Last month, my mom found out that my cousin's son was cast as Michael Banks in Mary Poppins at his high school. He's a freshman, so that's a pretty big deal. She decided to go and wondered if I wanted to join in. That came in the middle of several weekends of stuff on either side, so I wasn't sure, and then a bunch of family members were also going ( Read more... )

Yesterday was an adventure and a roller coaster ride. It also made for a very long day, but overall it was enjoyable ( Read more... )

The jazz group performed last week, so we were off. Weird, because the jazz group is usually *after* our Fourth of July concert; it threw everyone off. I'm already exhausted by this summer, so I wasn't upset about the time away--I needed to chill pretty badly that week, to be honest--but now we go straight through 'til August. Phew ( Read more... )

Third in a series! Yes, if it's a Friday night, two weeks after the last time we got together, it must be a Friday night I'm spending with Avery. You know you have a routine down pat when you get to Chinese Kitchen and they ask if you even want a menu. No; we're good. (This would be why I grabbed a take-out menu last time. Now I can decide ( Read more... )

Or, guess who saw The Little Mermaid last night ( Read more... )

My high school is doing the musical Cats this fall. When mom found out, she really really wanted to see it. She's never seen it and tried to get my dad or me to attend with her. Sorry, I've never had an interest. (When you've taken a class on musicals and your big project is to fix a problem musical, and it's an Andrew Lloyd Webber show-- ( Read more... )

It's senior show time again, and it's been a couple years since Avery and I went. We attempted to go last year, but she ended up getting pretty sick and I didn't hear from her until after the show's run. This year, we were both healthy, and when she offered up tickets I said sure. We opted for Thursday night, since I had to work today and, ( Read more... )

We didn't quite make it to 70F, but we tied the record of 68F from 95 years ago. There was talk of us possibly tying the all-time February high of 75F, but morning fog prevented that from happening. No matter. It's still springlike a month out from actual spring. We've had six consecutive days of 60F-plus, which according to WGN has never ( Read more... )

I was gone three nights last week--one for band, one for library, and one for a show. Avery was in a production of "Seussical," so naturally I had to go see it ( Read more... )

Back around her birthday, Avery mentioned to me that she was going to be involved with a production of Mary Poppins, including being the choreographer for "Jolly Holiday," and she asked if I was interested in auditioning. I have had an interest in doing a show again; I always had fun with them, and I'd enjoy being on stage again. Back in college ( Read more... )