It’s midnight, by my laptop’s clock, the bongs of the Spanish church up the hill have bonged, but to me it’s still today. The internet’s off, so this won’t go live until the morning anyway. Still has to be done today.
I have spent the day pretending to be bereaved for lawyers’ exams. It was fun. I am surrounded by lovely people when I do this job. Blondell was particularly pleasing. Doing this, three or four years ago, was my first ever roleplay job and it has led to all the rest.
A lovely woman called Nicole and Natalie (I never worked out which was her real name) saw me translating German in the breaks between sessions at that job three or so years ago and put me on to Power Train for a German-speaking job.
Thanks to her, then, I’m heading down to Bristol tomorrow to rehearse another job, a very exciting one, with Power Train. And that has led to me spending part of an afternoon with lovely Sarah Lonton, who I just don’t see enough of. Sarah was on that very first job, and pleased me instantly. Now she is a wonderful friend.
So thank you David Emmet, for giving me this first chance. And thank you N…. and for all the connections before and still to come.
And later, a blessed evening with Victoria Sandison – such a peach of a woman. So very worth it, every single time. I do love her. And news of Sue from the Go Café in Hasbro. I love her too. Messages passed each way. News of Sue smiling made me very happy. There is so much more to say about both of these people than I can manage tonight. Just thank you will have to do, but a big, fat, glowing thank you, with wings and tiny feet.
And Ruth, when I came home. I realise now, with trepidation, just how much I’m going to miss her when I move. I really will. I say again, if this year of transience has given me any single thing that I will remember and value for the whole of my life, it has given me Ruth. An inspiring woman and a beloved friend and cousin.
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