Year in Review 2022

January

• 9 – My friend HanaSara was in town from DC and we walked around Green Lake with pups
• 10 – Daryl and my 13th Anniversary!
• 14 – Two years at Taproot Theatre Company!
• 16-17 – Daryl and I ski camp at Blewett
• 19-27 – TTC tech weeks
• 28 – See How They Run at Taproot opens
• I did Whole30 for the second time.  I learned so much in 2021, I’m glad I took the opportunity to do it again.
• Books read: Lost In The Never Woods by Aiden Thomas, I Love you But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
• Bag nights (sleeping bag nights; camping): 1

February

• 3 – Finished shawl that I started in April.  I am not a fast knitter, but I’m really proud of how it turned out!
• 5 – Light Board Op sub for See How They Run
• 7 – Zoom with Emily (and baby Frankie) and Arina!  I love them both so much and I’m always so thankful when we make the time to chat.
• 9 – LBO sub for See How They Run
• 12-13 – Ski camp at Blewett
• 16 – Daryl and I see See How They Run
• 21-25 – Midwinter Break Acting Studio Camp props designer
• 23-24 – Banff Mountain Film Festival at Benaroya Hall
  • This was the first big event we went to since the start of COVID.  I definitely almost had a panic attack at the start of the first night.  I’m thankful for masks and vaccines and being able to feel air exchanges.
• Books read: Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
• Bag nights: 1

March

• 11-16 – PLU tech week
• 13 – See Clare & Patrick were in town and we were able to visit one day while I was on break from tech at PLU, which is where Clare went to undergrad!  I’m always so very happy when I get to see them.
• 15-24 – TTC tech weeks
• 17 – Pippin at Pacific Lutheran University opens (Lighting Designer)
  • I’m really proud of the work I did on this show, but I also know there are lots of ways I can improve.  I’m thankful I get to be a Theatre Magic Maker.
• 23 – Get permanent bottom retainer removed!  My teeth are free of appliances for the first time since 1996!
• 25 – The Spitfire Grill at Taproot opens

April

• • 4-6 – Acting Studio Showcase props designer
  • 6 – Assistant Stage Manager sub for The Spitfire Grill
  • 7 – Daryl, my parents, and I see The Spitfire Grill
  • 10 – Daryl, Riley, and I hike at O.O. Denny County Park and Saint Edward State Park
  • 11-15 – Spring Break Acting Studio Camp props designer
  • 14 – Sound Board Op sub for The Spitfire Grill
    • I have been listening for “Lights GO” for close to 20 years now, so it was really, really weird to listen for “Sound GO” for the very first time ever!
  • 17 – Ski with Mike, Johnny, Mickey, GrandPaw, and Riley at Blewett
  • 23 – TTC Gala at Triple Door
  • 25-4 – NHHS tech weeks
  • 26 – Get Invisalign!
  • Books read: Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

May

• 5 – Pippin at Nathan Hale High School opens (Lighting Designer)
  • Yes, I designed lights for the same show twice this spring.  I’m not sure if it was the best idea, but it was definitely a challenge!
• 7-8 – I5SAF Ski Weekend at Mt. Hood Meadows
  • Can you believe the blower pow in that photo?!  Whodathunk we’d get a powder day for the last day of the season?
• 11-19 – TTC tech weeks
• 18-20 – ASM sub
• 20 – The Nerd at Taproot opens
• 22 – Daryl and I go flying and see Doc, one of the last B-29 bombers
• 25-26 – ASM sub

June

• 4 – Daryl’s birthday!  I make a delicious carrot cake to celebrate
• 9 – All Tharp at PNB
• 11 – Brandi Carlile at the Gorge!  This is hands down the very best concert I have ever been to in my entire life.  Wow.
• 15 – Whomp whomp, I test positive for COVID
• 26 – After 11 long days (most of which I felt completely fine), I finally test negative for COVID!  Just in time for…
• 27 – My 35th Birthday!
  • Yet again, I was going to have a birthday bbq, but alas.
• Books read: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (I only wanted to reread books while down with COVID)
• Bag nights: 1

July

• 2-4 – Greaser-McDaniel Clan family weekend in Trout Lake!
• 6-14 – TTC tech weeks
• 12 – Finish a shawl I started in June.  I added to the pattern and I’m really proud of both the patterning I did and the finished product!
• 15 – Black Coffee at Taproot opens (staring Michael Winters aka Taylor Doose from Gilmore Girls!)
• 16-17 – Hike at Thorp Mountain Lookout
• 21 – I went in for an orthodontist appointment and was surprised by getting my Invisalign off early!
• 23-24 – 10th Annual McIver Float!  This year we brought Saville!
• 25 – Clare and Patrick were in town, so we went over for delicious Indian food on the deck of their AirBnb
• 26 – Friends Aria and Jordan from school came to visit another friend, Emily.  I was hoping to go hiking with them, but schedules didn’t work out.  We did picnic at Matthews Beach though!
• 27 – Before we completely melted in the heat, Daryl installed our fancy new AC!
• 31-1 – Explore and hike around Salmon La Sac
• Books read: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Bag nights: 4

