Home Stretch

Well, I'll recap a little of the past few weeks. The 4th of July visit home was pretty nice- Got to chill with the fam and friends. But it was strange to not be in the world of Governor's School... It felt like home was out of place. I longed for my life in Winston Salem.
Returning to GSW was awesome. It was like we had all been apart for an extended period of time. Our fourth week was Bryan's last week as our teacher, so we were working like mad on Shakespeare pieces and starting our new project with Rosalie.
One weekend we had a Masquerade ball, and that was soooo much fun! I went with my friend Eric (he was James Bond) and I was the 'sexy arm candy' in my black and red salsa/flamenco-esque dress.

Bryan left, and Rosalie took charge. We started our major group production. Our task was to adapt the best-selling book "Life of Pi" into a play.... If you know anything about it, you'll know about India, the zoo, the shipwreck, and all of the strange things that happened on that trip.
It was horribly chaotic at first and my anxiety was at an all time GSW high. Everyone is so... eager. But all of that energy 'attacks' at once and it was just too much for me. Anyways, this week (week five) was our last to work on this crazy project. Yesterday was dress rehearsal AND opening night. We were all struggling to remember lines and scene transitions. We had actually just gotten the 'final' script on Tuesday.

Sidebar- My mommy and Greta visited on their way home from Virginia! Hooray. It was very nice.

But- it was successful! We got through it all without any major catastrophes. We'll have a total of five shows- One last night, two today (Saturday) and two tomorrow.

Once this production is over, we'll be working on fairy tales. I'm not quite sure what that entails, but I'm thinking it will be good.

I'm missing home a lot. It's not that I'm not having fun here, I just really miss my bed and family and Madeline. And being off of this campus. haha. Salem College is beautiful, but it's turning into a slight prison.
And I know I'll be missing this place desperately... This is our last week. I'm terrified that I won't be able to make the best of it. I don't want to leave these people... The atmosphere... Oi vey.

Three more shows to go.

Hope everyone is doing well! I'll be home in a week.
Much love,
~Britt~