Excuses

Lights up on an abandoned playground. There is a crowd staring at it from afar in total silence... waiting for something to happen.

ALEXIS enters SL. Embarrassed when she sees the crowd, she scurries to her seat on the swing. She kicks off her purple Docs and takes a seat. She swings for a moment in total silence. Finally when the tension is too much she stops swinging and clears her throat.

ALEXIS: Hi. Uh. Hi, everyone. Wow, uhmm... I'm sorry. It's been awhile. I mean, you know how life gets. (Pause) Right? Crazy. But uh, anways... here's what y'all've been waiting for. Oh, yeah... and I say y'all now. My speech has been heavily influenced by my Louisiana roommate and all my Georgian core-mates. Great. Ok. Without further ado, a blog post!

Blackout.

Ugh I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I'm awful! I haven't written in over a month and a half! Ok, thats a lie, I HAVE written... just not on this blog. Actually, I've written quite a lot. So here is a list of excuses why I haven't written. (I know everyone hates excuses, but it's my blog and you don't have to hear 'em if ya don't want to).

- My summer job kind of took over my life. I was stage managing and camp counseling... which was all day everyday. Literally one of the most exhausting things ever.

- When I wasn't working I was busy having a social life. (Oh my god, I know). Spending time with my family and this lil nugget (who's basically family) before both of us left for school. (She's a big bad freshman at Syracuse now!)

- I got a little obsessed with Tumblr. FOLLOW me.

- I also Tweet.

- I went to the beach to get tan and have something to show for spending my summer in Miami. It didn't work too well, but I got some great photos.

- I was/am writing A LOT. Like woah.

- I left Miami and moved back to Boston for my sophomore year at school. And I moved into literally the most gorgeous apartment ever. So for a week or so I was really busy with that whole "settling in" process.

One of my roommates, Bailey, in her cupcake room!

- Sophomore year has started off REALLY well. I LOVE what I'm taking this year. Just a taste... Movement (Viewpoints!!), Acting (Meisner), Arts Criticism, Voice/Speech, Musical Theatre (Solo song interp.), all int/avd dance classes (Ballet, Jazz, Tap), and others. It's a ton of work. This year is already proven to be strenuous both physically and mentally, and I'm so ready for it.

- Sophomore year is also infinitely better since we no longer live in the dorms (I can cook my own meals!), and I LOVE my class.

- Uhmm... what else? Oh! I got hired as a writing coach/tutor at school. Yay! A job!! Very anxious to get started.

I think I'm all outta excuses. So I guess that's it for now. I swear I'm gonna write more often. I hope y'all are doing well!