I guess it's been a while since I've written.

I said that I'm trying out for the school play, as it would be my sixth acting gig. So! We had play call backs today. I was walking down he hallway before first hour, and saw a mass around two lists posted on the window by the office. I heard random 'I can't believe she made it' and 'he's such a jackass.' I knew immediately that this was the call back sheet. My heart began to pound like nuts and I managed to push my way through and look at the sheet. Many girls looked gravely upset. I saw Stephanie, then realized that the last name was McKenna. My heart sank. While turning away though, I saw another Stephanie on the list 4 down. A Stephanie Jones. It was me. I made it to callbacks.

So I went to callbacks and didn't do too poorly. I wasn't nearly as nervous as I was at the first audition. I was smiling and it took a lot of energy just to play the sadistic woman that I was assigned for the day. Chris auditioned too, as well as his best friend Alex Lane. I love Alex, he's such an adorable kid.

I got a letter from my uncle, and he told me events leading up to his dog's dead. (whose name was Jake)

'Last Wednesday his heart stopped. We were watching TV while Jake slept on the floor. Then, all of a sudden, he arched his head back and let out a howl that was a combination of howl and whimper and wince. It lasted for a couple of seconds, but seemed like forever. I got to him before he stopped, but his heart had already stopped. He gasped for a breath of air three or four times over the next few minutes in almost an involuntary reflex kind of way. We sat and pet him for about an hour. I wrapped him in a sheet and took his body out to the garage and placed it on his pillow. We're having him cremated and will spread his ashes over the areas he liked to play. I'll sure miss him. I do already.'

That just makes me want to cry.