update...

thank you for the good wishes and prayers, everyone! all went really well tonight... no bobbles or missed reads, and I felt really good about it. yep, I miss the feeling of being up there, especially rehearsing with other performers (I had three great guys intermittently accompanying me on base guitar, banjo, and fiddle). I ended up ducking out of the gala after I was finished and came home to put on my pajamas, wash my face, and melt into the couch. when I finished reading and left the stage, as the adrenaline wore off the energy started to seep out of my body, and though seats had been reserved for us for dinner I chose to take off. which makes me feel a teensy bit guilty, because I don't want to seem ungrateful, but sometimes you've just gotta go. plus, M had to go pick up our cat late in the day (she came through her surgery with flying colors) and couldn't go to the gala, and without him as my plus one I just didn't think I'd make it chit-chatting through the night.

so... now it's pajamas, pasta, project runway, and bed. thank you Lord, for seeing me through this day, and thank you that tomorrow has a lot of open space.