There are days when you just feel like everything falls into place.  Yesterday was one of them.

I really expected to be bummed out when I heard that I was knocked out of the running for casting, but I got over it miraculously quickly.  In fact, it really only took long enough for me to fire off an email to Bryan so he was also in the loop, and then I realized that I was given a great deal.  I could choose my own wardrobe.  I can choose my own songs.  Oh, yeah, and I don’t have to rehearse (or, in the least, it will be minimal). 

Last night was our first rehearsal for "A Christmas Light" on Renaissance’s main stage.  We have a pretty small cast, and I liked the LOW pressure aspect of it.  I told Bob about some conflicts I’d have and he told me he had no doubt I’d "deliver the goods on stage".  It was nice to receive that sort of confidence, considering Bob has never worked me before.  The show is cute and I’m being reunited with Huntsville’s only female Tiny Tim.. who is now eight feet tall. (Hyperbole.) We still need one little girl, but it just so happens I know a very talented 12 year old..

I’m feeling very Christmasy.  When I last checked in, my house was frozen solid.  When I went home after rehearsal, a beaming Bryan was perched on my couch.. in short sleeves.. basking in the heat.  He had done it.  My man done fixed the heat.  It was glorious.

It just feels like Christmas.  And I love Christmas with Bryan.  He’s as sappy and goofy and child-like as I am when it comes to the holiday.  We took a brisk walk last night, then came back and just laid in the artificial heat.  "I like to take care of you," he said, smiling.  Which is good, because although I will never admit it, I like to be taken care of.

My father is mourning today because the chef at the Leadership Center in St. Louis (where managers spend weeks training) passed away this morning.  I have yet to figure out if he’s missing the man or the food.

What women want to be involved with The Vagina Monologues?  I am ADing.

I really have very little to say this morning.  That happens when I’m happy.