January 8, 2007
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Fly, Flown, Flu?
Today, Little Miss (my new name for Rachel) came to me and said, “Mom, I think I have a fever.”
I felt her forehead. “No, you don’t.”
“Can I use the thermometer?” she begged.
“Sure!”
She fetched the thermometer (the cool digital kind that beeps) and took her own temperature. Sure enough, it was 99.1, a fever. “Hmm…let me take it,” I said. It was still 99.1. Being the caring, concerned mother I am, I did nothing.
As the day went on, she had fun taking her temp and asking, “Am I still sick?” By bedtime tonight, her temp was up to 101.5. There are no other symptoms, but she’s got Tylenol now.Is this the flu? Oh, may it never be. I’ve got WAY too much going on in the next few weeks/months to be laid up for ten days with the adult version. But, whatever happens will happen, and I won’t fret. Of course, a kind mother would be concerned about her child and not about her schedule, I suppose. (She didn’t act sick all day. Really!)
I finished writing the play, The King of Peach Fuzz. (I HAVE to come up with a better title! How will it ever make Broadway?) With a word count of 11,500 -ish, it should run about 2.75 hours.. The script is still pretty rough, but the overall effect is better than it was. I’m sure once the cast gets a hold of it, many more changes will be made. My favorite deletion? “Not only have you won my love, dear Fur, you have changed my heart forever!” Oh, the shame.(Yes, the main character is a guy named “Fur,” which is a shortening of his real name, “Christopher,” and a pun on the fact that he was called the King of Peach Fuzz. It’s something else I should change, eh?)
Comments (19)
Perhaps you could give me a clue to its whereabouts? I’m afraid I just can’t find it . . .
–K
Nope, not there. Hmmm . . . this is mysterious! (make sure it’s “protected” and not “private.”)
Got it!! And yes, “private” is simply that no one can see it.
awesome, thanks so much, is it okay if i copy it into a word document so you don’t havta take up too much space on your site?
“King of Peach Fuzz” makes me think of VeggieTales and “Where is my Hairbrush?” (’cause the Peach has HAIR!), so maybe you won’t to find a new title. But not something too different than what you have so far ’cause it’s so unique!
Hmm… d’ya like puns?
The FURther Adventures of
The HAIR and Now
Okay, I’ll shut up now!
That’s supposed to be “The FURther Adventures of < star’s name >” but it didn’t show up properly. (Silly HTML!)
Sounds adorable!
A lot of the wierd fevers with no syptoms going on in our world. I assume it is the bodies fighting off the flu and, as no other symptoms appear, winning.
Book sounds interesting. Have you ever read “Reading Lolita in Teran”? It gave a really interesting perspective on muslim and non-muslim women in Iran during the revolution. It was written by a non-religous woman, but had some great insights from her religous friends like, if everyone is forced to wear the viel it loses its meaning for those doing it by choice because it is important to them.
On another subject, if you sincerly have no prefrence I will pick “Mystery of the Holy Spirit” by R.C Sproul. I love his stuff and he is not the least bit Bible light. One of my pastors recommended the Piper book and I hear that it is his best, but frankly I have found him to be a little repetitive after the first few chapters. Not that I have read more than a couple of his, but there you go. so Sproul? If that is cool with you, I will pass that along.
I don’t like peaches– too much fuzz. I prefer nectarines.
Hope your daughter feels better. I don’t think I realized that you wrote scripts. LOL! The name does remind me of Veggie Tales.
Poor Rachel. I hope she continues to act perky and doesn’t start feeling sick.
I have to read this King of Peach Fuzz! You must let me in on the fun. I think the pun on his name is hilarious, too. No, you’re not changing that.
The book you’re reading sounds interesting. What’s it like?
Lol, I commented on your site before checking my comments, so now that I’ve checked them I see I’ve already been granted the privelege of reading King Peach Fuzz. I don’t think I got a link, though. I’ll have to go back and check. . .
RYC: Thanks for clarifying that! The title actually reminded me of James & the Giant Peach– or something like that. Never saw the movie but suffered through the previews!
Hope that Little Miss is feeling better today!
Congrats on finishing up the writing.
Not changing my mind! I’m finding if any study questions are downloadable from their ministry site. I’ll call tomorrow.
Once upon a time I bought M Girl her own thermometer so she would stop bugging me about wanting to take her temp. I think she was about eight at the time. She’d constantly run a temp when her allergies were acting up. Congrats on finishing the draft of your play. If your writing life is anything like mine – now comes the hard part. Cheer! ~M.E.
Poor Little Miss! (I hope I can keep all these nicknames straight. You can just call me EV for short.)
signed,
Evil Villain
Have you noticed that your subscriptions are in alphabetical order? I like that. I also like those Fibonacci poems. I’m going to try one myself one of these days. Your photoshopping is par excellent and makes you a most cool mom!
poor rachel! i sincerely hope that you dont get the flu as well! the play is bound to be a good lot of fun! really cant wait for both plays!
well, great minds think alike! i also abhor coconut!
WHAT! There’s a way to read the script? I think the title is adorable. I’d go to see it just for the title.