Day 18: Preparations

Hey Friends! Tomorrow is our final show for class and then I will be leaving. Today in class we worked on stuff for the show all day. Mostly practicing running it and getting transitions down. I think its going to be a great show and am excited to see how it goes over. After class, my mom and I headed to Lincoln Park (where Depaul is). We went to an Urban Outfitters outlet store. That was super great because cute clothes at cheap prices, hoorah! Then we went to Pasta Bowl for dinner. My mom read about pasta bowl and being as pasta is my favorite meal she thought it would be a good choice for our last night in Chicago. I had some gluten free noodles with chicken and a creamy sauce with mushrooms and sun dried tomatoes. It was delicious. After dinner, we went straight home to the apartment. We are now spending the night packing up are stuff. I also have to get stuff together for the show tomorrow.
M&M
Just some observations as our adventure draws to a close.  I have, in the three summers Grace has done this, sung the praises of improv and the philosophies Second City promotes.  That continues.  Yes and, working to make the people around you look good as your focus, etc. are all  great life lessons as well as what Second City uses as the basis of their comedy and improv work.  This year we witnessed the very kindness that SC always speaks of.  In all Grace's work here it is heavily emphasized to be kind to everyone and good to work with if you want to succeed.  We have gotten to meet some extremely successful people on the improv scene while we were here and all were gracious and wonderfully kind.  I have been impressed in how Grace has been treated by people whose shows she has watched and equally impressed that her teachers from prior years remember her and address her by name when she has run into them.  Grace has had nothing but a wonderfully positive experience that has fueled her passion and for that I am grateful.

I am trying very very hard to not be sad right now. I am trying to focus on getting through tomorrow and then getting emotional. It is very hard. I think I'm going to sign off for the night so I can finish packing up.
Yes And,
Grace