WWC Theatre Alumni Blog

Hi all. Gamyr here. I know it's been several months since I blogged, so I guess I'm way overdue. I do have significant news to report that a few of you have already been informed of by telephone. Kirsten, Hannah, and I will soon be making a move back to Salt Lake City. We're planning on making the trek at the end of May. This may well come as quite a shock to those of you who didn't know already, and have heard me rave up and down about how much we love Austin (I'm actually still having a hard time believing it myself). It's true, we still love it, but there have been other things to consider of late. As you may be aware, my mother has been struggling with cancer off and on over the last 8 or 9 years. Her recurring tumors are popping up more frequently every time, and she has less and less time to recover between bouts of treament. We feel that our time with her may be short, and especially Hannah's time with her. We actually feel quite guilty keeping Hannah from her over the last three years with nothing much to show for it. The program I had intended on applying for in directing at UT Austin doesn't even exist anymore, so nothing of real consequence is validating our being in Austin rather than staying close to family when they are in need. Secondly, we really want to have at least one more child, and Hannah's already 5 1/2 years old. At this rate, it seems like we are nowhere near being able to handle a second child. Kirsten's job is the one paying the majority of our bills, and if she stopped working to have a baby, we'd sink. Even if we could figure out something short-term and then she went back to work, she'd definitely have to work full-time again, which would mean having 2 kids in daycare full time with one of them being an infant (that's a very depressing thought, not to mention very expensive). Back home we have a free house in Salt Lake, and we have family to help with babysitting and such. It just makes a lot more sense. Kirsten keeps saying, "It doesn't need to be this hard" , and she's right.

So, despite how much we have enjoyed Austin and all it has to offer, we are saying goodbye for now. Who knows? We may move back someday, or maybe we'll try a new place eventually, but for now, we need to be in SLC. I'm still emotionally torn over this, but logically I can't deny that it's the right decision. Believe me I've tried. :)

I hope everyone's having continued success and happy goings-on in their lives. We'll be able to visit and catch up with the SLC crowd soon, which is exciting. It is a bummer that summers seeing the show in Cisco and hanging out at Billy and Colleen's lakehouse will not be as easy to realize, but we will do our best!

Until next time!

Gamyr