Smiles

Wow, it has been a long time since I have written here! And technically, I should be writing my play....I have 5 scenes to go, 3 of which we are rehearsing tomorrow night! EEK! But for now, my whimsical, rambling thoughts take precedent.

I love to smile. I love it so much. I'm not particularly overfond of my smile, but the very act of it makes me happy. Today I was incredibly irritated, more than I have been in a very long time, but I forced myself to smile to myself. Then I intentionally smiled (and perhaps excessively smiled!) at my customers. Then I found myself smiling unconsciously and suddenly my irritations vanished.

My skirt was a twirling skirt, so I twirled to my heart's content right there at work. My coworkers laughed at me, but I think secretly they wished they had a twirling skirt, too. That made me smile. The twirling part, not the jealous coworkers. :)

A woman came in today with her 10 month old baby girl named - Naomi. :) She was a darling, shy little thing. She made me smile.

I said to my coworker at about 6:35 p.m., "I doubt we'll have another customer tonight." Literally two seconds later the bell up front said, "DING!" signally the entrance of a customer. Ha! That really made me smile.

I love to smile. I love seeing other people smile. Perhaps that's why I love theatre. I love to see people light up and their facial muscles involuntary expand, revealing their glee as well as their teeth. It's tangible happiness. Unless it's a mean and evil smile. Those I don't like.

I would like a flower. Preferably a lilac...in which case it would be a bunch of flowers. But a flower would sincerely make me smile. I have the perfect little vase for a single flower, but I've never had an opportunity to use it. Someday soon I will. That will make me smile a lot.

Life is exciting to me right now. Things are happening so fast and discoveries are made everyday. I love being 23. It's a happy age and a delightful year so far. I've smiled a lot.

And now I must return to my life as a serious playwright. I will smile when this play is finished being written. :D