Well, dear readers, I had a nice day off, fairly uneventful, which was good in certain ways and not in other ways. I did get over nine hours of good sleep, which was certainly helpful in certain ways and not in other ways. Once up at twelve-thirty, I ordered a burger and fries for food, answered a lot of e-mails, ate the burger and fries, then decided to hold off futzing and finessing and just get to some new pages. I wrote about four pretty quickly, made some notes about what is coming next in that sequence and the one that follows it, which will be a new chapter. Then I needed a little break. I was hoping social security would arrive, but it didn’t, I was hoping for a modern major miracle, but there was none, and then I dozed off for three hours, which I certainly was not intending to do. Monday was, of course, the heavy pill day and I took all those. I had a little low-cal ice cream when I got up, then wrote three more new pages and I’m not going to bed until I’ve done three more, for a total of ten. Even that’s light for the likes of me, but until we open the play, that’s how it’s going to go. Once we’re open, then I’ll start doing the usual fifteen pages a day until I finish. For my second meal, it was a Caesar salad, and that was pretty good. That was really about it for the day and evening. Oh, I did watch some irritating YouTube videos and checked out the movies that were added to Prime and HBO – several interesting things that I saved. I did not, however, listen to a note of music. I’ve just rectified that by playing a symphony by Richard Flury. Don’t know his music much if at all and so far, it’s very appealing. He was a Swiss composer. I, on the other hand, am not a Swiss composer, nor a Swiss cheese. But that’s another story.

Today, I’ll try to be up by ten, I will futz and finesse the last twenty pages I’ve done, then I’ll write new pages, I’ll hope social security and a modern major miracle arrive, and if the former arrives, I’ll have to do a quick bank run. I’ll eat a sandwich for food, I’ll write more new pages, then I’ll shave and shower and mosey on over to the theater around five-thirty or so. At six, we’ll run three short new sound cues to see how they work and if they work, we’ll try them out at the invited dress. I’m thinking there won’t really be anyone at the invited dress and given the costume situation, that’s probably a good thing. Any notes other than general stuff, I’ll give via e-mail.

Tomorrow is our first preview and there will definitely be people there for that. Hopefully, all costumes will be there, and changes will have been rehearsed, but we’ll make the usual announcement about having to stop if necessary. It will be very interesting to hear the response to the play. Thursday is the second preview, and all elements had better be there. Both days prior to the previews, I’ll be here writing away, and I’ll send Muse Margaret the first hundred pages as soon as I get there, which should be during the week. Friday night we open and I’m hoping it’s a fun and full house. There’s an opening night partay backstage afterward. Saturday is our second show, and then Sunday matinee we have a talkback and after that I think some of us will go have a meal.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, try to be up by ten, futz and finesse twenty pages, write new pages, hope for social security and a modern major miracle so my head doesn’t explode, have a sandwich, write more new pages, shave and shower, mosey on over to the theater, try out three new very short sound cues, then we’ll do our opening number to warm up, then we do our invited dress. Today’s topic of discussion: What was the first kind of ice cream you ever had, both at home and out? What were your favorite flavors, and which ice creams do you love these days and which don’t you love. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy to have had a day off and get some writing done.