<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/P7210034.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6771" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/P7210034-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Back in the day, I was a professional auditioner.  i.e., I was a theatre geek.

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Then my career path veered towards education.  I left the theatre, and I never looked back.

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People always ask me, "Don't you want to audition and perform in community theatre?"

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Hell, no!

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I immensely enjoyed my decade of performing, and my background in the theatre played such an integral role in the person I am today, but I don't miss having to report to a theatre nightly.  And I certainly don't miss the mental and emotional roller coaster ride of auditioning.

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I hadn't auditioned in 15 years until Day 298.  An email from Noble Publishing Superpower's marketing department caught my attention.

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<span style="font-size: medium; color: #ff0000;"><strong>Casting Call:  Audition for our [insert fabulous NPS product here]</strong></span>

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Wow!  You mean to tell me that I am encouraged to play actress during a work day?  I'm there!

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The part was a 20 - 30-something mother from the 1950s.  So I showed up in my 1950s-esque sundress (I was feeling very "method actress" that day) and did my thing.

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To be continued...maybe...if I get the part.