9/29/14. The post where I dust off my acting chops.

9/29/14: the start of another work week.  My morning walk is getting faster each day.  I looked like I was packing for a long journey before work this morning.  And in a way, I was.  I participate each year in a fundraiser musical sponsored by my local professional organization.  I have enjoyed acting, singing, and dancing my whole life and this gives me a chance to scratch the itch once a year.  What I lack in talent, I more than make up for in enthusiasm.  

For the next month, I will have rehearsals after work at least two days a week.  Add that to one night of handbells and one night of choir and...well, you can do the math.  It keeps me busy for a month every year, not to mention helping jump start my diet, which is more important than usual this year.  Is it a good idea to try to do this so soon after my surgery?  Maybe not, at least physically.  But I did not get to participate last year because my leg was in a cast, and it is just what I need mentally, so here I go.

During rehearsal month each year, I usually take all three daily meals to work to ensure I eat appropriately.  (Food is normally such an important part of my life that this sounds ridiculous even as I type it, but it is true.)  I try to cart as much as I can to the office at the beginning of the week, because the week nights get very long.  So I had a plan for this morning.  Which worked better in theory than in practice.

I got to work and as I put away my food, I realized I had forgotten nearly half of it, and the only utensils I remembered went with the items I forgot.  As I sat staring at my fork and yogurt cup, I remembered why I am a list maker.  But no worries.  I had enough food and utensils to cobble together a lunch and a dinner, even if they didn't exactly go together.  First world problems.

It was a long day, the first of many, but I enjoyed it.  It was nice to see friends that I only see once a year, and I'm excited about the show.  The producers of the show are aware of my situation and will help me keep from overdoing it.  (I promise to refrain from dancing for a few more weeks.)  I turned my stimulator down for awhile this afternoon, but had to turn it back up again tonight.  The next month will be interesting.