Home for the Summer

I am in my summer home. Or at least the city where my summer home is. Currently I'm at Kathy's house, the intern coordinator. Since I'm the only intern here as of yet, she let me crash here instead of sleeping alone in the intern house. Super awesome revamped Victorian home, built in 1896 or something like that. It's the most amazing house I've ever been in, like a castle, but not. Know what I mean?

I had no problems with flights or airports, so that was a huge relief. Landed around 2:30, got to the intern house around 3:30. I unpacked, got settled, then rested for a few hours before Kathy picked me up. We went on a walk. With two large dogs, both black labs, one a six month old sixty pound puppy and the other about twice his weight and probably five years old. It was quite the adventure. I don't know if the dogs are worn out, but I sure am!

On our excursion, Kathy took me around the neighborhood. The intern house is located right by the director's house with a basketball court separating the two. The main office, cafe, park, and theatre is about six or eight blocks down the street.

We swung by the Jubilee Theatre just in time to catch Stevie before he locked up. He's the guy I'll be working with the most within the theatre, and he's quite the character. When Kathy introduced us, he grinned and said, "Is this the theatre geek?!" Typical exuberant, animated, excitable theatre person. He's been working with the theatre here for a year and is going to grad school this fall. I'm excited to work with him--tomorrow we're building the set for the show he's producing/directing/wrote. It's titled something along the lines of "History Revised Herstory." Sounds intriguing. I'll probably pop into rehearsal tomorrow evening, because let's be honest, it's what I do. :)

I'm trying really hard to remember names, but that is something that's really hard for me. As Kathy took me around the neighborhood, we kept stopping by people's houses, meeting new people I'll be working with. Found out from Shannon and Mackenzie, intern alumni and currently working with the children's ministry, that Waco is a vortex -- interns have a way of showing back up. Good to know.

You should know that I don't have my own computer here, so posts might be random. Depends on when I'm around a computer with time to spare. I'll try and be consistent, but we'll see what happens.

So, I'm in Waco. I'm safe. I'm happy. I'm tired. I'm thankful.

Until next time, take a journey.