Miscellany
This makes me ridiculously happy. I don't even LIKE McDonald's (unless I'm in Spain for nine months--I frequently indulged in a McChicken during my cruise ship contract) and I almost never go in there. But Shamrock Shakes! They make me happy because they taste good and they're about St. Patrick's Day!
Bart called me this morning--he has tickets for Merrily We Roll Along for this Saturday afternoon, but sadly I can't go with him. VERY sad, I love that show! What a fantastic, inventive score--I LOVE "Our Time" and the lead-in to the reprise of "The Hills of Tomorrow":
It is the obligation we have been given.
It is to NOT turn out the same.
It is to grow, to accomplish--
To change the world.
Bart told me that 1) his partner Walter knows Lonnie Price (the original Charlie Kringas) and 2) Lonnie Price was the obnoxious hotel heir in Dirty Dancing! "He said 'What does he have that I don't have?' And she said 'Two hotels.'"
I went to the doctor Tuesday and they referred me to a cardiologist. They didn't seem too worried, though--guess I'm not about to have a heart attack! The nurse was taking my information--I filled one of these out when I first started going there but I guess they were updating everyone's info. All the questions about cancer, thyroid, etc. I was like no, no, no. Heart disease? Oh yes. Ohhhhhhh yes--my father's side of the family is riddled with heart disease. My grandfather (heart attack, then later died of a coronary), my uncle (several heart attacks), my father (angioplasty), my brother had some kind of scare, a couple of my aunts. OH yes. So it's--weird to feel my heart beating, a little sobering.
I have put the Meetup soccer games on the back burner for now for a couple of reasons. No. 1), they're hard to get to, 2) the style of play is VERY intense. 3 30 minute games with NO substitutions is a lot for me--I'm just not in that kind of shape. But I want to be and I will--those games are something to work towards. So I researched and found another league, the New York Social Sports Club. The style of play is less intense (2-18 minute halves WITH substitutions) and they emphasize the social aspect quite a bit. The league sets up a relationship with a nearby bar and we're encouraged to hang out there after the game, we get discounts on pitchers, etc. In theory this is a cute idea. But this bar's set up kind of blows. Instead of hanging out on the bottom floor which has cute small bar tables and dim lighting, they open up the 2nd floor which has super-bright flourescent lights and tacky long plastic tables. And the discounted pitchers? For BUD. And BUD LITE. Guh-ross. Not worth the calories! Still though, the other people on the team are cool.
How adorbs are we! This was after our first game which we lost--but we won the next two. The kids on it are a fun group but they are KIDS--I am Grandma next to them! It is frustrating too that my skills haven't come back yet--I seem to have lost the ability to kick left-footed. I'm doing okay but have not scored a goal yet. We have practices on Saturdays but now that rehearsals for The Vagina Monologues have started, it's difficult for me to attend.
Yes, I'm directing The Vagina Monologues for TTC. We're nearly a week into rehearsals; it's going pretty well so far, although there has been DRAMMER. I can't talk about it, obviously. Let's just say doing a show with this many amateurs has its challenges!