It's been a big week for Cora! Fright Fest opened on Friday, and she had two trainings that went very late, on Monday and Wednesday nights. Her work nights will go until 2 a.m. pretty often. Also, the college play she's in started rehearsals on Saturday morning, so she had to go on very short rest after Friday's late night.
She spent the beginning of the week creating 3D-printed items for her Fright Fest character, a siren in the Devil's Triangle area. She made this mandible and painted it, and will hang it from a net she'll tie around her waist, along with other trinkets like shells and pearls.
Oh, and she also MADE the net! She looked up a video on how to knot twine into a net, and went to work. My girls are both so creative, crafty, artistic... it's astonishing.
On Wednesday night, Stace and I got to go to the training, which was a dress rehearsal for the scare actors and maze workers, and an Employee Night. This meant all employees could go, and bring one guest. Though my mom and Cora were both working, they put in my name and Stacey's name, as their one guest they were inviting.
My mom has been moved to a new scare zone, and it wasn't open Wednesday, so no photos with her yet.
It was great seeing her and meeting some of her new coworkers. She speaks very well of them all and is happy to be in this scare zone with them.
Because it was an Employee Night and dress rehearsal, Stace and I were able to go in all the mazes. That was fun, and a first for us - during normal Fright Fest, you have to pay extra to go in the mazes, and there are long lines, so we never have taken part.
Meanwhile, Violet and I went to the archery range on Monday night with Stace, and got frozen yogurt. Her schoolwork kept her very busy this week - she had a couple of writing assignments that were time-consuming.
On Friday afternoon, she got her hair cut - not the best photo to show it off here though. Oh well.
We watched Rango that night with Stace, and over the weekend watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, in honor of Robert Redford's passing. Vi has more of an interest in cowboy films and art, because she's been playing Red Dead Redemption 2, a western-themed video game.
On Sunday evening, Stace, Violet and I went to Colleen and Rigo's house. Our friends Christina and Eric were there, too.
I brought a keto-friendly broccoli salad, since our friends aim for that type of diet. But I totally overestimated the amount of broccoli we'd need. Ha! Four cups of chopped florets sounded like a lot but I definitely didn't need as much as I bought. No matter, it keeps in the fridge and we'll eventually eat it up.
After lunch, we watched the Pepperdine Improv Troupe performance, and then checked out the art museum. We were sad to see the bookstore and on-site Starbucks closed rather early, but found drinks at a little store in the student center. We checked out the exterior of the dorm we lived in, and looked around the large library, seen here.
Pepperdine is a Christian university, and the chapel features this beautiful stained glass window.
With Cora's theatre experience, we sneaked into the shop behind the theatre - it was huge! Strange for me to think that Cora could be here now, taking classes and living on campus!
After the banquet, we enjoyed one last look at the Pacific, with the lights of Santa Monica, to the south.
It was nice to be on campus again, especially with getting to see JT and Jim.
Meanwhile, Violet spent the day with Liana and Family, as they went to Carpinteria to the Avocado Festival. (And, Cora worked!)
