Today was a rather beautiful day. It was Max day, (Thursdays to everyone else), the day we spend the day with my delightful little nephew. He seems to choose favorites each Thursday, and today I was it. I love when that happens. For a long time he didn’t really know me that well, or play with me, because when he was really little I was sick a lot and couldn’t really play. But today was great. My Mom had to take Steve to class and run some errands, so for a while it was just me and him. He was eating lunch off of a Star Wars plate when he started spelling ‘Star Wars’ again and again, asking me to spell it, and we’d get happier and happier about it every time we spelled it. It got to the point where he actually said, “S T A R W A R S Exclamation point! Yaaaaaay!” Then he’d start babbling about playing games with his Dad and watching Star Wars. So, when lunch was done, I asked him if he wanted to go watch it with me downstairs. He got even more excited so we cleaned up lunch, then hopped downstairs. I let him choose which one he wanted to watch, which was great fun to watch the little wheels turning in his head. He ultimately chose “Empire Strikes Back”, which was handy, since it’s my favorite.
Throughout what we actually watched of the movie, he kept moving from the couch to the floor, asking me to follow him and sit next to him. I love that. The little hand patting the seat next to him, saying in his cute little voice, “Sit here, Aunt Heather.” It makes my heart melt every single time. Eventually, as things usually go, we ended up in a tickle fight, which is another all time favorite game. He wore me out, though. I got real tired real fast.
Tomorrow’s going to be a busy day. I may be going out to Ikea in the afternoon, then at 7:30 I’m going out with my friend Megan to audition for a series of one act plays put on by a local community theatre group. I’ve been meaning to get casually back into acting, since I rather miss it, and thankfully Megan’s really into that sort of thing so she knows what’s around, what’s available, and which groups to get in with. Her whole family’s really into it, which is loads of fun. So, wish me luck, and hopefully I might just get cast in something. Megan says everyone who tries out for this one will most likely get a part – it’s a testing ground for their more elaborate productions, a chance for newbies to prove themselves. Now I’m kind of worried, though. Not nervous, I’ve done this before. I just forgot to ask if I was supposed to prepare something or not. Whoops. 🙂 I guess I’ll just have to wing it, and if all else fails I can spit out a poem from Midsummer Night’s Dream I have memorized. Shakespeare’s always good, right?
There were a few more things I wanted to say, but I’m way too tired now to remember them. I so need to get some sleep!