mom asked dad where he wanted to go for his birthday dinner, and he said “i\u2019m not telling.” so we\u2019re all showing up at their house at 6:30 and we\u2019re going someplace that only dad knows about.<\/p>\n
only dad would host his OWN surprise party.<\/p>\n
my arm now feels fine as long as i don\u2019t move it. typing is actually not so great for it, so i\u2019ll stop here in a minute.<\/p>\n
last night we rehearsed “hand me down that can of beans” yet again, and we sound darn good. well, actually, i couldn\u2019t really hear the women singing, but there aren\u2019t very many of us. but the men sound good.<\/p>\n
and then i had to stick around for a few more minutes because i have a few lines in the middle of a song that the men sing. and you can tell they\u2019ve been practicing, and they sound great. i\u2019m working on my french accent.<\/p>\n
thursday night we\u2019re going to learn a can-can number. the choreographer, who is very cute and friendly, wanted to know what kind of dance background all of us women had. the high school girl who has never appeared in a play before said she had six months of ballet, i believe when she was little. i said i\u2019d been in some dance shows a while ago.<\/p>\n
i didn\u2019t feel like explaining to him about my marvelous and intricate ballet work in “you can\u2019t take it with you.” i figure that if he didn\u2019t see it, there wouldn\u2019t be words to adequately describe how majestic and riveting, plus moving and very graceful, my dancing was. i didn\u2019t want to make him nervous. he\u2019ll just have to find out what a great dancer i am by seeing me in action, a blur of finesse and shimmery elegance.<\/p>\n
my friend kate, who is the assistant director, hasn\u2019t been at rehearsals yet, because they\u2019re just singing and dancing (i assume that\u2019s what they\u2019ve been doing, anyway). but next week we\u2019re going to do more stuff, i hear, and so maybe we\u2019ll both be there, which will be a good time.<\/p>\n
andy, who plays my love interest in the show except we\u2019re only together onstage for about three minutes, tops, said that they did some bottle-tossing last week. sounds slightly dangerous, and i\u2019m relieved that i don\u2019t have to take part in any tossing, or more importantly, catching, of bottles.<\/p>\n
although now that i\u2019ve WON a triathlon, of course i\u2019m sure i\u2019d suddenly have the ability to catch something hurled at me, without ducking\/flinching\/yelping.<\/p>\n
that is all for now. please wish Dad a happy birthday if you see him out and about.<\/p>\n
ok then,<\/p>\n
grace who has already gotten through one entire day of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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