I caught myself in the middle of doing nothing..and yawned.

Yikes. I have such high expectations for myself sometimes. And then I end up disappointing myself. It's a vicious cycle that I really am trying to break. Life is too short, my friends. I'm 20! I've lived two decades already and what have I got to show for it? Man. Well, at least I got my 20 minutes of sunshine today. Vitamin D feels good.

So I found this great new site: www.tadalists.com

It's an online to-do list basically. You create an account, and then make lists for yourself. I never used to believe in making lists (which is probably why I never got anything done) but I'm finally growing up I guess. How about that?

Can I just tell you that Mary Poppins was absolutely, without-a-doubt, the best show I have EVER seen. And I saw it at Gammage! And I hate seeing shows at Gammage. It feels more like a stadium to me rather than a theater. But man. Let me tell you. I absolutely insist to everyone in the world that they have, have, HAVE to go see Mary Poppins. It was absolutely, magically, supercalifragilisticexpealidociously practically perfect in every way. I'm a big fan of the movie, so I was slightly skeptical about seeing anyone that wasn't Julie Andrews or Dick Van Dyke play the two leads but boy, was I ever delighted! I literally have nothing bad to say about it. Not even constructive criticism. Oh wait, I do have one. I wish it was another hour longer. It was almost a three hour show with intermission but it felt like maybe..20 minutes. Ahhh. So. So. So. Good.

Perhaps my absence from the theater made me just overly excited to see anything on the stage..but..no. It really was that good. Wowww. I am currently listening to the original soundtrack right now. It really is such a delightful story. You know, I think it's one of my favorites. And Julie Andrew's voice just makes my heart melt. I spent about an hour today watching youtube videos of her in My Fair Lady. She is just magical. I want to be like her.

Well darlings, I'm done for now I suppose. Until we meet again.

Yours respectfully,

Ellyn