I am so exhausted. This show is a killer, and it's especially a killer to do four times in one weekend.

I was really spacy at the matinee, too, cutting half of an (admittedly short) scene, and blanking on a line that I say about 200 times (no, really, at the top of each act we come onstage repeating one of our lines over and over again, and I chose "The mineshaft building used to just shine", and when it came time to say that line in the actual scene, I forgot it!) and then I fell off the step unit exiting after the curtain call, and it was only by virtue of the fact that Danny was being a gentleman and holding my hand to help me down did I not fall all the way down the stairs and roll out into the courtyard!

At the evening show, we were just so tired that when, at 7.50p there was as yet not a single audience member, several of us were loudly praying that no-one would show at all so that we could just go home and go to sleep!

But about fourteen people ended up coming, so we had to. We did a good job, I think, but everyone was about on their last legs. My favourite bit was where we were supposed to rhubarb (make general mumbling noises) in one of the courtroom scenes, and pretty much everyone forgot to, leaving Al to shout "Order! Order!" and pound his gavel after a rather deafening silence.

We finished in record time, too, as everyone (especially me) did their scenes as quickly as they possibly could, while still making sense and not skimming over their moments!

Kristine, who plays Patsy, spent a good portion of the afternoon teasing me about Nik.

Apparently, I was quite visibly mooning over him at the bar after the show, laughing at his merest utterance in an "O, aren't you just the funniest man in the world" kind of way, and just being this total and complete infatuated girl.

I objected strenuously to this libellous characterization, but honestly, I don't doubt that I was acting exactly as she described!

I have become a cough drop addict.

Not just any cough drop, though, a Ricola Honey Herb cough drop addict. I was hacking a bit during the first act of the Saturday matinee, so Al gave me one at the intermission, and I just fell in love.

I've never been much of a cough drop fan, since either they're so strong that it's like chewing on a eucalyptus leaf (had I wanted to do that, I would have chosen to spend this life as a koala), or they're just candy, but these things are fantastic! Delicious, and they work and everything! I've had three full packs in the last two days, and show no sign of slowing down.

They're like crack, I'm telling you!

O, hey, I went to the supermarket yesterday morning, and thought I'd glance at the turkeys, and saw just the tiniest one, just nine and a quarter pounds, so I thought I'd best grab it, since come Tuesday the only ones left will be fifty pounds if they're an ounce.

It was really cheap, too, only $11, and then there was a $2 discount 'cause it's fresh, so it was a mere nine bucks! Now I just gotta find that goddamn turkey sausage--the kind in a log, not links, for the stuffing. I've been to three stores, but I haven't seen hide nor hair yet. One year Mom had to use the links, cutting each one open and scraping out the inside from the casing, but I really can't be bothered to do that.

People have been sending in some wonderful stuff after my pathetic cry for a redesign, and I really appreciate it! Haven't had a second to answer any of your e-mails, but I will before Thanksgiving, I promise. Thanks so much!

Today's horoscope:
Temptations are strong today. You may overeat or overindulge in other pleasures. Don't feel guilty about minor excesses.

One year ago today:
That screaming you hear is the sound of that camel's back being broken.

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