Clang Clang Clang went the Trolley

I played my first full show yesterday! Woohoo! Well, besides the clown gag in Act II, I still need to learn that. It was pretty awesome and nothing went to terribly which was nice. Now it's just a matter of repeating it until it is perfect, and continuing to clean up a few areas. Whew! Now I feel like I can relax and have more fun on my journey :)

After the 5pm show got out I went back to the train to drop my stuff off, then me and a couple of the band guys walked over to Rock Island and went to a place called Cabana's for a bite to eat. The deal there was that with the purchase of a drink, all the food was either $2.99 or $0.99 ...WHAT?? WHO DOES THAT?? So thinking that the food must be pretty tragic, I was pleasantly surprised that it was not! So after spending a couple hours there, we realized we needed to get back to the train since we weren't sure when it was leaving haha. Luckily I knew a shortcut back, having walked this path earlier when I went to gardens, and after hopping several trains and avoiding someone walking with a flashlight, we found a door that hadn't been locked yet and made it back on haha.

Seeing as how it seemed we just barely made the train, I was expecting it to leave pretty soon. Turns out when I woke up in the night because my light went on since my car apparently lost power for a little bit, we were still in Moline. We ended up not leaving until the morning, and believe me, I knew EXACTLY when we started moving.

You know the Trolley Song from Meet Me in St. Louis? And Judy Garland is singing about the clanging trolley and the dinging bell? WELL SHE WAS NOT KIDDING AROUND. You might as well add bumping, squeaking, rattling, jolting, ringing, squealing, and a complete vareity of unpleasant adjectives. Apparently, trains have a tough time getting started. Well since then we've been going at a pretty steady pace, and there's basically just a smooth rocking, which is fine. There is still a lot of squeaking that happens, someone needs to get some WD40 stat.

Anywho we are on our way to Kansas City, MO, and thanks to my musical theatre knowledge I have plenty of Missouri-themed songs that will play in my head the whole time we are there. For now, I get to enjoy a couple days off until we have our first show there on Wednesday!

P.S. I'm not really sure where the sunny beaches were...oh and if you don't know the Trolley Song...