Welcome to that weird in-between week between Christmas and New Years! Or, as I saw someone refer to it on FB, the "taint of the year". So, how did Christmas go? Actually, it was fine. You make your to-do list and it seems overwhelming and then somehow it all gets done. I knew I didn't …
May God hold you in the palm of his hand
Last week, I went to my dear friend Vikki's funeral. I'd met Vikki through theater friends and Savoynet - she'd started doing shows in England at the festival in 2002, I started the year afterward. Not long after, I joined two local theater groups she was very active in, and by that point we were …
Brain dump
Sorry, this one is more about emptying my head than providing entertainment value, but... well, we'll see. Since getting back from Thanksgiving, various concerns getting dealt with. At work, I've taken over the testing role on my team as well as keeping my current analysis role. Part of what this involves is doing regression testing …
Thanksgiving
Neglected to mention in the last post that we passed the six-month mark since the thing. Feels like it should have been a milestone, but it really wasn't. He's still gone, I'm still learning how it all works without him - or remembering how to do it. I've been single before. I still continue to …
Guncle
So, one of the open issues from the last few weeks was I was waiting to hear whether I got a particular conducting job - for a show that goes up in April. I'd interviewed for it months ago, had not expected to hear results immediately, but I knew that, per tradition, auditions for that …
Everything Changes
At my job, things are getting shaken up a bit. My team's workload is shrinking, which means people are going to be reassigned to other projects. First, we thought that would be me, with the QA person taking over the (not that complicated) BA work and me going to some new project. Then, my big …
The Living and the Dead
Last weekend was an interesting mix of the melancholy and the celebratory. First, on Friday, I'd bought a ticket to see Alaska Thunderf*ck's "Red 4 Filth" tour. But I found out that the ticket I bought didn't actually guarantee me a seat (standing room unless I showed up early enough) and I'd had a busy …
Do all the things, pt. 2
Sunday had been a lot, so I was happy to have a day at home, recovering. Monday, Carol and I got up, had breakfast, and she headed into town to explore. I don't think much memorable happened that night, I think we ordered a pizza and watched the news and various TV things. Tuesday, we …
Do all the things
OK, still catching up, now we're up to the end of October, beginning of the month. This first year of widowhood is very much a process of just figuring it out as we I go along. C and I have always enjoyed a monthly string of events starting in late August and going through Valentine's …
Be Our Guest!
I've got so much going on this week I thought I'd better at least quickly write about the QUO concert a couple of weekends ago before it got lost in the mists of time. [edit: and I started this draft days ago and am just now getting back to it.] As I mentioned before, we …
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