Crossing the Ocean Day

Location: JFK Airport, New York City

I've made it pass security (sorry, no weird questions about the hat this time, just a lot of staring!) and I'm sitting at my gate waiting to head over to England! I'm feeling all sorts of things right now: excited, anxious, nervous, and a bit overwhelmed. I've calmed down though since my crazy ass ride through New York City on Super Shuttle. I've spent the last four days hanging out in NYC with one of my housemates from South Africa, Kelly. I love the feeling of the City; there always seems to be exciting, exotic, and interesting going on at every street corner. I've been eating lots of great food (hello pizza and pita!) and love that there's a delivery service for just about anything you can think of—at any time. I saw two amazing shows while here: In the Heights, the 2008 Tony-award winning musical about growing up in Washington Heights. The guy who conceived and starred in the autobiographical show wrote it when he was a sophomore in college. Sound familiar? Let's hope Jordy Pordy will see it's day on Broadway sometime soon! The other show I saw was August: Osage County, the 2008 Tony-award winning play written by Tulsan Tracy Letts. Set in an Oklahoma city, there were lots of references to TU and Tulsa—so you can imagine how exciting it was to be in the Broadway audience.

Stacie was supposed to be meeting me here at the JFK airport and we were going to fly together to London, but because of the bad weather in Dallas (what?! what!?), her flight was delayed and she's now flying directly from Dallas to London. Not a big deal, as long as we both get there with all of our luggage. Especially because I have half of the mascot costume and she's got the other half, and I'm just not sure if a half mascot suit/half man combination will have the same effect. I'd like to just not think about that right now!

Alright, time to get ready to board. But before I head out—a special shout out to all of you! This tour would not have been possible without all of your love and continued support. I'm saving you all a front row seat when the show hits Broadway. Or at least a seat that's somewhere near the front row. Hopefully it will be in the same theater.