Gallery Walk

Amanda Presents: Her New Apartment!

I had a wonderful wake up call this morning... very loud and angry Spanish coming from my next door neighbors. It's funny until it won't stop. haha. So I got up and started to prepare for the day. My landlord called early and said that she was going to bug bomb our apartment around noon and that we had to vacate by then. Hopefully that will get rid of those fleas! Gross.

Kevin and I left the house and went up to Brattleboro to meet up with Christopher. We went to the Coop for lunch where I got to see my coworkers again yay! This time my old boss, Chris was there and we were jokingly discussing me coming back but apparently they really do need the help. Out of the four people they hired after me, three were fired and one walked out. This was great because I need some kind of part time job and he was totally willing to work with me schedule. So it looks like I might go back to the Coop for around 3 days a week when I'm up there training already. We'll see how that works out. 

Amanda Does Flips

I also ran into Erin at the Coop which was great and we were able to catch up a little bit. She leaves for two weeks of performances and visits so by the time I get back she won't be here! Ack! Someday this craziness will stop! haha. When food was done I called Amanda and started to head over to her place. She had a gymnastics lesson at 3PM so I decided I would join her and Carolyn. Amanda recently got a new, larger apartment within the same apartment complex so I got to go see it! It has a much better layout for Ed and Amanda's needs which basically means larger kitchen and office for Ed! Woot.

Erin Stilt Walking for NECCA

Then we went to Woodman's Gymnastics for the lesson. My back was still feeling pretty funky but I needed to practice some moves for my gig next week. I got there and Tosha and Colin were finishing working out and cleaning. Carolyn was there too yay! It was nice to start seeing other people I knew. Keri, the coach, is fantastic and I obviously got to see her too. She took Amanda and Carolyn over to the trampoline while I warmed up my back handsprings and tumbling passes. I needed to work on "dolphin rolls" which are back handsprings to your belly. I had never done them before so I wanted her to watch me do them. I started to do them and UGH, my full of food belly became nauseous blarg. I could basically do them I just needed to slow down my handspring. Then I went over to the trampoline and started working double backs. How fun ^_^

American Gothic Goes to Frankies

Then I went with Amanda to her Physical Therapist appointment down the road. I decided then that my back was too messed up to perform at gallery walk for NECCA so I called Serenity and told her. While there I also decided to make an appointment. I'm so sick of my back hurting me, it's just not right. I need a professional to help me =/ Unfortunately the appointment isn't until I get back from this crazy gig ugh! I got to go in and talk to Amanda while her arm was having electricity pumped into it...it was really funny because she couldn't control her own arm. (see video below)

Britta Doesn't Get How to Use the Cotton Candy Machine

The rest of the night was hanging out with Ed and Amanda at Gallery Walk. We went to Frankies for dinner and had a huge pineapple pizza. Then we made our way to NEYT where there were some circus performances going on. There were so many people in Brattleboro, holy crap! I've never seen so many in my life. It was like the place was an actual city or something. A lot of hooligans, I admit, but there were also legitimate people. The whole circus community was there at NEYT. I got to say hi to everyone I hadn't seen in a while while also meeting Aimee Hancock, the new trapeze teacher who was so freaking nice and amazing. I can't wait to take lessons from her later this year! It was nice to feel like part of a community again. 

After that Deena, Danny, Ruby, Ed, Amanda and I all went to Frankies for ice cream (even though they only had 2 flavors left!) I passed Eric, Mark's friend from Balitmore who is doing Pro Track now and a few other people I know. By then it was late and Kevin and I drove back to Holyoke where I was more than happy to go to bed!

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Christopher Oakley Proudly Presents:

Amanda's Possessed Hand