Training is Over!!

12 days later and I am officially done with training! My truck is packed (pictures to come, but know that it is scarily full) and I don't head to my next destination -- Malta, MT -- until tomorrow.

Our vigorous training schedule has left very little time to explore Missoula, which is lamentable to say the least. But finally, I had time to visit Missoula's Shakespeare and Co. which takes it's name from Paris's Shakespeare and Co. -- a bookstore I visited this past summer to great success! Missoula's Shakespeare and Co. was a bit of a let down, but then again, what isn't after Paris?

Taken on our walk from the theatre to the bookstore. No biggie.

It's really embarrassing to say that even though we've had no free time to explore Missoula while we're here, we don't have any plans for our free day and we're all so exhausted that we might just find ourselves at the local megaplex for a movie... or two. We also have a lot of work to do before we go unfortunately.

Malta is roughly seven hours away and we have been given the task of comparing MapQuest to GPS to an atlas because our bosses don't trust GPSes and are scared that we'll get stuck at the top of a mountain. We'll be leaving nice and early on Sunday which means that I will be driving while Mandy sleeps for the first few hours. So excited to get started.

A Carousel for Missoula

Well, I arrived here a week ago and haven't had much time to blog. Missoula is great but cold; I never thought I would think of 10 degrees as a heat wave, but here I am. Today we got out of rehearsal early and were able to visit A Carousel for Missoula, which is the fastest carousel in the US (and second fastest in the world). It goes 7.5 mph -- crazy, I know!

Missoula is a lot bigger than I thought, but I don't have a lot of time for exploring unfortunately. It looks like I'll have some time next weekend though, and that's exciting! It is snowing right now -- basically all the time -- but things have been going really well. Everyone from work is awesome and I'm just loving this adventure!!

My daily commute

The view from my office

A Carousel for Missoula

I've arrived!

I am in Montana. Where it is snowing. And where we might have ten inches by the morning.

What I've seen so far is pretty but it's also basically white out conditions and I can only see three feet in front of me. But, those three feet are beautiful.

Although it is not one of my usual end of the world disasters, it took less than an hour and a half from leaving home for something to go wrong! I left my laptop charger plugged into the wall instead of in my bag, where it should be. This will be an adventure in deed.

Peace and love, Boston. See you in May.

I've Caught Wanderlust

I often describe Tumblr as one of the darkest corner's of the internet. It is the seedy underbelly of the internet, but it is also a place where people post lots of lovely photos that make you drool and want to see absolutely everything on this planet ever. 

Since I now have a new camera and I am going to places that are hopefully worth taking photos of, I have created a tumblr dedicated solely to my travels. It might be premature, but I hope not. Entitled I've Caught Wanderlust, this blog shouldn't be hard for anyone who follows this blog to find, as the URL is simply thomsonstravelblog.tumblr.com. 

Less than 24 Hours Now

I think the title of this post is pretty self-explanatory, but just in case...

There...are...less...than...24...hours...until...I...leave.........................!!!

One Week!

This time next week, I will be in the air on my way to Montana (technically on my way to Denver, but THEN onto Montana after my layover). Not sure how much blogging I'm going to do on the road -- last night, I reread my employee handbook and it says that I'm not allowed to put anything about MCT on the internet without explicit written approval and while I guess I've already broken that rule by writing this post and while I wasn't planning on blogging about the job itself, it is a distinct gray area. Plus, I'm probably going to be super busy with my acting and all that!

Definitely planning on keeping a journal for myself, but maybe no blog or quite minimal blogging. Sorry, fans. I guess you might have to actually talk to me to hear about my adventure!

ONE MORE WEEK!!!