Not the best night’s sleep and up again (not by choice) at 5am. I watched a little TV. I love the “How it works” kinda shows. I got to watch them make fried plantain chips. How cool is that?

Had breakfast about 5:50a and hit the supermarket before 7a. After that, off to the local hospital for my 8am call to my step sponsor. We reviewed the weeks events, looked for times when my character defects began to engage and how I handled that and then turned to the more fun stuff, like the play I am in. It was a nice call. I happen to like and respect the guy.

Some Sunday’s there are other OAs that show up after 9a, while I am writing or reading something on the netbook (named ‘lilone’). I got to talking with them and later overheard that one was a writer. Well, I happily shared my 3 minute short story with both of them. They laughed in most of the right places and said they really liked it. That was nice. She’s a poet, and I didn’t know it! Darn, that’s poetry, but I digress. We exchanged e-mail addresses. I’ll send her some of my recovery haiku. It will be fun, I think.

After lunch, I had rehearsal. My part wasn’t called, but I knew that some of the actors needed for rehearsal wouldn’t be present, so I just show up and fill those parts. It helps them block the scene. We often do these scenes over and over again so each time, I get to read the part differently, and I try to improve, at least in my mind, each time. I don’t receive any direction at these times, but I can sense from other actors what works better and sometimes a laugh is a particularly good indication. It’s just all a lot of fun.

This coming Wednesday, my role will be rehearsed. I will be prepared and will have my few lines memorized, I think. Why not? If the part were serious, I’d need to be really hammering the memorization by now. Right?

The rest of the day was okay. Simple. Nice dinner. Did a little laundry. Drove the kid to work. It’s 9pm now and It’s almost lights off for me. Soon as I hit publish, I am hitting the pillow.

Be well. Don’t eat no matter what. No matter what, don’t eat.