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This day has been the sort that you just endure until its over, and it's getting worse.

Two people are undergoing surgery.

The first is my father, and no, I'm not going into the details on LJ. When I called home to find out what was up with Dad, my mother would only tell me that he was still in surgery and she'd call later - but her idea of encouragement was to say "don't worry" (Hello? Father? SURGERY?) and to advise prayer, because being worried about my dad is not reason enough for her to forgo yet another dig about my atheism. Silly me, I thought we could put that off until we had the by-now 15-year-old annual fight about hauling me unwillingly to church on Christmas Eve.

The other is David Tennant, who has a slipped disc, poor guy. They say he will not be back in Hamlet "before Christmas," and since my tickets are for the 29th, my chances of seeing him are probably nil.

Plan B is taking their offer of exchanging tickets (but I think Hamlet is the only one with a Monday performance) or seeing Hamlet anyway (it's not like the RSC does bad performances)... but in that event, I do wish it was a play I was fonder of.

~~I hate waiting. Mother hasn't called back yet.~~ He's out of surgery okay; we will know more tomorrow, and Mother reminds me that no news is good news, although frankly? I'd rather have hourly "no, everything's fine" messages.

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Well, that's sucky big time. Good thoughts to your Dad. And having had a slipped disc myself, I feel for DT. But how horrible for you to miss out on the production.

I'm not a huge Hamlet fan, either, but I still think it's worth it just for the Gertrude. It's so rare to have a really strong gertrude. Patrick Stewart is good, too, of course. What would you be exchanging into?

I still think it's worth it just for the Gertrude.

That does mean something, because I don't think I've ever seen a really good Gertrude. But... I'd feel the lack less if it was Midsummer or Much Ado. ~~Or if I hadn't given up Scott W's Claudius for this and bragged about my ticket to the entire world~~

Thank you, re: Dad. And I understand about David, I really do: it's not like he's pulling a diva *or* that he's not around to act again.

No, but it is crap timing for you. :(

True. But then, so is my father's surgery right before Christmas... and only a couple of years after they did even more major surgery right before Christmas.

Bleah!