We had a nice Hate Mail rehearsal this morning, followed by a good day of work at Williamston Theatre. Then I came home to work with my son on his Talent Show Skit (which is fun and silly!). It was one of those days where I was so busy that I just completely forgot to eat until about 3:30, when I realized I was about to pass out if I didn’t eat something! Then my friend Emily’s warning came true: “When you wait so long to eat that you’re really, really hungry, you make bad choices!”. I fulfilled THAT little prophecy by enjoying a couple of McDonald’s cheeseburgers and some fries. Ah well…

So this story about the dangerous Snakehead fish with the many sharp teeth is a little scary. I did a little Googling and found that there have been some cases of it in the U.S., in Maryland and Virginia. Yucky looking little thing!

Had a great conversation this weekend with a friend of mine about, well, friends. “Friendship.” Recently he’d had a person he thought was a close friend completely turn their back on him. Got me to thinking, I’m fortunate to have the friends I do. We all deal with our share of friendships that fade away over time, or giant arguments that can damage a friendship beyond repair. At least with those you have a clear understanding of what happened. His case, though, was one of the tough ones – this person just proved to be a false friend, only interested in maintaining a relationship because there was a very palpable reward for hanging out with my friend. When a better reward became available, this person jumped – just cold-turkey dropped all communication. Having gone through a similar thing myself in my past, I could relate to the whole thing, and we spent a good bit of time chatting about the topic. It’s funny, in the end I think it was helpful for both of us to chat about it, because a couple of things happened: A) some demons were exorcised, which was nice because I think that ultimately there are some experiences and people it’s best to clear from the slate and not waste energy on. And B) it helped me with a couple of moments in Hate Mail, which is all about a relationship that goes through many trials! And, C), it was a nice reminder that I’m lucky enough to have some very wonderful friends!