Wednesday & Thursday's Newsworthy Events

Welcome Zackary into the world! My roomie's son and daughter-in-law are the proud parents of a 6 pound 11 ounce baby boy. Zack arrived Wednesday morning. Both mother and baby are doing well.
      I told you a couple of weeks ago about my sister-in-law's impeding surgery. She went through it well, and the tumor was not cancer! Thank you for your prayers.
      Wednesday was a bad day for my back. My back held out fairly well until the afternoon, and then slowly the pain level began to rise. I couldn't find a comfortable position to sit or stand. I was so grateful when the day was over, and I could go home, but it took a good hour after I got home for the pain level to drop down to a bearable level. When it did, I promptly fell asleep for an hour and woke up feeling groggy and out-of-sorts.
      I'm so tired of this pain. I want my back to be better now, but it's a slow, annoying process. I think it's getting better, but the progress is measured in tiny steps. That's life, I guess.
      I only got one page written on the play on Wednesday. I have this huge mass of material, but a lot of it doesn't fit now. I wrote a scene, but after re-reading it, I realized it was just filler: no new information for the audience, no laughs, no suspense, just three people talking and rehashing information that the audience already has. I've been trying to remember why I wrote the scene. I think that I compressed that character's actions and story into another character. So basically I didn't need that character anymore. Oh well, easy come, easy go.
      Today's work was a repeat of yesterday's work, but I think my back is a little better. It still gave me fits in the afternoon, but I handled it better. Tonight I didn't get much new writing done on the play, but I did work on the storyline and figure out what should be there and what shouldn't be there. I only have 25 more pages to answer all the dramatic questions that the play raises. That's not a lot of space.
      I'm going to close now and go to to bed. I hope things are going well for you. Have a great day tomorrow. See you then.