i woke up a little while ago, and was lying in bed feeling pretty good about life because i’d somehow managed to sleep through most of the night. i didn’t wake up till six, and was able to go back to sleep for a while longer, so i felt that the day is going to be GOOD.
AND THEN I LOOKED OUTSIDE.
SNOW.
OH. MY. GOD.
i thought we were done with all that.
I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH ALL THAT.
remember the article in the paper, the one in late december or early january that said the rest of the winter was going to be MILD and all the badness was BEHIND US???
badness. right outside my door.
ok, i have to admit that after my initial shock-n-horror, i looked more closely and the amount of snow on the ground is fairly insignificant.
the thing i really hate, though, is that it covers up all the ground, thereby making it seem much more wintery. if there’s no snow, i can look out and imagine that spring is right around the corner.
snow. not a good way to start my day.
but ok, ok, now i’m suddenly resolved. i’ll IGNORE it. yep, that’s what i’ll do. i won’t look outside. when i was at the mall the other day, in the middle court there are all these little booths selling all kinds of crap, and one of them had a display of these cheesy things, they’re photos of islands and waterfalls and stuff but they have lights in the back and so it looks like the water is moving. cheesy, yes, but maybe if i had a bunch of those and put them in all the windows, i could imagine that i’m someplace warm and sunny.
oh WAIT, that’s RIGHT…i’m theoretically going to be headed to LA in the not-too-distant future. tentative plans now for the end of march. i’m waiting to get the official word from jerri and brendan, the official news of the actual date, news that this is actually, really, definitely going to happen.
i’m being very patient about it.
except that now there’s this snow on the ground…
rehearsal went pretty well last night, except when i got home i was thinking about how i’m never quite sure how it’s going to go when i get onstage. sometimes we say the lines exactly as they’re written, sometimes we say other things, but it’s always sort of close to what’s supposed to be happening. there were a few times when people were on stage and nobody said anything, but i don’t believe i was involved in any of that.
and now it’s COMING RIGHT UP, opening night. i feel ready.
pretty ready.
fairly ready.
why not?
ok, i have to go outside and ignore the snow. i am glad i have new tires now, because the guys at my car place (FLOYD IMPORTS, by the way, and they’re the best guys in town) have kept telling me that i really need new tires for a while now, and they’re always usually pretty low key about stuff i need to have done, so i know it was way past time when i needed them.
i hope your wednesday is good in every way.
or at least in some ways.
or at the VERY least, one way.
ok ok ok,
wednesday morning grace.