Took a nap

It was a good night, slept well and Spook spent a lot of it curled up in the cat tree next to the bed. She joined me on the bed when I started reading - she seems to think the tablet is her cue.

Got to the library in plenty of time to drop off the seed packets and attend the "rightsizing/ditching your stuff" talks.

The realtor who did the downsizing presentation was an excellent presenter, had pretty and easy to read slides, and did a good job of encouraging us to use his services. He was followed by a woman whose company will take your stuff and estate sale it. She also did a good job, though she didn't say what happens if your stuff doesn't sell.

The second half was inept, a woman whose company will de-clutter your space, and other things which were not clearly explained. Her slides were ugly and too small to read. Her talk was scattered.

From there went to Fedex Office to reprint the finale of El Capitan. The book got wet, and those pages had been done on my inkjet, so they smeared. The GPS thought the nearest one was 15 miles away, Googl4e maps sent me to a UPS store, so I finally went to the one in the Mercado I know.

While I was nearby I stopped in a Wal-Mart grocery and got some milk and popsicles. And eggs.

Home, took care of online stuff, caught up on Tivo, then took a nap. Spook curled up in the cat tree again.

Changed into my pit blacks and went to the theater for opening night.

We had a really sharp audience, they got the convoluted plot, loved the jokes, and have us huge ovations at each act's finale. The guy voted most likely to forget his lines forgot an entrance. He shouted his line from backstage, and ran downstage to deliver the dispatch. He was greatly teased later.

It was nice to see BASFA friends, Gerry Nordley and his wife, Gayle Wiesner, and Bill L & Carole not L. Also some Lyric Theatre friends.

Home at about 11, Hgl was 79, so minimal pre-dinner insulin. Dinner was Marie Calendar roast chicken. Yummy. And a popsicle.

No snailmail today. Alarming because the check from my broker was due yesterday.

Watered all the plants inside and out. Pulled up the Thai spirit house, it will go back after the hedge is removed.

Plans for tomorrow:
Not much in the morning. 2 pm show.
Probably will go across the street after to Jake's for pizza. The cast party is back at the rehearsal warehouse, way out of my way, and about as appealing as having a cast party in a warehouse.

Aprés Pizza

So today went like this:

Slept till 6:30, no potty breaks needed. This is a major win for new meds.

Spook took my place on the bed when I left it.

Got dressed in Hawaiian shirt & cutoffs so I could go to the park community hall to drop off the rent. It is due tomorrow - they were a week late billing us. Their excuse will probably be that all the rents went up this month (it's in the lease, every August, 6% raise). But that would be an excuse because it never delayed them before.

Back home, had breakfast, checked email and RSS feeds and backups. Changed into my blacks, and headed for the theater at about 1pm for a 2 pm show. There was plenty of parking, and I was early, compared to the rest of the cast & orchestra. The call for a concert version (no makeup or costumes or sets) doesn't need to be any earlier than 15 minutes before.

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The audiences loved the show, which is what counts most. Many friends showed up.

We took cast photos after the audience was gone, and everything was fine until they wanted us to squeeze in more. I had to hold my breath because the woman they shoved me next to had serious hygiene issues.

The cast party was going to be back at the warehouse, way out of my way. My plan was to go to Jake's across the street for pizza, but I really wanted to change clothes, so I went home, changed, and went to the nearest Round Table for pizza. Was going to go to the nearby Boardwalk for a shake, but having discovered the best recipe for an egg cream,  I went home and made one of those instead.

Took out the garbage, watered the gardens.

Filled out the online biweekly unemployment $$ request

Plans for tomorrow:
Expecting a call from the painters about Tuesday's work
Expecting $ from my broker
The usual job search routine
Bring the temperature sensors inside. There may be other stuff to move, but I'll leave that to the crew.
Starbucks? Ingress?