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Everyone’s in New York. Come see mountain lion P-22, TAKMA the donkey and more Tuesday 9/25 @theatrerownyc for @unitedsolo . Tickets at link in profile. #TheAnimalMonologues #unitedsolo #nyctheatre #solotheatre #multimedia @allaboutsolocom @allartstv (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn_dPTfAccM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rehjsvc0ij4a

Femme Fatale Firefly from "The Animal Monologues" performing in ONE NIGHT ONLY 9/25 at @unitedsolo Theatre Festival, directed by @mccray.matthew, music by @davidpoe and animation by @tahnmeep . Advance tix recommended: http://bit.ly/animalmonologues #UnitedSolo #TheAnimalMonologues (at Theatre Row) https://www.instagram.com/p/BncIc8_Az6J/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5mxraoh1shnm

NYC! Please join us for new multimedia show, ‪#TheAnimalMonologues‬9/25 @unitedsolo ‬ Theatre Festival, directed by @mccray.matthew ‬ music by @davidpoe‬, animation by @tahnmeep ‬. ONE NIGHT ONLY! Advance tix via link in profile. @allartstv ‬ @allaboutsolocom ‬ ‪#UnitedSolo‬ ‪#TheAnimalMonologues‬ (at Theatre Row) https://www.instagram.com/p/BncAYGrA584/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q2v2px8a5rfp

Get your tickets, now!!! Limited seating. http://unitedsolo.org/us/billosophy-2018 #IAmEnough #keepliving #livingindreamtime #Billosophy #poetry #blacktheater #unitedsolo #unitedsolofestival #storyteller

7/20/16 I'm trying to keep up with this whole journal thing, because for some reason I think it will serve me some day. Like something I could reference if I ever need to. Like that time in college where I played a pregnant woman and I tried to “do research” by sitting in on a Lamaze class. God, that was embarrassing. "Hi, I'm Essie. I'm obviously not pregnant. But I'm doing this play at school where I have to give birth on stage, so I was hoping I could observe a birth, but the hospital staff said people don't really allow for random visitors in their birthing rooms, so, uh, thanks for letting me sit in on this class." I was so young! I had no business playing that role. I had no idea. Not that young women can't have babies - not that they don't. Obviously, I would have had one at 21 if things had been different. But now I feel so much older. Not like I feel much more ready to be a parent, especially since Walter is so steady. But today I just feel... tired. I'm going to take a nap.

7/5/16 Finally had an appointment with my OB-GYN, and it's pretty official to the tune of a February 10th due date. Little winter baby. Couldn't see much on that early ultra sound, but there is definitely something cooking in there. I think the news is still sinking in. I mean, it's almost absurd, isn't it? That we try for 6 years and then the minute we accept that it's not happening, I get knocked up. Makes me wonder if we should have made our peace with it sooner. But then I might have missed out on so much, getting involved with Sal's show, etc. Crazy how things work out. Crazy how overnight I go from barren woman to expecting a child. What am I going to do with a little baby? The idea is actually overwhelming me now that it's in motion. And I was kind of excited about the idea of not having to deal with pregnancy weight gain and loss, but now that's a thing. Brooke will love this. Is it just in my head that french fries seem like the best invention ever, or am I actually already experiencing pregnancy cravings? Maybe I'm always just looking for an excuse to eat fried foods.... Maybe I'll book a great pregnant woman role and make some money off this thing. Then I'll save any residuals I get and hire a trainer to lose the weight after. HA! Always thinking.

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