Do you like that title? I thought of it while I was at work today. I wanted to run, since I had taken two days off, and I need to work on my lines for Steel Magnolias (remember, that play I’m in at Ilion Little Theatre?). Steven would be home and was willing to run them with me. I decided to do both chores at once by running in place on the mini-tramp.
As I drove home, I regretted my plan, because it was unseasonably warm and the sidewalks looked not too bad. However, I have lines to work on and a husband to spend time with. I put on indoor running clothes and cleared off the tramp (it is such a handy place to put things!). I set a bottle of water on the coffee table and got going.
As often happens when running on the mini-tramp, I felt I was moving faster than I do outside. I really don’t enjoy the up/down motion of running in place as much as the low shuffle of running down the street. I also like the changing scenery better than the television. However, I was not supposed to be looking at the television; I was supposed to be thinking about my lines.
And I didn’t do too badly. Some of the lines I had forgotten but remembered when Steven gave me the cue. Some of the longer lines I did not know word for word. But I feel pretty confident to go to rehearsal and not have my book in my hand. For Act I Scene 1, at least. Imagine my chagrin when I chatted with a fellow cast member via Facebook and found out we are doing Act II Scene 2. Oh well, I have all day at work tomorrow to study that one some more.
As for my run, I ran in place for 28 minutes, six minutes more than I ran on Sunday. Woohoo! I only walked a three minute cool-down, because walking around the house just not as good as walking around the block. I felt pretty pleased with myself for getting some exercise, and for giving myself something to write a blog post about, complete with headline. Was it a great blog post? Perhaps not, but I can’t worry about that now. At least it wasn’t Wuss-out Wednesday. Hope to see you all on Non-Sequitur Thursday.
Mohawk Valley Girl 
That is actually a brilliant idea! How productive!
Thanks. I think I’ll try it again this weekend.
Love the title 😊
Thanks. I was rather pleased with myself when I thought of it. I am not very good at titles. Steven has thought of my best ones.
So excited about your being in “Steel Magnolias” and happy you figured out how to juggle learning lines and exercises!
I’ve only been able to do it once, but I hope to do it again. I need to post more pictures of the set for “Steel Magnolias.” They are really working hard on it.