Okay, I have a lot to say.

To begin:

I'm super annoyed because I still haven't finished my It's A Wonderful Life Newsies story even though it's February. I'm actually the worst. It's also been a year and a half since I updated my sequel or any other of my Newsies fics and I'm really upset because I want to write more so badly.

I'm going to try, especially when school calms down for the summer, but we'll see. Right now I'm working on the school musical, so I'm kinda booked for three more weeks. Maybe after that I can throw myself full force back into the fandom.

Time isn't the only issue I'm facing. Other fandoms are encroaching and I'm not exactly complaining. Marvel has really gotten to me and it's becoming a problem, as is my love for a certain Spider child.

I have two ideas for Peter Parker fics that have been bouncing around my head for months and I really need to get them out. One is pretty basic, but I like it so maybe I'll write it just for me. The other, however, is something that I am so excited for. I have spent so much time planning and researching and just thinking about it makes me so excited to write it.

I've started working on it a bit, but the words never sound as good written down as they do in my head. Maybe when it starts sounding the way I want it too I'll give you guys a sneak peek if you'd be interested in that.

On to the next thing!

In June I saw Hamilton (the Angelica Tour) and promised a review. This was right before exams, then I went on a mission trip that ended with me in the hospital for a few hours due to dehydration. Then we drove back to Michigan from New Mexico (I went to Santa Fe!!!) and we stopped in New Orleans (the food and WW2 museum were phenomenal, but the rain as we drove in felt like a hurricane or something. I was so scared.)

This resulted in me not writing a review.

It's been 8 months, so I've forgotten most of the details but IT WAS SO GOOD OH MY GOSH.

The regular Angelica and Eliza were both out, but the women who stood in for them(Cherry Torres as Angelica and Stephanie Jae Park as Eliza) were literal goddesses. Wow. And Jefferson(Bryson Bruce) had so much energy!!!! Everyone did honestly and the whole show was sensory overload.

Five things I vividly remember:

1. When Hamilton(Edred Utomi-who was adorable btw) was told that he could marry Eliza and he did this dorky little dance in celebration.

2. The 'rewind' sequence of 'Satisfied'. I don't know why I was so surprised that they actually 'rewound' the scene but I was and BOY was it a MASTERPIECE. The stage spun and everything (that was such a nice touch for set design. It worked out so well for literally everything).

3. How amazing and dramatic Peter Matthew Smith was as King George. This man was a privilege to watch and almost stole the entire show for me. His attitude killed me.

4. One Last Time. I was worried I wouldn't like it as much because I'm so used to the OBC, but I was so so so wrong!!! Paul Oakley Stovall had the voice of an angel and it was so sweet and good and I never wanted him to stop. I honestly think it was one of my favorite songs/moments of the entire show. He blew this song out of the water!

5. In 'Non Stop' when it's the end of the song and Hamilton is going to join Washington he runs up some stairs to stand next to him. Edred totally tripped on one of the top steps and almost face planted at Stovall's feet, but caught himself on the railing last minute. He kept on singing and was so natural that at first I thought it was planned. I literally thought, "oh, he's just in character. Hamilton is so excited for this position that he's literally tripping over himself to get there." Nope. My man almost broke his nose and you couldn't even hear a catch in his breath. What a legend.

I also bought a shirt for like $30 and didn't even feel guilty so there's that.

Now onto other matters. I am so very excited and am hoping to get some writing motivation to finish up the last few parts of my Bandstand fic, if any of you are interested in me finishing it. My issue was having only seen it once and time passing so quickly, I was forgetting the characters and their personalities. I wanted to do them justice and I felt I couldn't do that so I got discouraged, but....

I'm so excited!!!!! I spent so much money but it's okay. The tickets just came too and I am so ready for this you guys!!!

Of course I'll write all about it afterward (for real this time!)

I might also post pictures on here, but I'm not sure. I'll definitely post on social media though, so if you want to see pictures for sure just message me (if you're comfortable) and I'll add you on insta or sc. There's literally like four of you that still read my spam and so I've known all of you for several years. I trust that you're not crazy by now.

Anyway, I'm finally done so thanks for sticking around! I'll try to be more active soon and maybe I'll try to start actually initiating conversations because I really miss talking to all of you. You're such good friends and I wish Wattpad had a group chat feature because there's like less than five of us left from the beginning (part of each others' lives for almost 3 years now!) and it'd also be a heck of a lot less pressure for me.