Sunny or Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

So, I believe it was shortly after I wrote my last blog post that I stopped working out again. We are finally into the nicest part of our schedule for the whole tour, we have three week sit downs in a row, so we shall see if I can motivate myself to work out during them. So far, it is not looking good.

Since leaving the wonderful two week sit down in Cincinnati, which was a great time filled with seeing some great friends and family, I have been to: Whitewater, WI; Wausau, WI; Ames, IA; Sioux Falls, SD; Omaha, NE (where I got to see my family); Boise, ID; and Palm Desert, CA (which had amazing weather and the theatre had an outdoor patio with a grill). I am currently spending the week in San Jose, CA.

I always forget how much I enjoy CA until I make it back to the west coast. I love the weather, the food, and just the pace of life. While I also do love my east coast cities, it's a nice break to come visit the west coast.

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As some of you may know, the concept of pursuing your dreams, no matter how crazy they seem, is a concept that I am very much in favor. There are numerous reasons given for people not pursuing their dreams, or reasons why someone will not be able to pursue their dreams. One excuse heard often is that the person who accomplished their dreams is just luckier than person X. That person A made it so big because they were lucky.
So I ask, what is luck and how are some luckier than others. Is it possible for someone to learn to have more luck in their life? In thinking about all this, I found a quote from Oprah where she stated, "I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity." A Beattle Baily comic that I read had the quip, "It takes skill to be lucky." There is also the oft used quote, "Luck favors the prepared." While some of these are cliche, they demonstrate the very valuable point, that "luck" might not be an out there unattainable concept. Having "luck" is about being prepared for whatever may come your way, to have the skills needed to pursue your passion. 
My goal getting out of college was to do touring theatre, and I thankfully was able to achieve this goal. While I would agree that I was lucky to get a call from my first touring company, I received that call because I had done research into touring companies and sent them my resumes. With my resume, I took the time to craft a cover letter specific to each company, and made sure to make my resume looked as best as possible. Going back even farther, the information on my resume was hard work that I had done during college, and represented numerous hours spent in scene shops. So, while I do feel lucky that they called me, they called because of the skill and preparation that I had put into pursuing my dream of touring and especially touring theatre. To me, luck is being prepared to answer when opportunity knocks.