iWin an Oscar

I never thought I'd be elected for an Oscar. I never thought I could bring down the house with an act as a ditzy girl who hitchhikes with cute boys so she can paint her nails. I guess all my SWAT (improv team) work paid off!

You find me in St. Louis, MO at a Sisters of Mercy convent. It is beeyootiful and making me slightly homesick which is ok since I will be home in three days!

We just did skits on "worst nightmares" of parish nurse educators. I laughed so hard! We had one scenario where someone did a devotional for ONE HOUR. I won't even try to explain the skit... but we laughed until there were tears in our eyes. My group's skit was on a girl who was "ditzy", giggled, and gave inappropriate comments in response to questions. Somehow we had my character hitchhike to class... (so she could paint her nails of course! And she thought the driver was pretty cute) Then she said that the case study scenario should have been printed on scented paper. I strung it out was wildly as I could. It was great! Even when we got to the serious part when we were talking about interventions for the scenario... I had to make one last joke. Our leader was stating that maybe "Sally" (my character) felt out of place in class with the other women and I shouted out in character "BECAUSE THEY'RE SO OLD"

How the women loved that! It's a longstanding joke (and sad fact) that the average age of a parish nurse is 61. I'm the baby of the group by a long shot. It is such a riot though. I'm enjoying every minute of it and learning SO MUCH. I love being surrounded by my gray headed elders (and they're really not old - I mean they're all still teaching!). They take great care of me too. After this skit they're saying they'll see me at the Oscars, I'm a great actress, and NEVER HITCHHIKE! I will share more of the wisdom later when I have access to my own computer (I'm on one of three at the center and don't want to hog it!)

Comedy act in St. Louis
Yours truly