Don't Tell anyone, I think I am almost a grown-up

Well, this has been a huge week for me. The first two weeks of August I was at the PRG shop rebuilding Mamma Mia and it went really smoothly. I had planned on taking the third week to find an apartment in New York and I found one on Monday. Since finding that apartment, I have given people I just met more cash than I ever thought I would hold. Between the Broker Fee, security deposit and first month's rent, I had a good amount of cash on me walking through the subway. Talk about the guy to mug. Anyways, after signing and initialing on all of the 'X's, I am now a renter of an apartment in Jackson Heights, NY. I have about a 20 minute train ride into Times Square, so it is going to be a good location. Right now, all that is in the apartment are the shower curtains that I installed last night. My mattress gets delivered tomorrow and hopefully I will be able to find some furniture for the place without having to spend to much money...


On top of renting my first apartment outside of college, I also landed my first Broadway gig! Originally, I got offered to run a Follow-spot on the upcoming holiday run of the musical 'Elf'. Yes, It is based on the movie and No, Will Ferrell is not involved... I was offered the gig at the end of last week and then got a phone call saying that the 'Elf' gig was falling through for me and there wasn't a spot open, but he did have another job on another show if I was interested. Because of that phone call, I am now the Head Electrician on the new Broadway show of 'The Scottsboro Boys'!! It is an open ended contract, this means that it will run until it stops making money, so, hopefully a little longer than 'Elf' would have. Plus, I am going to be a Head Electrician on Broadway. Talk about a big first gig...

So, all in all, it has been a very productive week. I am no longer unemployed or homeless, which will probably make my family give a sigh of relief. Today I am heading out to the Mamma Mia's Production Electrician's house for a BBQ. It should be fun. He has a beautiful house that he has been re-finishing for the last couple years. I haven't seen it since I was in NYC to work on Broadway Bares two years ago. Tomorrow, I get a mattress and hopefully some furniture. I am renting a van to get a couple couches out of storage, wish me luck driving through New York...

That's it for now! Thanks for reading...