Year In Review 2019 – Kathryn Louise

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.

3 – Hike to Source Lake with Daryl and Riley. So much snow!
4 – The beginning of Snomagedon in Seattle. I LOVED it!
7 – Daryl and I see Sleeping Beauty at Pacific Northwest Ballet
16 – Opening for Sparkle Fairy’s School for Formerly Vile Villains at SecondStory Rep!
23 – Daryl and I go night skiing at Snoqualmie. So much fun!

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

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

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!

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!

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!

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.

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

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