Welcome back to the blog everyone!!
Well, what an exciting past month this has been. First, let me catch you up on what happen on my travel day…as you know how much I love to fly...ehh.
Zach and I flew from our respective hometowns (Hartford, CT for him and Dayton, OH for me) the week of June 24th. Getting to San Fran was going to take a LONG time since its a long distance flight across the country. My day started quite early as I had an early flight (don't they know I'm not a morning person…ehh). The night before I did all my packing (yes, I waited until the night before to pack…oh well haha) and weighed my bags to make sure they weren't over 50 lbs. When I got to the airport, it was early and I wasn't in the right mindset to be traveling yet. The lady at the counter had to ask me 2 times to put my bags up to be weighed, very nicely I might add (thank you nice airport lady…haha). Would you believe that my bags were 49.5 and 50.0 lbs. OH MY GOSH!!! I am the best luggage packer in the WORLD!! My flights were Dayton to Atlanta and Atlanta to San Fran. I knew the Dayton to Atlanta flight wasn't going to be bad…I've done it a million times. The second flight however, I knew was going to be a beast…5 1/2 hour flight…ehh. The airport lady that I talked about earlier was SO nice to me with the luggage AND she even gave me an upgraded seat on my first flight. Needless to say, my morning started off well, but knowing me, my luck wouldn't last long. Oh look, I was right!!!
My second flight however was delayed 4 hours because of "weather" in San Fran. Now, I checked the weather channel a few times and even talked to people from the San Fran area and there wasn't a thing wrong with the weather. Everyone kept telling me that the planes were delayed because they had to close a runway due to construction but were blaming "weather". EHHHHH…now I have to sit in the airport for 4 hours before my 5 1/2 hour flight!!!
Eventually I got on my flight and had a relaxing time over to the west coast. When I landed in San Fran, I got in touch with two of my cast mates who had also just landed!!! HOOORAY!!! Finally getting to meet the people I'm going to be traveling with on this crazy adventure!!! Brianne and Michael met me in the luggage claim area and what a hassle that was. It took a good 30 mins to get my luggage because it was the LAST piece of luggage to come out onto the machine. Of course!
Once we got all of our luggage we dragged our 3 pieces each up to the elevator, across a busy street to where the Shuttle service pick up area was. Eventually we got on our shuttle and took our 30 min ride to Redwood City. What a cute little city this is…which I'll explain in the next blog about rehearsals. When we arrived at our hotel/hostel, Zach had already arrived and was waiting in our room. It was great to see him and we were both really tired cause we had a long day of traveling. Later on in the evening we got to meet Jemma, our only Brit in the cast. Michael, Bri, Jemma, Zach and myself later went down the street to a little mexican restaurant to get to know each other and have a drink…it was a long day for all of us. Laura unfortunately couldn't make it cause she was finishing up some doctor appointments but after our dinner we had ran into her on the street. Our cast was finally together…all 6 of us. What an incredibly diverse but yet, cohesive cast we are…this is going to be a fun contract.
Next blog coming soon (like a day or two) will discuss the events of rehearsals. From learning all the music, movie nights in the town square, 4th of July festivities to FRO YO!!!
Can't believe this adventure is beginning!!! Here we go!!
Until next time,
Jason
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