August

• 1 – Hike into Thorp Lake
• 5-6 – My parents are in town!
  • 5 – Have parents over and cook them dinner
  • 6 – Go to Mariners game (we won!) and Black Coffee with my parents
• 7 – Kind of last minute, Daryl and I decide to find a place to watch the Blue Angels perform at SeaFair.  We lucked out with one of the last available parking spots and last available beach spots at a park on Mercy Island.  I’ve never seen the Blue Angels perform before (though I did hear them practice for SeaFair about 12 years ago when I worked in the Mt. Baker neighborhood).
• 8 – Sneak Peak at Taproot
• 9 – One of my oldest internet friends Stacy (we met on LiveJournal when I was in high school!) was in town visiting with her girlfriend (now fiance!).  She invited me and two of her friends to all get together and declared that the three of us MUST become friends.
• 10 – Daryl’s friend Jenny from MO was in town visiting.  I had a really crappy day at work, but spent the entire evening laughing!
• 12 – Road Company rehearsal Stage Manager sub
• 19-5 – Daryl in Montana for Scapegoat
• 30-1 – Road Company previews (Props Designer)
• Books read: Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay, Fear Thy Neighbor by Fern Michaels, Jane of Hearts and Other Stories by Katharine Weber, Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

September

• 2 – I took my first ballet class since graduating.  I definitely cried my way through plies.
• 10 – The Bolt Creek Fire starts about 40 miles from Seattle.  The AQI hits 172 at house.
• 11 – Hamilton at Paramount with Ashleigh and Mady!
• 13-22 –  TTC tech weeks
• 21 – Betsey rolls over 100,000 miles!
• 22 – Teton Gravity Research ski film at The Neptune
• 23 – A Night With The Russells at Taproot opens
• 25-26 – Airplane camping at Point Roberts.  On our way there, we stopped at Lynden Airport, which is an air park (so folks have houses right next to the runway!).  We borrowed bikes from the pilots lounge and rode to a steakhouse, where I had the best French Dip I’ve ever had.
• 29 – Carmina Burana at PNB.  Oh my god, truly incredible.
• Books read: The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food by Ann Hood
• Bag nights: 1

October

• 2 – Day Of Goddess for Kelly & Calder’s wedding.  I’ve thought about using my stage manager skills for weddings for a while and I’m so happy I got a chance to help make Kelly & Calder’s day wonderful.
• 3 – Bivalent booster!
• 8-10 – Astoria for Great Columbia Crossing.  I’m so happy I got to walk across my very favorite bridge with my very favorite parents!
• 15 – Smoke returns, AQI 153
• 19-20 – Shadow SM in preparation for subbing later in the month
• 19 – AQI 289
• 20 – AQI 314
• 21 – IT RAINS!!!!!
• 23 – Squak Mountain Hike
• 25-27 – SM sub for A Night With The Russells
• 28 – Uncorked at Taproot
• Books read: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

November

• 1 – Betsey gets new tires!
• 10 – This Season’s Canon at PNB.  I could watch this entire program every day and feel very satisfied.
• 12-13 – Visit Will in Seiku.  On Sunday we went out to Cape Flattery.
• 15-23 – TTC tech weeks
• 15-17 – Christmas Touring previews (Props Designer)
• 20 – Hike in Carkeek Park, see salmon spawning!
• 24-27 – Friendsgiving with Lizommy in Cottage Grove
  • 26 – Hike Spencers Butte with Liz and Stella
• 25 – The Wickhams: Christmas At Pemberley at Taproot opens
• 29-30 – ASM sub for The Wickhams
• Books read: A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Allen & Mike’s Really Cook Backcountry Ski Book by Allen O’Bannon

December

• 3 – Snow!
• 7-8 – Banff Mountain Film Fest at Benaroya with one of D’s coworkers.  Saw a friend from the grotto there on night two.
• 10 – SheJumps Car Control Clinic!
• 11 – Ski Blewett and cut down Christmas tree
• 14 – Kula Holly Jolly Potty Party at Halcyon Brewing
• 18 – CommuniTEA Book Club zoom with Friday Afternoon and Clare
• 20 – Snow!
• 23 – Ice storm
• 24-26 – Astoria
  • 25 – My Dad and I visit my Grandma at the care facility and then I make Christmas dinner.  It’s very weird cooking in someone else’s kitchen, even if it’s the same one you first made boxed mac&cheese in!
• 28 – Hike in Hamilin Park
• 29 – Hike in Meadowdale Beach Park
• 30 – Hike in Discovery Park.  The Wickhams is officially the first show since See How They Run in Jan/Feb to not have a COVID closure!
• Books read: A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Books read: 22
Bag nights: 8
Taproot shows (Mainstage, Road Company, Acting Studio): 13
Performances I worked as SM, ASM, LBO, or SBO sub: 16
Outside shows: 2

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