I am trying

[spikesgirl58]

I don't have any trouble making random posts throughout the day, but I have a hard time actually doing the journaling thing, Mostly, my world is pretty boring. I go to work, push paper from one side of my desk to the other and go home

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[cosmic_reverie]

I'm sorry that things are so hard right now! I haven't seen a play in years. It's not something that I think about much. I'm excited to see Phantom of the Opera with my mom in March. Do you fundraise regularly?

[spikesgirl58]

Have you ever seen Phantom before? It's a wonderful first experience! Phantom will always have a soft spot in my heart.

We should be fundraising all the time, but we can never seem to hold onto a fundraising chair for more than a few months - don't even get me started about our 'do-nothing' board. I wonder how many of them realize that they are responsible for our debts if we go under. We just came off our winter drive and it was pretty lean. We start with our subscription renewal in March, but they are jacking up the prices, so I'm a bit worried about that as well. What I really need to is get a job at McDonald's and be done with it.

[cosmic_reverie]

I've seen Phantom several times with my mom as a kid in Philadelphia, but not since. I'm looking forward to seeing it again after so long!

Sounds like you need a new fundraising chair.

[spikesgirl58]

Most excellent! I hope it's a fabulous performance for you. Your favorite song from the musical?

We most definitely need a good fundraising chair, but we haven't had one in forever, despite many people trying. Sigh...

[vysila]

Well, I figure most people's lives are pretty mundane and humdrum 90% of the time. Anybody who has to work for a living and keep up a home (and/or raise children) can't have much free time at all! Your social life is roughly 200 times more active than mine, for instance. *grin*

Wow, I'd be a bit worried about the job too, especially when the finance person takes the books home at night. That seems... unorthodox. Is there an oversight committee or board who should be aware of this?

Sorry it was a rough week, but I do love the idea of creating a play archive - what a great project to undertake.

[spikesgirl58]

I've lodge a formal complain with the business manager and the artistic director. I even approached our friend (she is on the board) and she blew up and accused me of bad mouthing the finance VP. She does so much for the theatre and it's her life and how dare I say anything! Yeah, that didn't go well. Araceli and I are on the same page and are both very uncomfortable with it.

Gads, I find it hard to believe it's 200% more than yours. You always seem so busy and active.

Honestly, that project is about the only thing keeping me sane. I plan to spend lots of time on it, although it will all be for naught in a year's time. I am so ready to retire...

[vysila]

Totally with you on the 'so ready to retire' bit. See my latest post.

Wow, that's pretty amazing that a board member would explode like that. That's not being a good steward of the theater at all. For what it's worth, I think you are right to be concerned. But it sounds like you've done what you can do.

LOL - yeah, I'm busy but... it's generally with boring, routine stuff. Not fun, sociable stuff because I'm just an anti-social hermit. ;)

[spikesgirl58]

They are friends and apparently Jay has Barb buffalo'd as we see an entirely different side of Jay. Sigh.

We actually talked retirement last night. TBG is planning to retire in 2020 unless AT&T offers him a 3-3-1 (adds three years to his age, three years to his time with the company and a year's salary) first. He admitted that we might not be able to take really nice vacations as often, but I'm willing to deal with that. A week in the Foothills is just as nice a getaway as other places. We had actually decided that this would be our last trip to Tahiti, mostly because of the flights to and from. Such a hassle.

I'm busy, too, but, like you, it's just every day stuff. I don't you are anti-anything TBH :D

[lil_packette]

Journaling is hard. Any regular writing is hard (especially if t is not just chatting online). I made a resolution to write a short story every time something makes me want to argue--and suddenly, my world is rosy. That's good news, I guess.

I am sorry to hear about things not going so well. I hope it gets better.

[spikesgirl58]

Hahahaha, I am a writer and I usually write between 1000 and 3000 words a day, just not in a journaling format. Some people always seem to have something to say. Me, not as much.

I suspect it will. We've gone through this dry period before, but then we had a business manager who knew the business and was committed to us. Our new one, not so much. That's what has me a little skiddish.

Thanks! You are a good person. *hugs*

[the_wretching]

Yeah, I'm having trouble updating my journal too.... It's mainly because I'm content though. And content is very very good.

How did you find Amelie with your new knowledge of the French language??

I watched it several years ago with the subtitles off, just to see how it would go, and that was when I discovered what a VISUAL film it is. You could watch it without any sound at all, and still understand every nuance, no matter how subtle! It's quite a feat of film making. It didn't help me learn French at all, but it felt like it did because I was listening in French and, because it's so visual, I was understanding everything.

[spikesgirl58]

Content is fabulous. It's not that I'm not content, I just don't have much to say about stuff because it seems much less than what other people are going through. Is it that I'm just not making the most of the time? No idea.

Amelie was okay, but they talk too fast for me. I was able to translate most of what the French chef was saying last night, but it was because the show was captioned and I could read, as opposed to hearing, it. I totally agree with you about the movie. It is so rich, I see something new every time.

[ragnarok_08]

I'm really sorry that things have been hard for you right now :(

*hugs*

[spikesgirl58]

Thank you! *hugs*

It's much easier for me than most folks - my health is good for the most part (aside from the UTI issue), knock wood.