Opening Night

Tonight was opening night for “Christmas with the Murphy’s” our non-traditional comedy play that we’ve been preparing for over the last few months. Jess and I were to play a newly married couple with a new baby daughter (type-casting for sure).

Jess and Ella came down with the flu a few days ago and will not be able to attend any of the showings, therefore Jess will NOT be able to play my wife and deliver her lines. This is definitely a hard thing for her after all the preparation and excitement of being in this performance.

Thankfully Ms. McAfee will take Jess’ place and did a fantastic job tonight of delivering her lines after only a day of preparation!

Tonight’s performance went fairly well. One big mistake on my part went as follows:

My conversation with “Scooter” as supposed to go this way:

SCOOTER: “Where’s Sharon?”
ME: “She’s in the back feeding the baby.”
SCOOTER: “But where is she?”
ME: “She’s in one of the back bedrooms.”

Instead it went something like this:

SCOOTER: “Where’s Sharon?”
ME: “She’s in the bedroom feeding one of the babies.”

Where in the world I got “babies” from I will never know, but for some reason during last night’s dress rehearsal and tonight’s performance I have flubbed this line each time.

I will not mess it up tomorrow. (Positive reinforcement)

Jess & Ella are both feeling better and are free from most of their flu-symptoms, but we feel it best for them both to stay low and away from others as they recover from their illnesses. The doctor prescribed LOTS of fluids so this household is running freely with mucho Gatorade & Pedialite, water, and juices!