How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?

Finals make you do crazy things. I don't dress up for Halloween, but for whatever reason I dressed up on Saturday. Crazy things, I tell you.

Katie and Rachel invited me to a Sound of Music sing-along last Saturday night.

Sound of Music. I'm so there.
Sing-along. Done.

And then they told me how they were going to wear costumes - there was going to be a contest. They were going as girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes. I immediately wrote off the costume idea, but I was excited about the evening. Then Saturday afternoon while I was running I kept thinking about it. (Another crazy thing. Apparently I shouldn't workout and let my mind relax.) Shockingly, I don't have a white dress. And I already put my summer clothes away and couldn't think where I would find a white skirt. Plus I would have had to stop and buy some blue ribbon for a sash, and I didn't have time for that. But I kept thinking, running and thinking. What do I have a lot of? Black dresses. Oh my. I could be Sister Maria . . . a nun. With a white shirt, a white headband and a scarf, it all kind of just came together. :)



It's a good thing I couldn't see myself, because I don't think I would have been able to stop laughing all night. Oh, and I got some crazy looks in the car on the way to the theatre. Good times.

And the sing-along was hysterical. We had props and assignments. Do-Re-Mi cards where you stood up and sang your part during the song. The whole theatre was up and down, up and down; it was so comical. Hissing when Baroness Schräderwas on screen. Bells to ring for "doorbells and sleigh bells." Party poppers for when Maria and The Captain kissed. There was quite a list. It was so entertaining.


I can't believe I dressed up, but it was a blast.

(And Platts, I thought about you the whole night.)

I'd like to say a word in her behalf . . . Maria makes me laugh.