We were on the uphill, and now we seem to be stuck. Can anyone see the first drop from where they're at?? I thought my astronomy test went alright, but then after talking about it with Josh, I began thinking maybe it didn't go so well after all...stupid me, I'm just not the test-taking type. I just hope that tomorrow, when I have to take my mass comm test, I can think logically. The second bite on our house fell through. The potential buyers were too ambitious with too little money to support their wishes. So now we're back to open houses. Dad is leaving on Thursday to Kansas to get grandma--they'll be here Sunday and the circus will be in town to pick-up the home gone bananas. Kris' bike was stolen today. That was very sad to hear. He called me right when I got to Saguaro and right when he said hello I knew something bad had happened--that's what happens when you get to know a person I suppose; you don't really need to ask if everything's okay, you just need to know what it isn't. The chances of him getting the bike back are slim, but here's hoping. It just makes me so angry that this had to happen to him; he works so hard and bought that bike himself with his hard earnings. I hate people. On the flipside, auditions went well. Not too many people today--only 14. Tomorrow, I hear, will be much better. People don't typically go to the first audition day, I don't know why. But today went well at any rate. It was a good warm-up for me because I had no idea how the hell I was going to run it. I had arranged the cold reads, ideas of other auditioning tools, but hadn't really thought how I was going to make the flow of things or even know what to write on the audition sheets. So tomorrow will be even better. But we did have fun. The girls strut around to some hip-hoppy music I brought and the guys showed us their best expressions when "the hottest girl in school just walked past you". It was hilarious; a much needed experience. I was very pleased with what I saw, not just for the sake of the audition, but for the talent and development that some of those "kids" have. After that I went home. Dad had dental surgery today--cut away at his gums to be able to put a crown on...sounded painful. Anyway, we sat in silence at the kitchen table, him reading the paper, me studying mass comm. I guess that's typical of us. Once in a while we'll glance at the other and smile shyly. That's the way my pop and I work. Mom came home and we talked for a long time. I ate left-over veal parmessian; it was delicious. Felt like a weekend. No, actually, it felt like I was back in high school, still living at home. But at 8 o'clock I got in the car and drove back here, off the 101 and across the bridge to Tempe, where they wasted construction money and the removal of train tracks from the road... Tomorrow will be rough. Mass Comm (test), English (boring), French (exhausting), lunch, psyc (interesting), doctor, auditions, production for CV. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. Carrie