Opening Night from the Producers

So I haven’t posted for a while. To catch up, Kathryn and I thoroughly enjoyed our cruise. On the way back, she started getting a sore throat and proceeded to be sick for a couple weeks. Then I got it and I got it worse! I was so tired! But I feel that I am now on the road to recovery.

The night we got back from the cruise I found out that my son was no longer part of a couple. I would write more about it, but as it is more about him than it is about me; I don’t want to betray any confidences about it. Suffice it to say though that a mother’s heart does hurt when a child is hurting, regardless that the child is a 20 year old man!

Kevin came home last weekend and we went to see Assassins in Coppell and he and his dad saw Picasso at the Lapin Agile (at the Runway theatre). I had seen Picasso the week before. Kevin is in the right major of Theatre Arts. He had such a reaction to Assassins and could relate details afterward that I had already forgotten. I didn’t get to talk to him much about Picasso because I was pretty sick by then. I am so proud of him for figuring that out and deciding to get a teaching certificate so he can make a living doing what he loves.

I did venture to the Runway Theatre on Valentine’s Day for their Valentine’s Vignettes. This was difficult for me because I wasn’t feeling very good but I wanted to see Kevin’s play produced. It was to be the second vignette of the second act. I originally planned on only going to the second act but decided that since I had paid full price I would go to all of it. His was definitely the best – had more depth and feeling than any of the others. I know I am prejudiced but he really is a good writer. I left after his and skipped out on the last one because I just didn’t feel like talking to anyone afterward. Mark was in the last one and told me that it didn’t compare to Kevin’s anyway.

Last night Kathryn had 4 girls over for a sleepover for her 16^th birthday which is coming up. She realized last year that it is much easier to have her party before Lent begins as some give up chocolate, some give up sweets, etc etc. So she won’t be 16 for another few days, but she got to party in style!

On The Street from the musical Rent

Kevin is on his way back to Lubbock, tomorrow I teach math, Kathryn has Physics, and we go back to BSF. In other words, everything is back to normal -- I'm not ready. Fortunately I only have to pretend for a week and then Kathryn and I are going on a cruise.

In preparation for our cruise and because they are so fun, Kat and I have new shoes from Onesole.com. They are also available in town at Ooh La La. You buy one set of soles and get 3 tops and then you can buy more tops as you want. They are too expensive, but they are comfortable and we love them. There are many other tops that I want -- dice for bunco nights, a grapevine since I live here, martini for those nights -- you just have to go to their website and look! We can't share tops because we have different size tops! Oh Well!

Well my Itunes is now on "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (but I like it). And I do like it!

The Fourth Door

The Fourth Door doesn't have anything to do with anything. Sometimes I may use the title of the current song on my Itunes as my title.

Kevin wrote a play last year for one of his classes -- a short one act play. This year, The Runway Theatre asked for people to submit vignettes for their Valentines Day show and they would do a show of various vignettes. They picked Kevin's play!!! How exciting! His play is going to be produced. One of the people on the committee told him that his was the best of those submitted!

Although Fourth Door doesn't mean anything about this post -- fourth wall is a theatrical term!

Football games

I will admit that I'm not really a football game watcher, but I am still a fan of the OSU Cowboys and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. I wish I had watched them in their bowl games this year. The Cowboys beat Alabama in the last few seconds! Go Pokes! Then the Red Raiders came from 31 points behind Minnesota to tie them at the last second and go into overtime. The Red Raiders won it in overtime! Go Red Raiders!

On the other game front -- my family played Monopoly last night. We played until the end with Kat having all the money! I went out first but continued to stay at the table because I was the banker.

Tonight we played Apples to Apples which we bought today to play tomorrow with more people on New Years Eve. It is definitely a fun game with our unique personalities showing forth!

I hate bad news.

We just learned that Kathryn's cat, BC, has cancer. He had surgery last week and it was suspected to be cancer but today we know for sure. Damn! I doubt that we will do chemotherapy due to the cost and BC sure still seems plenty feisty. I am sad, not because he may die, but because my daughter is hurting. Damn I hate bad news!

Too many things to do

It is my 25th anniversary of being married to Mark! I can still remember Dec 23, 1981 fairly clearly. My mother cooked quiche for lunch but forgot one of the main ingredients. We went to the church late in the afternoon. I wore my sisters wedding dress (her divorce was finalized a few days before but I loved the dress anyway). My sisters and I drank champagne in the bride's dressing room while the groom and groomsmen drank beer in the parking lot. We do have a champagne/beer marriage!

Now I am amazed that Mark has loved me and lived with me for 25 years. During that time we have had two amazing kids, a few dogs, a couple cats and very few fights. Our kids are simply amazing -- I hope they realize what a blessing they are to us!

Twenty five years is a long time and yet a short time for it sounds like a long time, but it doesn't seem like a long time! Time is a confusing thing. When you are waiting for medical test results, 2 days seems like forever but when you are just out and about time can really fly!

If you have kids, hug them -- regardless of their age!