<p>This is CRAZY but I broke my leg this afternoon while carrying in firewood.
My D's first audition is Friday!
I'm trying to tell myself this is some kind of good theatre karma.
What do 'yall think?</p>
<p>Oh, no!!! So sorry to hear that - hope you are not experiencing any pain, and have some mobility. And I love your attitude! What a great way to look at it!</p>
<p>Ok, this is were I draw the line on trying to keep up with you CC parents! In all seriousness, so sorry to hear about this. Hope your recovery is quick and as painless as a broken leg can be. Glad this wasn’t your D’s leg… :)</p>
<p>Oh my heavens, dramamom–so, so sorry! You chose your CC screen-name well! </p>
<p>Much sympathy and a couple of anecdotes: I broke my arm (spectacularly, requiring surgery and lots o’ hardware) a week before my daughter graduated from high school. I teach at the high school and have significant responsibilities involving yearbooks and slideshows at the time of graduation; my injury meant I had to let go of the reins, literally. May this be liberating for you and give you a new sense of perspective. </p>
<p>And…my son broke his leg (pretty badly, right above the ankle) midway through his junior year, resulting in a decline in his grades (surgery/painkillers/etc.) and a loss of a major part in the school play. It was a defining moment for him–he really had to let go of a lot of things, including his upcoming football season fall of senior year–but on the bright side, he worked on other stuff, started taking voice lessons, and got into lots of interesting conversations on college visits because of being The Boy On The Crutches. We are just starting to use the expression “break a leg” again. Sounds like you have retained the most important thing: your sense of humor! I hope you have an easy recovery, no surgery, and a supportive family to wait on you hand and (dare I say it?) foot!!! <3</p>
<p>i broke my elbow during my daughter’s audition season…and now she is a junior in an acting BFA program! </p>
<p>I hope you are getting around and not in much pain!!! I guess they forgot to tell you not to take the saying literally…</p>
<p>THIS is why I don’t say “break a leg”, it could really happen! Seriously, I’m sorry to hear that.</p>
<p>Thanks all. And that’s good to hear photomom! I am going to miss the first audition Friday - at my alma mater- but am hoping I am mobile enough for the second on Nov 23 and then we have a long break until Jan 10. I should be back to normal by then.</p>
<p>I am counting it as a sign of great good fortune!!! But painful. Very sorry!</p>
<p>Ouch! Well, I hope you are on the mend and getting around okay very soon! I don’t know if it’s a good sign or not as that expression is meant to be facetious. I love your sense of humor though. 
As far as the expression ‘break a leg’ goes, I use it of course, I’d never wish an actor “good luck” or “have a good show” etc. Superstition and all. 
BUT the year my daughter was Wendy in Peter Pan and they were “flying”…I couldn’t bring myself to say “break a leg” and stuck with “love you!” and “see ya later”. Yikes!</p>