Bits and Pieces

Let's see. It's January 17. We have half an inch of snow on the ground, it's hovering in the 20s, and the Queen is languishing with a nasty cold accompanied by cough. So far DeBoy and I have avoided, although he woke up very hoarse and I have a scratchy throat this morning. My problem is my allergies are so bad it takes awhile before I know whether it's actually a cold. So we haven't been to dancing or tumbling this week. It seemed rude to take an obviously ill child to mingle with a roomful of other children who may or may not be in the same condition. Although there are some people around here who have no such scruples, which is why the Queen has a cold in the first place. Anyway.

I've started rehearsals for a play called Sylvia. I play the title character, who happens to be a dog. No, really, an actual dog. A Poodle/Lab mix. It involves a lot of kneeling (sitting) on the concrete stage floor, and I can only find one knee pad. Could be a long five weeks. Last night's rehearsal was the most exercise of that sort I've had in a long time. Lots of jumping up off the ground from a kneeling or sitting position. Today my legs feel like I've been doing squats, you remember, those awful things we had to do in gym class, and which I haven't done since, because really, who is that masochistic? Sarah Jessica Parker played this role on Broadway, but she was in her early 30s at the time. I'll let you know how a 45-year-old with rheumatoid arthritis does.