Dear Diary,

Well I'm back in Toronto! To be honest I didn't fly back just for the wild Simcoe festivities...I flew back to see my wonderful family and to give my fabulous husband a hand with the kids.

Also, my daughter Myrna is deep into rehearsals at Massey Hall for the August 2 opening night of Annie Get Your Gun (with Louise Pitre and Billy Ray Cyrus). To say she is enjoying working with all these amazing adult performers would be an understatement! Of course she is cool as a cucumber about the star power she works with on a daily basis.

Of course when my husband goes to pick her up he gets all silly and giggly when he sees Louise Pitre and Bill Ray Cyrus. Poor Myrna, she is woefully aghast at her father's inability to chill around celebrities.

Now, I haven't been around during rehearsals, but Myrna isn't offering up much of an inside scoop either. She won't even tell me what her costume is -- she wants it to be a surprise! She does tell me Louise is really friendly, Billy Ray is very sweet and shy and...that's about it! Oh, and the cast and the orchestra sound amazing! I wonder what it feels like to be eleven and singing with a full orchestra?

I can't believe I'm going to walk into Tuesday's opening night performance with my husband and younger daughter Trinity and not know what to expect at all! I don't even know how much blocking and/or movement/dancing there will be! Talk about suspense!

I wonder if she'll invite me to the opening night party? I wonder if I'll get to meet Louise and Billy Ray (teehee...teehee...teeheee...)

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