Ma'am

I have been a little bit in outer space lately. Not sure why, I think because ever since December I have been thinking about nothing but my show constantly that I sort of forget that I'm supposed to go somewhere, or get off the bus, or be holding something.

I was holding a stack of papers and some mail the other day and just threw all of it into the mailbox. Luckily I realized it before I threw my keys in with it. But that will be a treat for the mailman. I'm notorious for this, in high school I used to always throw my tray in the trash can, I've thrown away silverware before...I've thrown away, or mailed apparantly, all kinds of things.

I'm also terrible at directions. It's not because I'm not smart, it's because I'm not paying attention. And the reason I'm not paying attention is because I'm thinking about something else. Usually whatever play I'm writing. And whenever one play is about to be produced it makes another play start wheeling around in my head. And then I REALLY don't pay attention. That's what's happening now.

So I'm not an airhead...I'm CREATIVE.

That being said, I would like to share with you now the most outer space thing that happened this week besides throwing everything in my hands into the mailbox.

I owed my doctors office $5. That's all. I should have just sent a $5 bill but I decided to be fancy and send a check. It's important to this story that you know that my checks say on them "A Fool and His Money are Soon Parted". So I send the check for five dollars and a few days later I get it back in the mail with a typed letter explaining that I hadn't signed the check.

How embarassing. That is so airheaded of me.

So I sign the check and send it back with a little note on the typed letter that says "Sorry! -Brooke" and then I put a stamp on it and drop it in the mail. (I'm amazed I managed to do this instead of accidentally putting a stamp on my cat and dropping her in the mail instead.)

Yesterday I got another letter, along with the check. This time...in RED MARKER and calling me MA'AM, next to my note apologizing for not signing the check, was a note begging me to please sign the check.

What? Yes. I hadn't signed the check...again. I had written a note apologizing and mailed the $5 check back again...unsigned again.

How effen embarassing.

These plays better be good.