New York, New York!

New Yawk--the citeh that nevah sleeps. Though I am most definitely ready for it. Spring break technically doesn't start until now, but I left a little early. I'm still stressing over homework which I'm only just now realizing I will most likely not have time to do. In the stress of yesterday, I even forgot to clip the nails on one hand. And still got only an hour-ish of sleep last night.

Brittany and I arrived in NYC around two and boy what a day it has been! Most of it has been spent walking around with Kim, my beloved theater professor who I spent my time in Belize with last year. Unfortunately, she is resigning after this semester--so I gotta reel in all the time I can get with her!

As we walk, Kim teaches us about the real landmarks of New York, like the White Horse Tavern, where the poet Dylan Thomas drank himself to death and also where we ate the best tuna melt ever. We got to meet with one of her friends who is also aspiring to be an actor from South Dakota. Kim also told us about how to live in NYC on the cheap.

Later, Brittany and I snagged some standing room tickets to the show Jersey Boys for cheap! Like, $28 cheap! And man, it was AWESOME. SO GOOD. Our standing room was near the open sound booth where Brittany, using her massive chatting skillz, found out the sound guy was from Minnesota and totally gained a connection. After the show, we were leaving the building in total post-awesomeshow ecstasy and decide that we're gonna go back and see if Minnesota boy will tell us where the stage door is so that we could meet the actors. Little did we know that he would then proceed to take us on a personal backstage TOUR! It was amazing. 

After departing from our new friend and having a giggle fit like little girls, we met back up with Kim and Anna (who had just arrived) and grabbed some amazing dessert served by an awesome actor server. The talks I've had just today have been ridiculously wonderful. 

There's so many people everywhere. And it smells weird. I can't decide if I'm on sensory overload yet, or if I'm just adjusting. 

I'm loving loving loving life.

Edit: Keeping track of how many times I drop stuff per day. Today's count: 6