Play

Kaylee made it through her day just fine.  I had her skip a shortened version of TKD so she could do her homework earlier, and while she worked on her homework I ran to Starbucks and got her a Vanilla Bean Frappuccino Grande.  I asked for a "Skinny Café Mocha" for myself, having never had one, but of course they were out of "skinny" so I got a "fatty" instead.  It was delicious.  I walked on the treadmill a little extra tonight to pay for it.  ;)

Kaylee's call-back audition was tonight at 6.  I dropped her off, ran out to Glenndale to grab something I needed, topped my car off with fuel, I mean gas, and then made it back to the try-outs.  I missed her audition, unfortunately, but I was there when the started calling off the numbers of the actors who were chosen for the play.  Kaylee was number 25, and they didn't go in order.  So I'm listening, and watching, and I know there aren't a ton of kids being chosen for roles, and as he kept saying "Number...26, playing the Fox and the wife", for example, I kept getting more tense. In my head I was saying "Twenty-five...twenty-five...c'mon twenty-five...say it, twenty-five..."  Her getting in these plays means I suddenly have more of a time commitment, joining committees, evening practices, the whole thing.  But yesterday, she off-handedly told me in the car that she's really hoping that she gets a speaking part in this play, because when she goes for too long without being in a play, she starts to twitch.  That's the phrase she used: "I start to twitch".  As far as I know, she's never read this or heard me say I'm getting twitchy when it's been too long since I've flown.  I stared at her for a second and said "You start to twitch?"  And she said "Yeah, you know, I feel grumpy and can't wait for the next role and I just start to...twitch!"  Oh boy.  She does have it bad.  So anyway, about 2/3rds of the way through the director listing the actors he's chosen, I hear: "Number...Twenty-Five.  Playing Marcie the Merchant, and the Old Woman."  So, the kid has two roles in this play, a merchant and an old woman.  This will be the first time she's had a costume change during a play, so that will be interesting.  Tomorrow I have to go to the mandatory parent meeting, starting at 6, and at that point the kids will all be given scripts, and she'll find out how many lines she has, what will be required, etc.  This play is called "The Canterbury Tales or...Geoffrey Chaucer's Flying Circus"! The description is: "What happens when you do a mash up of classic literature and the stylings of Monty Python? Comedy, that's what!"  So Kaylee goes from being a voiceless Holocaust victim to this.  She's really looking forward to it, is really excited, and I'm happy for her.  I can't help but get a smile out of watching her walk up to me and give me a little side-glance smirk and quick hand slap on our way out, trying not to appear overly excited in public, while still wanting to celebrate that she got a part.  It's kind of fun.  And hey, I'm looking forward to seeing the play, too!