It's been said that laughter is the best medicine. After last night, I think I'm inclined to believe it.
I had come home from Iowa City after having hung out with Melissa and Jeremy for a bit and was in better spirits, but cautious about how rehearsal would go. I didn't really need to worry.
It started out tense. Scuba had to work so Anita was in charge, again. She was upset that not everyone was ready or there. I tried to defend Tyler because he'd been out of town at All State camp for the weekend and probably didn't get the emails letting us know the change in rehearsal times, but all I succeeded in doing was having Anita snap at me too.
And then, something happened during the nightclub scene that led to laughter. I think when we froze for Brooke's solo, some people did really weird poses, and that set Brooke and the rest of us off. We all just started laughing. In fact, Dane and I were laughing so hard that tears were squeezing out of our eyes. I tried to settle down and get back into character by taking deep breaths, but all that accomplished was some lightheadedness, so that really didn't help. We eventually got it together for Brooke's solo. But the laughter just killed the tension from the past few days and it was exactly what we'd needed.
Tonight Brooke and I are going early to practice so we can get into the habit of getting into makeup and costumes in time for curtain. Hopefully the tension won't be as thick with Scuba there, keeping things under control.
Slan go foill...
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