Year In Review 2019


January

  • 1 – Ski-N The New Year at Blewett Pass with Daryl, Mike, and Riley
  • 4 – Ice Skating with Daryl, Mike, Fisher, Ike, and Elsie.  So much fun!
  • 10 – 10th Anniversary <3
  • 11 – I started seeing a therapist!  I’m so proud of myself for telling myself to do it and then actually following through.
  • 13 – First day of rehearsal (Stage Manager) for Sparkle Fairy’s School for Formerly Vile Villains.


February


March

  • 4 – We go night skiing again.  Less fun.  (There are no *bad* days on skis, simply *less fun* days on skis)
  • 8 – I got my very first passport!
  • 9 – Sparkle Fairy’s School for Formerly Vile Villains closes
  • 15 – Start tech as Light Board Op (and Programmer) for We Will Not Be Silent
  • 16 – I answered a call for Technical Director and Lighting Designer for a performance at Velocity Dance Center and it was for my friend Emily’s show Decision Fatigue!  So happy to be designing lights for dance again, especially for a friend!
  • 17 – Daryl and I go backcountry skiing at Blewett Pass with Danielle and Riley.
  • 22 – Opening night for We Will Not Be Silent at Taproot Theatre Company


April

  • 6 – My last night at We Will Not Be Silent
  • 11-25 – Iceland for our Honeymoon!  (I promise one day there will be more stories and photos from the trip!)
    • We skied at two areas, went backcountry skiing in a fjord, and went on a cat ski trip!
    • We soaked in two city pools, one natural hot spring, and at Myvatn Mineral Baths
    • We flew to the Arctic Circle in a Twin Otter and hiked to the sphere at the magnetic line of the circle


May

  • 4-5 – I visit Astoria
  • 7 – Start tech as Light Board Op and Programmer for Kim’s Convenience
  • 12 – Backcountry ski at Crystal with Daryl, Danielle, Julie, and Riley
  • 17 – Opening night for Kim’s Convenience at Taproot Theatre Company.


June

  • 1-2 – Brandi Carlile at the Gorge with Annie!  My first Gorge show!  So incredible.
  • 4 – Daryl’s birthday!  We ski at Naches Peak
  • 20 – We got to see Ask Me Another record an episode at the Moore
  • 22 – Closing night for Kim’s Convenience
  • 26 – I start working at the Taproot Costume Shop
  • 27 – Happy 32nd Birthday to me!  We start our ballroom class that fits perfectly between my show closing and us leaving for Montana.
  • 28 – I drive down to Portland for a friends wedding.  Perfectly gorgeous day!


July

  • 12-14 – Annual McIver Float with Daryl, Chris & Amy, Jess & Jason, and friends
  • 15 – The first of five weeks of Stage Managing one-week acting camps at Taproot
  • 21 – Grotto cave hunting trip near Mt. Baker.


August

  • 8 – My friend Hannah from UM was in town, so we got coffee.  Always so happy to see friends!
  • 10-11 – I5SAFC Weekend in Cottage Grove
  • 17-18 – Fisher Lake backpacking trip with Daryl, Johnny, Grand Paw, and Riley
  • 21 – Almost exactly two years from my first day (8/30/17), I quit my coffee job to pursue theatre full time!
  • 24-9/3 – Montana!
    • 24 – Drive to Missoula.  Amy and Sam get married!  River City Roots Fest that night.
    • 25 – Drive to Benchmark
    • 26 – Hike into Scapegoat
    • 27 – Caving!  Daryl leads Amy, Kai, Brendan, and me on a loop tour
    • 28 – I take a camp day with Amy, Mike, and Bob
    • 29 – Kai and I join Galen on his survey trip to the Northwest Passage (the passage containing the connection from Greek Fork Falls Cave to Kathy’s Icebox Cave)
    • 30 – Galen, Kai, and I finished the survey!  The historic through trip I was on in 2015 is now officially surveyed!
    • 31 – Camp day with Daryl, Brian, Adam, Caitlin, Amy, Bob, and Mike.  That night we had a perfect final night fire and we saw the Northern Lights!


September

  • 8/24-9/3 – Montana
    • 1 – Hike out of Scapegoat
    • 2 – Recover in Missoula with both of Daryl’s brothers, Mike and Kevin
    • 3 – Drive home to Seattle
  • 6 – See a recording of Live Wire with Luke Burbank at the Neptune
  • 12-18 – Clare and Patrick visit Seattle!  We got dinner one of their first nights in town and then they couch surfed here for a couple days before heading back to NYC.
  • 16 – First rehearsal (Stage Manager) for WHITE
  • 21 – Grotto trip up to Cave Ridge
  • 25 – While I was in Scapegoat I did field recording for my favorite podcast.  Episode 127: Shining a Light on Caving eeee!


October

  • 13 – Daryl and I go flying!
  • 18 – Opening night for Theatre22’s WHITE at 12th Avenue Arts
  • 22 – Sara Bareilles concert!  I bought tickets the moment we were back from Iceland and found out a week later that I had a performance that night.  Magic was worked and we were able to go!  She has been one of my favorite artists for over a decade and I finally got to see her in concert.


November

  • 3 – My friend Megan from school was in town so we got brunch!  As I was walking from my car to the restaurant I realized it was just up the block from my first coffee job in Seattle (which is just around the corner from where my Grandma grew up!).
  • 9 – Closing night for WHITE
  • 14-17 – Lighting Designer and Stage Manager for Occurrence #8 at Spectrum Dance Theater(!!!)
  • 26 – Start Stage Managing the Spectrum Dance Theater performances at the Frye Art Museum
  • 28-12/1 – Papbougie FriendsCavegiving with Cascade Grotto and Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto


December

  • 14-15 – Stage Manage the NWAA ChristmasSounds concert at Highline Performing Arts Center
  • 15 – See Cabaret with Amy at 12th Avenue Arts
  • 17 – Daryl, Riley, and I go Christmas Tree Hunting
  • 18 – Annie and I go downtown to see the Gingerbread Houses.  I have wanted to see them since high school!
  • 19 – Daryl and I take Mike to see The Nutcracker at Pacific Northwest Ballet
  • 21-22 – I5SAFC weekend at Edgefield.  We had hoped to ski, but have also all decided we’re too old to ski in the rain.
  • 24-25 – Christmas in Astoria with my parents and my Grandma
  • 26 – Start rehearsals (Stage Manager) for Steel Magnolias

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