Hi, Mom! It’s me! Matt! Uh, your eldest child? Yeah, I get it, I never call anymore, right. I’m calling right now! And I called last week! I’ve been busy, is all . . . yeah, the show . . . no, Mom, Brigadoon was last year. This year we’re doing South Pacific. Yes, I have a part, I told you this already. Did you get your tickets yet?

Good, good. We’ll see you on Saturday, then . . . what? No, I’m not in a hurry to hang up. What’s wrong? I’ll try and come to visit in a few weeks when I don’t have a rehearsal or a show every night. You’ll make pot roast? Great, great. Looking forward to it. Now I really have to . . . oh, Dad went fishing again? Left you alone at the house for three days? That’s, uh, too bad. Maybe Liz could come over, hang out . . .

::sigh:: Mom, stop crying.

and . . . Scene.

Genius, I know . . . thank you. It’s been a long month. Meanwhile:

Trunk Monkey.