Jessica on Tour in Kazakhstan

Been awhile since I have written…..I will try to make this blog a greater priority in my life, I promise:)

 Today we did a “test performance” of our piece we created. It went quite well actually. It’s come a long way. There are some definite funny moments. There’s a very nice change of mood in the play when Arad comes on wooing and waltzing with a cake. There are definitely several moments that need work, but for working with some people who have never had experience in acting whatsoever, I am very impressed at what has been accomplished.

 Tabitha and I have been spending every night for the last week at Nathan’s. I admit, I am not fond of the dorms. It feels like a hotel at Nathan’s. We’ve been playing lots of cards- Spades and Blitz. Last night we had a killer game. Tabitha & I were over 200 pts behind Nathan and Zhandos. Tabitha decides to go “blind nil” and did it. We ended up TIED to the guys 495 to 495! (and we were playing to 200).  Talk about right out of the movies. i wish I could end this story by bragging of our victory, but unfortunately it was real life, and did not end so perfectly. In any case, it was a GREAT game. Tabitha, Zhandos, and i have been playing Blitz- a game that’s sorta like solitaire but CRAZY and chaotic. It is a game I have grown up playing, so (in no attempt at humility) I am pretty good. I hate losing that game, and get sinfully excited when I win. Yes, I definitely need to work at being humble when I play that game. My dad can vouch for that!

  As of now, we are leaving for the tour July 8th for Baku. That’s when the real fun begins! I think our little group’s going to have alot of fun.

 Oh- we also watched some awesome lightning the other night! Okay, gotta go- Tabitha is whining how hungry she is! haha:)