Dispatch title, while listening to 80's rock. Gotta love it. Play Auditions should be posted by the end of the week. So, we wait in anticipation for the moment that little white sheet of paper seals our fates for the next 3 months. Hopefully, I will not chew off all of my nails in an attempt to be patient. I am journeying off to Texas and Mexico with Alex and Stef for Mardi Gras break. We leave on Friday, and return the 12th. I shall try to update again before that, but I will not make promises. My father took my little brother and I to dinner tonight. We went to our favorite Mexi-rant (that he happened to build) where he proceeded to hit on our waitress, who was merely a year older than I. I later discovered the reason for his flirtacious behavior. He and his girlfriend of the last 8 years split up the week before Christmas. This abrupt ending to a relationship that seems to have lasted forever came as a great shock to me, and to everyone else. This is the woman that my father left us for 8 years ago. So, somehow, this feels not only like a failed relationship, but a waste of a long time of lacking a father. This one was supposed to work out. If it was enough for him to leave us behind for, it should last forever, right? Ironically enough, she left him because she is seeing someone else. I hate to say it, but Karma is a bitch, aint it? My heart ached for him when he informed me. Tears filled my eyes for some breif seconds while he explained his story. I know he loved her. As best as he knows how, anyway. Seeing my father choke back on tears, sadness, and anger is one of the most heartwrenching experiences I have had to endure my whole life through. He vainly attempted to hide any trace of emotion, as he swore to me that he was 'Over it." I admire his strength, and think it is about due time for a reconciliation. Sometimes, something has to happen to realize how you really feel about someone. I love my dad, I do. I regret the wasted years. And though it is an unfortunate series of events, part of me is happy it happened, because now I'll have a place in his life again. That's about it for now.