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Monologue Mania Day # 251 by Janet S. Tiger Changes Oct. 21, 2014
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A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved
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(A woman comes up on stage, confident, she smiles to the
audience.)
No, it's all right, my name is Amanda Hatch and I'm not nervous. Not anymore. I used to be very afraid of speaking in
front of an audience. In fact, there
were many things I was afraid of - meeting people, flying, sleeping in a
different bed.....but I have made a lot of changes recently and it was all
because of a visit to the doctor.
It was just my regular annual check-up and they did the regular
things, .....and a mammogram. (harder to
talk about) Those are never fun,
but....this time....(Snaps out of it)
Anyhow, I felt perfectly healthy.
No problems.... So it was a complete surprise when they told me I had
cancer, and that it was a very unpleasant kind and that there was a good chance
that....(swallows hard) I was going to die.....very soon. It felt like...you know those pendulums in
clocks like Big Ben? Like that hit
me......and then kept hitting me as if it was 100 o'clock!
Well, let me tell you, if that doesn't change your life, I don't
know what will! Suddenly, talking in
front of a crowd seemed much less worrisome!
And so I decided if this was the end for me, I was going to make
some big changes. The next day, I called
up, and I went skydiving.
I've always been scared of heights, and the one time I flew in a
plane I was sick the whole trip. I even
took the bus home so I wouldn't have to do that again!
And now, I have actually jumped out of a plane! (Happy)
Usually it takes awhile to get to jump, but I explained what happened,
and they took me up right away with an instructor holding me all the way
down..... And it was amazing! I loved
every minute! I don't remember even
being a little afraid, and the sensations!
Like a bird!
And once I did that, the next change was that I quit my job. I always hated working for Mr. Delbing - he
was cheap and he didn't appreciate how much I did for his company! But now, I had my excuse. Funny thing, once I quit - he called me up
to tell me how much he missed me - even offered me my job back with more money! Ain't life weird?
But the biggest change was talking to people. I'd always been nervous to speak with
someone new - to be honest, even people I'd worked with for years! Now, it didn't matter what they thought of
me - I found out, I just didn't care!
What freedom! What
exhiliration! and this was all in the
first three days after the results!......(Sighs)
And then...... I got the phone call....(Shakes her head in
disbelief) It was a mistake. It seems that, in an odd coincidence, there
was another A. Hatch, and she was the one who was sick, not me.
So, have I made all these changes for nothing? Hell, no!
I realized that I could change without something horrible happening, and
so now I try new things all the time.
I'm even going out with my skydiving instructor and....... Mr.
Delbing! So my advice - don't wait for
a pendulum to smack you in the head.
Make those changes today!
(She starts to walk offstage, then turns back)
Oh, and I did change one other thing -...my
doctor!
(She exits. Definitely not the end)
Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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