Set Construction!

Today was AMAZING.

Haha. Really just the best theatrical experience I've had thus far.

WE BUILT AN EIFFEL TOWER.

Haha. Isn't that just the coolest thing you've ever heard?!
I admit, I was a little nervous this morning when I showed up (early, mind you) and Eva showed me a large pile of flimsy black cardboard and said YAY let's make an Eiffel Tower out of this!
I was.... dumbfounded, to say the least.

And for the first half hour, it was mostly just punching out pieces of cardboard and finding where everything was. Sorting into piles. I let Eva lead that for the most part.

But then, Eva had to leave for work. At like 9:30.

GREAT.

So here I am sitting with a huge pile of cardboard and a crumpled up sheet of instructions not knowing where the hell to even begin. :\
But shockingly, it became really fun. Especially when Candace showed up. Being my best friend and all, she definitely makes everything more fun for me... Haha.

So we started with the top.

Hot-glued everything together.

Then Ms. May asked us to build the base so that the crew could build a wooden structure for it and make it easier to move. Which was... a little frustrating, since the guys just threw the wooden structure together without any super accurate measurements, which made all our hard work kinda useless... But hopefully it'll turn out well in the end. :)

SO in total, Candace and I stayed two hours later than everyone else, just trying to get it done, poking those freaking lightbulbs through the freaking cardboard and freaking hot-gluing everything....

*PULLS HAIR OUT IN FRUSTRATION*

After those five hours though, we felt really good about all the hard work. Cause it seriously looks SO COOL. I can't wait to see the little kids' reactions. :D

Here's a picture of the not-quite-finished product:

:D :D :D :D :D :D

Oh, I also got a wonderfully huge blister on my index finger from the hot glue.

OWWWW.

...The sacrifices we make for good theatre. Haha.