't catholic he wanted to go and enjoy worshipping with his friends and castmates. When it came time to go up for communion, Chaz decided to join everyone because he felt that if he didn't he would offend the church. Well, once Chaz got the host he proceeded back to his pew with it in his hand. They were all shocked and horrified when a woman from the church marched up to Chaz and asked if he was Catholic. When he told her that he wasn't, she snatched the host right out of Chaz's hand!! Needless to say, Chaz felt awful and was afraid that he embarassed the rest of the group. However, the rest of the group felt embarassed at the way the catholic church reacted to how a newcomer was treated! I just wish I could have been a fly on the wall to see all of their faces! After laughing at the story when Chaz and Alaggio told us, the woman from the front desk came up to us and yelled at us for being too loud. Apparently 10pm-7am is "quiet time" in the hotel. Mikey then decided that we should all come into my room and hang out. Colin broke out the wine for Sue, Chaz, and me and we all had a good time just chatting in our pj's :)
Today we slept in and then headed to the theatre for a matinee. Sue, John, and I decided to grab a soda and popcorn before heading into the theatre(gotta love the theatres that you can eat and drink in haha!) We were surprised to find out that they didn't charge us because we had backstage passes on. That was the first time we got free food and we really liked that, lol! When we went into the theatre we found that they didn't sell the front row seats, so we decided to sit there. It was so much fun to watch the cast react to us once they saw us there. It didn't hurt that I was wearing a neon yellow sweater that practically glowed in the dark haha! The best reactions were when Erin and Will offered us the sausages they were selling in Consider Yourself and my favorite was when Chaz blessed himself during the show in honor of his experience with the Catholic Church! We had a blast cheering the whole cast on!
After the show there was a Q and A with some audience members. It was so funny how the 3 boys were not intimidated by the least bit. All three spoke right up when the group was asked questions. These three will have no problem with public speaking in school!
Once back at the hotel we decided to head over to Red Lobster for dinner, the 3 parents, 3 kids, and Chaz and Rhiannon. We had a great dinner which we overstuffed ourselves with!
Tomorrow we head back on the road first thing in the morning and will ride to Houghton Michigan.
I'll write more from there :)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Were you in Merrillville last? I grew up right by there and should've sent my dad to see you. You are on your way to Hougton, MI where Chris' parents live. I just sent them an e-mail asking them to go to the show to "represent the Klasners." They've actually seen Colin in many other shows (when he's been with one of our girls). Sorry, but it is damn cold up there in the UP. Burrrrrrrrrrr.

Olivertour08 said...

haha, Let me know if Chris' dad is going to be there. We'd love to meet him!! It's okay about the cold, we're used to it ;) Hope you Chris and the girls are doing well. Tell Mia to break a leg this in Alice :)