Dear Diary #6

We saw the movie WALL-E today. Beautiful! Charming! Delightful! I learned that humans need to take better care of the environment or they’ll get real fat, and that robots are ADORABLE.

We’re still going back and forth with offers and counter-offers on the house.

It was a beautiful day in Denver.

Dear Diary #5

Well, we didn't get home until 2am, so I missed yesterday's entry...I'll try to double up today.

I had two Impulse shows last night and they were SO incredibly fun. It was even nicer that Brian and some family and friends were there to see the first show and shower me with accolades that made my ego all glowy.

After the second show Brian and I and the cast hung out on the patio at the Walnut Room and had some drinks and good conversation. I had a rough start back at that theater last year, but I feel the cast is really solidifying in its new formation and getting stronger; it’s a blast to be part of something so silly and good.

Also, I rode thirty miles by getting myself around town this week on my bike! I hope to do a long ride tomorrow and get up to my weekly goal of 50-60 miles a week.

Dear Diary #4

It was a lovely day today. Sun shining, clear skies, exciting things happening.

Our Plays Well With Others show last night ROCKED. The house was full, the opening group was fantastic, and our set flowed perfectly. There were only three of us from PWWO there last night—Spencer, Sam, and me. We tried a form we called the “Triumvirate of Truth.” After our opener it was one long scene with the same three characters and it was the first time in a while I did long form and felt so IN IT. As did the guys. We all felt so connected to our characters and relationships. I didn’t have to think; I just enjoyed the ride. And the audience seemed to love it, too.

In house-hunting news: Brian and I looked at a house today and, for the first time, BOTH felt it was THE house. Very exciting. But apparently I’m not supposed to get TOO excited. So, please just keep your fingers crossed that if this IS the one for us, it will be ours…at the price we’re comfortable with. YAY!

Dear Diary #3

Dear Blogiary:

Hooray for Bike to Work Day! I joined Brian for a morning ride along the Cherry Creek Path. There were "free breakfast" stations set up all over Denver for those using alternative modes of transport today. (Go Denver!) We stopped for coffee and when we came back to our bikes the Clif Bar Fairy had left us each a tasty treat in our seats. Sweet.

Tonight I have a Plays Well With Others show at the Avenue Theater and we are so lucky to be joined by the Dish Water Blondes. They’re awesome. It’ll be a great night of improv.

Love,

Sara

Dear Diary #2

Dear Diary,

I went to my energy-worker-healer lady today. I love her! She’s amazing. I feel like she got me back into balance. She told me to just let myself play and enjoy instead of letting the Big Goals and work worries weigh on me when I’m spending time with friends. A good reminder.

But the thing I really loved is the other piece of advice she gave me, which is to say to the Universe: “I’m grateful for what I have, but I want more.”

Isn’t that great? So simple.

Love,

Sara

Trudy

At Impulse Theater we took our cast "family photo" last week. I named my character Trudy:

The Lovely Diary Challenge

I was inspired today by a Danish girl who is fighting liver cancer. Each day she writes an entry in her "secret diary" and in such a happy tone. Almost every day is a “lovely” day. Her entries are short and concise and so positive. I would like to try that and see if I can write a short simple entry every day. "The Lovely Diary Challenge."

Here goes:

Dear Diary,

Today was a lovely day. I felt really lucky for the life I have. I started my day by biking and it felt like vacation rather than a work day. Shouldn’t every day feel like vacation, work or no? I hope to ride 10 miles a day three days a week and then do a 20-30 mile ride on Saturdays or Sundays. (I’m pretending I’m training for Team Sarcoma, even though I can’t go this year.) I was able to support Mary in her Team Sarcoma ride today, which is exciting since she’s the one that made that magical experience possible for me last year!

We are house hunting and I’ve become quite obsessed. I’m trying to learn the balance between effort and letting go. I’m searching for something like “effortless action.”

I need to write about the Case of the Missing Bike Miracle, a story many of you probably already know, but I’d still like to document.

Love,

Sara