My little speech went pretty well. I didn’t forget to breathe enough to pass out, I made eye contact with the congregation and I believe I smiled. Who knows. As some sort of defense mechanism my mind goes completely blank when I am speaking – blank other than exactly what I am saying and exactly what I will be saying next. My audience may have laughed at one of my dumb jokes. I had trouble getting out from behind the pulpit – I was kind of blocked in between the podium and the chair PA was sitting in behind me – I was shaking terribly. Thankfully (no really, thank you) show choir taught me how to hide my fear and push through.
Otherwise, today went well. I had wonderfully cheap smoothies with Jane, bought ‘The Girl who plays with fire’ – the sequel to ‘The girl with the dragon tattoo’ and got to eat good food, even if it was by myself. I think I see a trip to the park with my new book in my immediate future….
