What a day!! Yeah, much better than yesterday – though still long. I think we’re all just feeling it as we get closer to Detroit (Saturday). We finished Act Two with Walter Bobbie today. It went faster than Act One, thankfully. After lunch, we had a stumble through of the show, which actually wasn’t the kind of stumble through I am used to. If we’ve performed together before, you surely know how it can be, right? But this was smooth. I love how detailed and fine tuned everything in this show is. It’s so clean! Woo hoo! If you’ve ever taken classes from me, then you understand why I love a detailed and fine tuned performance. Ha! Tomorrow, we are slated for a run through in the morning (with Walter) and then after lunch, we get dance review with Randy Skinner and finally, I’ll get to do some understudy work. I am very excited about that. Some of the cast went in for flu shots today; not me. They scare me a little. I’ll just have to stay healthy. Someone told me today that it’s only good for respiratory flu, not stomach flu stuff. I don’t know if there’s truth in that, but… I didn’t sign up for luggage and box call tomorrow morning. Some of the cast is putting luggage and/or boxes on the truck going to Detroit. I just figured that I got to NY with all of my things, surely I can get to Detroit with the same gear. We’ll see! Another REALLY cool thing that happened today: we were told that we could invite up to two guests for an invitation only viewing of rehearsal on Friday morning. I thought that was amazing; I mean, how many people get to be a part of that in their lifetime, right? I invited a dear friend who lives nearby. We are so excited. I haven’t seen him in over a year, so he’s going to come watch rehearsal and then after, we’ll get to hang out. It totally made my day that he’s taking a day off work to be with me. Life is pretty good right now. I started packing tonight, as I ate dinner. Not too bad, actually. I bought these “suck-the-air-out” bags (and yes, that’s the technical term), so that you can store more in your suitcase. I think they’re actually going to work well. It looks like I have a lot of extra room. Hmmm… Just kidding. I also did laundry tonight; that took a little while, but since I was chatting with a friend – time flew by. I don’t have a lot of details about the show, other than we got more changes choreographically today. Maybe that stops once we leave for Detroit… I don’t know. My foot is feeling better. It just has one small place of tenderness, so I’ll try some heat and ice before bed tonight, and crossing my fingers, maybe by the time we get to Detroit, I’ll be able to wear my favorite sneakers again (the back of the ankle applies too much pressure on the tender spot). Yeah, when Aaron came to visit, he had to bring me an old pair that didn’t come up so high on the back of the ankle. But overall, they’re not as comfortable. On a final note, I actually started wondering today what it feels like when the show is over in December. While there will have to be relief and happiness to be home, I’m a little concerned that I might also feel some withdrawal of all of the excitement and “high” that I’ve been living since late August. Furthermore, with the amount of time that I’ve spent with my castmates, I wonder how I’ll feel about leaving them behind. Finally, the uncertainty of whether there will be another show after December is scary. But, all I can do is live in the moment, right? One day at a time and enjoy every minute of it. And today, life is good. No, it’s not good. It’s amazing!
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Thanks! Nice post.