SCHOOL HAS BEGUN!

wow. i'm here. at AMDA. this is real. this is my life. i am living a dream. 
for as long as i can remember - i've always wanted to go to a school that is 100% music & arts all the time! its great. no matter where you are you hear some form of music! and amazing good music at that! from all sorts of plays - that i will be a part of some day! absolutely amazing! i adore this career as you all know. there is nothing like it! and being here is just making me want it more! 

its so much work. already. my first week, not even finished yet - and i am already swamped with work! BUT - this is not me complaining in the SLIGHTEST! because i love it! hard work pays off. and because of all this work, i will come out a beast. which is the plan, remember! i'm surrounded by people 5x better than i am, and people not half as good as i am. but we all made it. we are all here. and now its up to US. to take this work, and USE IT to our advantage, being here at AMDA isnt good enough. just being here wont get you on Broadway. 

you have to apply yourself. you have to give every little thing you have within you to this. you have to allow yourself to be submerged in this work. eat, breathe, sleep, drink, LIVE this! if you do not live it you wont get there! so what do you all think i am doing? im LIVING this!! eating it, breathing it, sleeping it, drinking this!!! and nothing ever tasted so good. i am awre that this is only the beginning. and there is much much much more hard work to come. but hey - without the hard work id be at a stand still. and as ive said in previous blogs - that is something that can NEVER happen. nothing but growth from here on! 1% a day remember?! so letts goooo!

keep me in your prayers! its challenging. oh so challenging. my faith is constantly being tried. more than ever. but the Lord allowed me to go here, he gave me talent enough to get here. and because of that i know that i will make it through! he freakinnn rocks! this is indeed a FABULOUS journey. (lets not forget what that word means! ;) blog #1!!) 

Eliza Brielle*

the moment of TRUTH.

its been a while y'all. my bad. 

i start at AMDA this week. i move in on thursday. i meet my roommate! yeah! 

placement tests are on friday, morning! singing/acting/dancing :)

i am absolutely positively THRILLED!

i am absolutely positively NERVOUS as well! now that the moment on truth has come?!

waayyyy too many emotions! but. i've come this far!

what is this but another circumstance for me to overcome? :)

so to overcome is my goal.  and ill meet that goal! pretty darn soon at that!

i am going to rock this school. i'm giving everything i have within me!

and Jesus is within me so #BEPREPARED! 

i'm coming out of this an unstoppable BEAST.

expect to see me in shows that you wouldn't expect. because Jesus can do that. 

and that's just the way it is.....with that being said...

this is the week where it all begins. 

i don't know who is reading my blogs. 

i don't know who cares if i make it to Broadway.

i don't know who cares if i follow my heart and live my dreams. 

i don't know who is shooting me down behind closed doors. 

i don't know who is supportive of my career choice.

i don't know who truly and faithfully believes in me, for SURE - with their ENTIRE heart.

what i do know - is i believe in me.  and i care if i make it to Broadway.

and i believe in me more than i think anyone possibly can. 

yes, i doubt myself at times. i forget my level of awesomeness now, and that from this point on

all i can do is improve. THAT is IT. growth, and only that. 

i know that being where i am now, and the simple fact that i will be in the best college for my career 

for the next 8 semesters, can only mean the best.

i know that this is what i live for. 

i know that live and breathe and eat and dream and taste Musical Theatre. 

every day of my life. its what i do. Broadway is awaiting me, with open arms

i will not let down such an invitation. 

i know that someone with a drive as such. and talent as such. would not be created as such,

if Broadway were not awaiting them: the HEART of Musical Theatre. 

all i'm going to say is... #beprepared ;)