Except for men over 40, we have enough people to practically triple cast this show. I don’t normally believe in understudies, sitting and waiting fo...r someone to get a cold, or a broken leg, but in the case of this show, there will be a few.”They all chucked at that.“After the scene work, I will be cutting again, and putting it online. There aren’t any big dance production numbers in this, there will be some musical staging, and those on our next cut list will need to show up tomorrow ready to. This worried me a bit when I thought about it, so I didn't think about it. It was as if I was watching myself from a distance, curious to see what affliction would next be visited on the hapless Sharon. Of course she could avoid all this silliness by doing a proper job of cleaning the house, but then she wouldn't be the hapless Sharon.Friday evening. Another date with Karen. The week had dragged slowly by. I had half expected to hear from Rebecca but so far not a peep. Fine with me. Karen and I. "But unless you have a huge growth spurt that neither of us expects, Isuggest you spend your time working on your legs, and stop wasting itpumping iron in the weight room."That night he went home and celebrated with his mother, who was thrilledfor him that he made the team. The next morning he started school with agreat confidence, and every day worked hard in practice. The season andschool year moved along pretty well as the team was fairly good, andTommy seemed to have few issues adjusting to. We were roughly equivalent intellectually, and as went interests we were pretty well in sync. The evening ended, as they alway do, and as I walked to our cars, she turned to me and said, ‘I really enjoyed myself…’ I felt the stretch at the end. ‘But?’ I prompted. ‘I just, I dunno, I have this thing about divorced guys. I mean, your kids were so sweet, but…’ My smile did not fade. ‘I think I get it.’ She pushed on. ‘I’m so sorry, but I’ve dealt with ex-wives and all, and I can’t do that again..