Shows # 30 & 31, Miami and Fort Lauderdale!

I type this from my hotel room in Orlando - our internet connection hasn't been the best and so it's been a while since I updated.

In Miami, we had our first show with the lovely Ms. Jacobs. For her, it was the first time through the show in its entirety - Hurray for Leah! We were performing in a day school that was attached to a synagogue, had to get security clearance to get into the parking lot (tho nothing like what we have coming tomorrow, but more about that later...) and set up under some of the most beautiful chandeliers I have ever seen. Let me repeat: chandeliers. In a school. These kids are privileged.

They were also a wonderful audience! They absolutely loved the show, although one little boy was so overwhelmed by the Blue Tarantula that he hopped into his teacher's arms and practically wept. He's ok now, though. I think.

Anyway, we had a good show, a quick load-out and then went back to the hotel room for a bit before we all went out to dinner at a place called.. something Opa. Taverna Opa, I think. I could double-check, but I'm too lazy to do that right now. Anyway, it was a fun Greek place, where the music was pumped up, we ground our own humus and the patrons (and waiters) were dancing on the tables.

After dinner, we realized we were just across the street from the beach. So we went for a stroll on the beach, which ended up turning into a night-time dive into the ocean in our underwear - incredible.

• the things that we didn't wear into the ocean

After our swimming adventures ended, however, we went back to the hotel and slept as soundly as possible before the hour-long drive to Fort Lauderdale, where our next performance was.

This brings me to yesterday. We drove to Fort Lauderdale and performed in the War Memorial Auditorium, loaded out quickly and went to lunch. During the lunch break, I swept a HEAP of sand out of the vans (which had gotten there after the hijinks of the night before) and stripped the front of all of its garbage. Now it's actually a place we can ride in comfortably, as opposed to being a complete sty.

Anyway, we finished lunch and hit the road to Orlando, where we checked into our La Quinta, ran across the road to get pizza for dinner and then came back. Once at the hotel, the castees and I hopped into the hot-tub, made friends with the bartender and had drinks bought by a new friend at the bar (which is poolside, incidentally). So, now we are caught up to today!

This morning, the girls and I got up for breakfast, where we met the boys, ate enough to tide us through lunch and then I headed out to the pool, where I have just spent the last two hours or so swimming, laying out and reading my book.

It's a hard life, but someone's got to do it.

As for dinner tonight, Ethan and I have been talking about driving out to Celebration (which is the town Disney built) and maybe getting some grub while we're there. Just to say we've been.