If I knew then…

It’s funny how things change in a matter of months.  Not really funny haha, but more funny hmmm.

A few months ago I was all hot and bothered about the fact that the show I was in was being closed due to budget constraints.  At the time I tried my best to find the silver lining and tell myself that everything happens for a reason blah blah blah.  Not much luck there.

Turns out everything does happen for a reason.  I’ve had a couple film shoots, got a playwrighting fellowship, and got cast in a couple shows, one of which is touring the country til the end of the year.

I was on a rollercoaster the other day and it got me to thinking:  I always hate the part where you’re slowly climbing to the inevitable drop.  This particular rollercoaster, however, had a surprise waiting on the other side of the incline.  You could sense that people were all geared up for all the screaming, arms in the air excitement that we’ve come to expect from something that we’ve just waited an hour in line to ride.  Just as it started to drop, it took you around a bend.

Wha?  No frenzied “I hope this foam padded bar across my legs will keep me from flying off this thing and slamming my face into the pavement” as I try my best to recall Mr. Wander’s high school physics class?

Ultimately, the ride was one of the best I’d been on.  Mostly because it defied expectations.  But back to the analogy.

When you’re on the upswing, it’s easy to refrain from the constant face-pummelling that is oh so fashionable when you’re down on your luck.  But isn’t that just the climb to an inevitable slide back down to I-hate-my-life’sville?  Well, this rollercoaster has proven to me that there can be a much more creative way to get down off the mountain.  And it can be a pretty fun ride.

[remind me to read this again when people start telling me that I'm over the hill]

My Sweetheart would like me to now cut and paste Miley Cyrus’ the Climb here, but I’ll leave that to your inquisitive googling fingertips.  She’d also like me to talk more about the fun that I’ve had while I’ve been here visiting her.  Did I mention that she works at Disney World now?  No?  Well, yeah she does.  So, I could continue writing now, or go and make out for a bit.

Word.