I'm in this for the ice cream.

Rehearsal was so much fun! I have that smiley feeling inside, like being in love. I am so excited about this. After the reading, just feeling the joy in the room. . .I believe 100% that this play is going to be something special and something I will look back on fondly forever. Not that it's going to be easy (what fun is that?), just that it's going to turn out WELL.

Lots of people think you can tell everything about how a play is going to be, from rehearsal to closing, at the first read. I am starting to believe this more and more. Anyone else think that? Or that you can tell what a job will be like at the interview or first day? It's not the same thing as judging a book by its cover. All kinds of marketing banana-blah goes into that.

And, in case you were wondering, I chose a light brown peasant skirt, a pale blue tank top with dainty velvet and lace detail just at the top, and a cream mesh overshirt-thing with one button and delicate embroidery here and there. Can't think of the name for it. And conservative gold stilletos and jewelry.

In other news, I made the call dropping out of a show. Which I'd never done. It wasn't any more pleasant than I'd imagined, but it was much faster. Like ripping off a band-aid. I said, after dropping the bomb, "I'm really sorry, but I've been offered something else which will pay, and I'm a waitress, I have to take it." (the show I'm leaving could only provide a $100 stipend) The director said "it doesn't really matter why you're leaving." Which is fair. But that sentence is repeating in my head. I feel guilty.

But hey. I had a small role and it's a month yet before rehearsals even start for that one.

I mustn't let that make me blue. After all, I'm embarking on something very exciting right now! I even cracked a bottle of champagne I've had since April and made myself a kir royale. I'm that jazzed.