09-15-26 Act 2
Today was more stable than yesterday. I think part of the problem is that September is usually the month that I have less client work so I take vacation but I’m not taking a vacation this month because I’m in the play. Having time on my hands during the workday makes me worry that I am forgetting to do something. This complicated brain of mine just can’t let me take a break. I did get an awful lot done though even on things that aren’t due until the end of next month and worked until six before I headed to F&B for something to eat and time to study my lines. I ended up having a nice visit with the owner Mike and then his wife Heather, who I’ve known much longer. It suddenly occurred to me that she is a hairdresser and we need a Hair! person for the play and she is involved with front of house, but I asked her if she would be interested in coming and being our Hair! lady for the run of the show and we had a lovely emotional moment.
At 8 PM it was my rehearsal time and we worked through the first portion of act two where I actually get to be a little lighthearted because I have a more casual relationship with my brother in the show. It’s a time to lessen the intensity and enjoy a little comic timing, which I do know that I am good at and will improve with each rehearsal, but I did love hearing the director laugh.
I had a real miss Rosie moment today. She was such a support to me through all of this and has known me since well for 61 years. She is 13 years older than me, but much like a big sister and confident. I wish we weren’t 6 1/2 hours away from each other driving time. I did write her a card and pop it in the mail for her birthday next week.
Even more than my girlfriends who came to visit, she knows me. Mostly because we have kept connection through all of the years where that wasn’t always so with the others. That was the part that was mostly relaxing though, these are people that you don’t have to explain a lot to, you can just be you and I’m not entirely sure that I have that person here on the regular.
triumphgal 