times tenses in english

well... i`m back again. Hello all.
What is my thinking now it is I am now thinking about times tenses in english. Hell for me. I think the only time tense i can use right is present ))) like i do now.
ok. lets try to use other, past and future. so i will write a little story about myself.

Today i woke up pretty late, in at twelve. Two months ago i did stop to play stopped playing Eve-online and since that time i was wake have been waking up in at ten every day (here i am trying to mix and combine two times at once, that is what i need you to control and correct (pleeeeease)).
I was full of energy and could smell the life stream (?) in every breath i take took (took maybe, im not sure- you're right :)). But now, thought i am still not playing Eve, but i started to wake up even later than when i did play it.
So, i think that is a strange thing happened. Maybe it is because of the changing seasons, thought it is a the middle of autemn (autumn) already and i must be used to it (oh, i hope it was right said, i tried it first time). Or maybe it is because russians do not changing time (change the time, or better: put the clocks back) depends because of the seasons any more by new rules of our great ex-president. (damn him).
yesterday and the day before i was in the/a theater looking for some show that i realy do like. I am trying not to miss any possibility to watch it, and today is a the third day of this show and i will try to be there again (here i am using future time at last, which is also misty for me). But i will miss the begining cos i had to work in at that time. About an hour and half, so i will miss the half of the show which i want to see, thougth i saw it twice. And the great complaining of it (better: And the worst thing is) - i have to work instead (i am sure i am wrong here to using this word - no, it's fine) of another dude, which who is ill now. It is a good deal (better: a good thing) to help somebody, but he looks lazy to get himself right (not quite sure what you meant here). He is down for a week of (or?) maybe more and even of (?) working in this condition, cos sometimes i cant take his place.(maybe replace him would be a better phrase but i like to try both - it's good))))
so... here is my story about something ))) please, fix my mistakes. I hope it is not much of them. Thank you for attention. Cheers.

By heart

The curtain went up on the final act of the play. We could see the aristocrat sitting alone in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler came on to the stage with a letter in his hands. He walked into the cell and handed the letter to the prisoner who was supposed to read it. The letter had not been written out in full as was usual. It was just a blank sheet of paper, for the gaoler had played a joke on his fellow actor. He wanted to see whether his colleagues, after so many performances, had learnt his liners by heart. The aristocrat stared at the letter for a few seconds, squinting his eyes and said: "The light is very dim. Read the letter to me." Then he passed the letter to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler said:’ The light is indeed dim. I have to get my glasses.’ With this, the gaoler hurried off the stage and returned with a pair of glasses, holding the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

gaoler: or "jalier", depending on if you write "gaol" or "jail".

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