Eyes on the prize

Guess what guys? I'm testing!

Remember how I was saying that once I test, I will feel like the ball is rolling? Well, you get what you ask for...and thank god, someone was listening.

I got a test offer in last Friday, and I can't wait.

I remember so vividly the first time I was told that I was testing. Even though it was four years ago, it feels like it was yesterday.

I was driving into the Sony lot, and winding up the many levels of parking. Levels 1, 2, 3, 4...not a spot in sight.

So as I'm swerving around the lot, the phone rings, and it's my manager and agent together. Now, it's always a good sign when they call together because no one ever wants to be the bearer of bad news (so one person calls you for that), and general appointments don't require conference calls (so an assistant calls you for those), but GOOD NEWS....well, everyone wants to be on board for that. So as I pull onto the roof level, and the sun pours over my windshield, they tell me I'm testing for a FOX pilot.

I start screaming and crying, and saying, "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!!!" And they're both saying, "Don't thank us -- this is all you. You deserve it." And I'm like a kid who's going to Disneyland -- filled with silly, wild, unbridled "aaahhhh!"

And I look up, and there is the sun -- beaming so brightly, and so beautifully that in that moment, I just KNEW the sun made it a point to push that cloud outta the way and shine down on me.

I stepped out of my car and breathed it all in. And I can guarantee you one thing -- I was the happiest girl on the lot that day. And you know what's funny? I didn't even end up booking that pilot -- but my memory leaves no room for that point. It doesn't matter anymore. What matters is how incredibly good every second of it felt. That's what I relish.

To this day, whenever I have an appointment at Sony, I always park on the roof. It takes me right back.