I haven't posted here for a while. 2014 was a very busy year both at work and personally.

In my local parks and rec every-two-years performance of the Nutcracker I was surprised to get the part of the "Nanny" for the party scene. Since there are not enough parents available to do a big group of adults for this scene, they cast a Nanny to "ride herd" on the kids at Fritz and Clara's party.

Two years ago I was one of two "party guests". The other guest was a very tall high school sophomore who played my grandson (and also the Mouse King). This year he is an even taller senior and played Drosselmeyer.

Anyway, two years ago I was a appalled when I got the video of the performance. My character did not look bad as a "character" but I thought, "Where did this shriveled, little, old lady come from?"

This year I wasn't as dismayed by the video. There's LOTS of room for improvement; however I looked taller because I stood straighter. I even remembered to point my feet every once in a while.

So I'm looking forward to a good 2015.

If I can learn to do decent cartwheels before mid-2016 Nutcracker auditions, maybe I can get cast as one of the larger mice.