Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!
So today Miki had the day off, she she and I spent some time learning new dance steps, and she and I wandered around Tokyo for a bit, too. I gotta say, this is really convenient. But then I came back, crashed for a little bit, and then got all the girls together (that live here anyway, and we had the rest on a call) and I showed them how everything works. They’re excited but a bit nervous. Crystal even said that if I wanted to get them back, I did a pretty good job.
Hahaha!!!
But no one’s complaining too hard. They’re actually practicing pretty diligently. They’ll probably all come down a week early and we’ll practice some more before we go to Houston and spend some time with the choreographer. I’ve got Miki on speed dial, too, and Yuki’s helping out, so it’s all good.
Usually my life’s weird, but this was my idea! Haha!! Remember when I talked to the producer when I was in Japan? I asked him if we could find a way to let all the girls actually perform a little. He thought it was a good idea, and that it’ll help sell tickets to the matsuri. More tickets means more eyes!!! But it’s my job to make sure they’re as ready as they can be.
Tonight Crystal and her band have the grand opening at our new shop (which soft opened a couple of days ago), and they’re really looking forward to it. I’m going to dress up a bit and go tonight as well. I want to see how they sound. It really looks nice! Sabby kind of leaned into the “grungy live house” look, but also somehow made it look a little classy. I don’t know how she does it, but I trust her a lot, and that’s why. She’s not often wrong. She is sometimes, but usually just about the small stuff.
We’ve got a tropical storm coming in a few days. Dave says it shouldn’t be too bad, but we went to the store today anyway, just to be sure. It looks like it’ll track just a bit east.
We sure do get the storms here. We got a few boomies today, but nothing big. Dave’s “Texan Tinkerer” friend was telling him how they still haven’t completely cleaned up from the tornado in Temple – his fences are still down and some roofs still are being worked on. Aww.
Anyway… guess I’m going to head down to the shop. Crystal’s set is soon.