Last night was my reading, and I’m not going to write about it yet, still processing all of it, it was an incredible night for me. My mother and my aunt Katy stayed over with me last night, and it is just so nice to have a nice place where I can have people stay that I still can’t even believe it’s happened. Oh! I actually have ROOM for more than two people in my apartment! People can, you know, SLEEP OVER. Yes, I had forgotten to buy cream for their coffee (not everyone likes their coffee black as coal) so I had to sneak out at 6:30 in the beautiful morning to get some cream. But still: it was so so nice to know they were there, to know they were comfortable, and … to know that Hope was stalking around wondering: Who are these two ladies and what are these bags doing about lying around and how does it involve ME? I made a pot of coffee (I wake up at the crack of doom), and sat on my bed, drinking coffee, and looking over the script. Even though I had promised myself to put it down for at LEAST a week after the reading. Give it time to breathe in my head. My mother came in and joined me in my room, sat on the bed with me, had coffee, we were both in our pajamas, and we just talked and talked about the night. And other things too. She and Katy had spent the day at the Guggenheim seeing the Kandinsky exhibit and then went down to The Strand. A full and good day. It wasn’t even 7:30 in the morning yet, but it was SO nice to sit and talk with my mother. It felt real homey. I have always had cozy apartments, and places where I try to make it nice … but this place, with its light and airiness, and also its comforting vibe, beautiful high ceilings, walls lined with books … it doesn’t just feel HOMEY, it feels like a HOME. And having my aunt Katy and my mother there, in their slippers and pjs, pouring cups of coffee, and saying to me, out of the blue, “Oh, and another thing about your script …” felt like a total blessing.
The whole night was a blessing.
Wow.
i misread the end of this post a bit and i want to share what i thought aunt katy said…
“Oh, and another thing about your script…it felt like a total blessing.”
and i think that is true, even though she never said it and you never wrote it.
i LOVE this post.
Bren – Yeah, it was one of those 24 hours when you’re IN THE ZONE. I loved hearing Mum and Katy’s comments and responses – actually everyone’s – it was GREAT. Let’s talk soon – I want to tell you all about it.
Can’t wait to have YOU come visit my new pad!
NEITHER CAN I!!!!!!!!!!!
WE’LL KIDNAP LUCY AND WATCH TENACIOUS D!!!!!
It’s a date! Lucy MUST be there!!!
I so wish I had been there. So sorry to miss it. Looking forward to hearing all about it.
Kerry – wish you had been there too! Next time! And I will give you a full report. When do you leave for, oh, Omaha?? or wherever it is you’re going?
So happy for you, Sheila! It sounds like it was a triumph!
I echo Tracey, sounds fantastic!
This sounds so wonderful. I am happy for you Sheila-
Nice post, but there’s something I don’t understand.
Sheila, you’re an artist: An actress and a very good writer.
That being said: how can you POSSIBLY be a “morning person” that gets up at the ASS CRACK of DAWN!? : D
Okay, you are partially redeemed by the fact that you like your coffee strong and as black as the Ace of Spades. : )
Oh, sheila, I’m so happy for you!