Medical in Mexico

So last week I stepped off the sidewalk in Idaho Falls ID and fell down. It was early, it had snowed and the sidewalk did not continue in the manner you would have assumed it would have continued. After sitting in shock for a bit while my cast gathered around, I managed to get up and to make it to the theatre. (we weren't even late to call)

Thoughout the first performance and the load in I didn't even look. I figured that if I was bleeding my long johns would soak it up until I noticed and since I could walk, it wasn't broken. Upon checking my wounded knees I noticed that the right one had doubled in size and was turning a nice green color. The left one was also painful but since it seemed to be the second to hit the ground, it had sustained less damage. We put some ice on them and I managed to limp around for the next few days. My left knee currently is spotted with some big purple bruises and my right knee is striped, green and swollen at the time publication.

The next day I woke up with a very sore shoulder. I had been carrying 2 big bags on my right side when I fell and apparently I yanked my shoulder pretty hard. A couple days later that pain had gone away as well.

The second day I noticed that my mouth was hurting. It seemed not only had a bruised both knees, and yanked my shoulder that I had bitten the inside of my mouth pretty badly. Pretty bad got worse as the week went on and when it got infected eventually my head, neck and ears were in painful shape. It was at this point where I figured I should probably go see a doctor. We were in Brawley CA and Kelly and I had quite a medical adventure.

Brawley CA is a small town a few miles north of the Mexico border. We i-phoned for clinics and came up with El Salud Medical Center. I called in to see if I needed an apt and the lady asked me several questions to see if I was pregnant before letting me come in. When we arrived I signed my life away and was asked such a litany of personal information I gathered that one.. they needed the answers for some sort of funding and two... most people attending the clinic did not receive regular medical care.

After tons of paperwork I waited to be called to wait in a different waiting room. Then I was called in an measured, weighed and temperatured as if I was cattle all while the techs fired basically the same questions at me. Then I waited again. Finally I was called in to see the doctor and I waited some more. Around 2 hours after arriving at the clinic the doctor walked in gave me and Kelly both a pop and lock handshake and asked me again about my medical history and if I was pregnant.

I left paying nothing (thank you equity insurance) and with a small paper ensuring that I could receive 10 days of antibiotics and 60 mega pain killers. I am currently awaiting the day in which I feel 100% better but that day might be sometime after this tour is completed and I am eating and sleeping on a normal schedule.

Still on the road....

We are currently in Billings MT. We drove in last night and went to dinner at a great brewery called Montana Brewing Co. Damian, Ariel, Kelly and I had a great time.

Today we drive 4 hours to Helena MT and load in the set. We will be in a middle school theatre as the main theatre is having work done.

Everything is going pretty well. I'm starting to get very over tired with all the time zone jumping and the hours of driving. You wouldn't think sitting in a car would be so hard.

onward... and I guess upward for reals.

October 20th 2009

Today was a long day.

We got up at 5:30 AM to drive into the Bronx at 6:10.

Wait. I should start before that. Around 1AM we had loud banging on the door to our Best Western hotel room. Kelly opened the door to 4 firefighters. Apparently Ariel had called the office because there was water pouring from a light fixture in the workout room. The firefighters thought the fuse box was in our room so they were looking to see. The fuse box was not in our room. However they did turn off the water heater. Luckily Kelly and I had already showered the night before.

On the way across the George Washington Bridge I accidentally got in the lower lane in the Penske truck and had to be escorted by police to the upper level toll booth.

Then on the way to the Bronx a guy in a truck honked and then shot the finger at me. No apparent reason.

Today at our venue, The Bronx Center for Science and Math, we couldn't find a place to park the van, we couldn't fit most of the set in, we didn't have light cues, and while unpacking the van one set piece fell off the ramp narrowly missing Anthony. I wasn't as lucky and also fell off the van and will have a nice big bruise and a painful shoulder to show for it.

The day got a little better after that. The show was good and the kids were awesome. We had actually been worried because they were high schoolers and our show is mostly for 2nd graders but they were very well behaved and asked some great questions during the Q&A.

Seven hours of driving tomorrow. Maybe life will be better.

Jungle Book Tour

I am on tour with The Jungle Book produced by The Magik Theatre in San Antonio TX.

We are traveling the USA in a van and a Penske truck performing in different venues. It's fun and everyone is super nice and easy to work with. Here are some photos. We also have a blog at junglebooktour.blogspot.com.

New Mexico

Car Trouble

The Spencer Theatre in Alto NM

The Cast- ShereKhan, Tabaqni, Baloo, Mowgli and Bagheera

Sorry for the wait

I am very behind on my blogging. I am currently on tour with The Jungle Book and you can also follow our blog for that at junglebooktour.blogspot.com

Pictures- From this summer at Trinity University.

San Antonio

Ryan and I are in San Antonio for a quick trip and have decided to be more touristy than usual.

Here I am at Buc-ee's. We finally purchased shirts because walking around in a Buc-ee's shirt in NYC is so much cooler than wearing one in Texas.

TWO DOLLARS !!! Toto, I think we are NOT in NYC anymore.

Male Bonding over frozen drinks with fruit in them.

We have more pictures but Google Chrome is making me frusterated so we will save them for another day!

Ok- enough stalling

Since my last blog entry I have moved back to Texas, celebrated my cousin's wedding, my mom's birthday, visited friends in Austin and San Antonio, done some wedding planning and spent most of the summer working out, swimming and eating at my parent's house. Not an amazing resume builder to be sure, but a nice relaxing time in The Woodlands TX.

My future plans include a big birthday, a few more weeks of relaxation, some more wedding plans, a quick trip back to NYC in August and then I'm back down to SATX for rehearsal and the send off of my next tour.

This time I am working on The Jungle Book with The Magik Theatre. Dave Morgan is the author and artistic designer and after getting his play picked up by a booking agent, a car and truck full of scenery and actors and myself will be hitting the road again across the great country of the USA. This one will be a doosy in terms of area of ground covered so keep an eye on the blog starting in September.

Until then I am waxing fat and happy poolside in the great state of Texas.

Onward and Upward.