One Short Day

I recently went to see Wicked on tour with Broadway, and it was fantastic! I have had the whole soundtrack in my head lately, but my mind keeps coming back to one song in particular. The song talks about having only "One Short Day in the Emerald City", and how there is "a lifetime of fun" to be had while you are there. That's an interesting thought to me. What if you were to only have One Short Day in a certain place?

One Short Day in New York?
Choose the big things, see those, and move on.

Empire State Building, Broadway, Sacred Grove, Statue of Liberty, etc.

One Short Day in California?
That's a little harder, some things take almost a whole day. But same concept.

Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Pier 39, the coast of the Pacific.

One short day in another country?
Extremely tricky because you don't know the place!

The Taj Mahal, or the Eiffel Tower, Parliament, 'The Rains Down in Africa', (couldn't help myself), or the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

They all seem kinda hard to choose, and it makes it almost impossible to see everything you want knowing you only have 24 hours to do it in.

But then I started thinking today,what if you only had One Short Day, on Earth. What would you do? Would you spend it with family? Would you try and see the world? Where would you go? And how would you choose what to see? Would you try to finish your bucket list? Or try and relax?

These are the things that I have been thinking about, and to be honest, I'm not sure what my answer would be. At first I thought that I would spend my time here doing all the things I love in Utah, but where my Mom is in India is so beautiful, I want to see there too. I have always wanted to travel to Australia, and Spain, France, and Brazil. So much to do before our 'One Short Life' is over.

What are you going to do with it?

Just something to think about.

-Tenacious Tenor

There is No Business Like Show Business

I haven't posted anything in a while, and have been thinking alot about it lately, so I decided to post something today.

I have been really busy as of late, and it feels like the only time I am sitting still is when I'm sleeping. And even then sometimes it's not quite restful. I was talking with my Dad on Sunday about stress, and filling my plate to bursting point. I have done this before, and I didn't enjoy the first few times, yet I keep doing it!

I have been working a full time job which is taking all my energy to start, and then I go straight to rehearsal. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE play practice, and it's fantastic! But boy you end up tired after a full day like that. I try and spend some time with Britt, and get some sleep. The time with Britt is never enough, as is the sleep. So I get up the next day and try to make it better then the last.

But I complain too much. My job pays me well enough for what I need right now, I'm taking a mission prep class and learning alot. I feel like every week I teach my primary class, that I learn as much as they do. The play is fantastic and I love doing it! I have been given the chance to play the lead role for a couple of shows during the run, and however hard it is right now, it's going to be a lot of fun to do! I have a great girlfriend who loves me, and a great group of friends both old and new.

All in all, I'm exhausted, bordering on sick, stressed and in need of a break pretty much 24/7, but I am having a great time with all my hectic schedule offers, and am loving it!! I can't make any promises but I plan to start posting more, as this seems to relieve at least a little stress.

Thanks for reading........ Whoever might be.....

-Tenacious Tenor