extracurricular-activities

Tony and Peg have two kids, Terry-Lynn and Harvey, both of whom are enrolled in so many extracurricular and afterschool clubs that they hardly ever see their parents. If Terry-Lynn is in Girl Guides, she doesn__ have to see Peg inviting the Purolator man in for __ cup of coffee_. If Harvey is in the anime drawing club, he doesn__ have to see Peg kissing Mr. Cooper from across the street, even if all the other neighbours secretly know what__ going on. Tony has no idea, all he knows is that Peg isn__ the same Peg he married back in 2003. All he knows is that she__ changed a great deal, and not for the better, like a beautiful butterfly regressing back into a devouring, ugly caterpillar in the span of only a couple of months.

It was a relief to inhabit someone else's life for a while, to get her personal issues for a brief respite. In a play, she knew exactly how all her character's problems would be resolved. No matter how the cast performed, the end turned out the same. No questions, no worries, no unknowns.