Next to Normal and the Easter Bunny

I miss being little when Easter meant Easter Egg finding, sugar highs, and giant chocolate bunnies. Unfortunately, I'm just really not excited for Easter this year. If I could just skip tomorrow all together, I'd be pretty happy. I love my family but I require a LOT of Katie-time alone which I don't really get over holidays. My lack of ability to sleep paired with working a ton has just made me generally grumpy and grouchy lately. Unfortunately, with an A&P lab exam and a biology lecture exam on Wednesday, I don't think this week will be any more calm. Hopefully tomorrow will be a nice day and I can walk my dog down to the park to play and get away for a while. *cue A Way Back to Then*

This new musical opened on Broadway a week or so ago called Next To Normal. It's actually an original musical (I know, I thought they were going extinct too...) about a dysfunctional family. The cast recording was released on Tuesday and the minute I heard it, I fell in love. I absolutely LOVE this musical. I can really relate to it which is both amazing and very scary at the same time but if you have a chance, you should check it out. Alice Ripley(the one Jeffy thinks is fierce), Aaron Tveit(the one you will immediately fall in love with), and Jennifer Damiano(the one from the OBC of Spring Awakening) star in it.

Just like always, we've gotten no farther on our musical, but I did have to buy myself a new notebook (this one's fun stripes since I filled the Tinker Bell and Princess notebooks...) to write ideas and thoughts in. Hopefully this summer when B gets a new job, M has graduated, and I'm out of school we'll have time to keep working on it and we'll see where it goes!

So hopefully you have a happy Easter/Passover and I hope the Easter Bunny hops over to your house tonight and leaves some yummy candy.