91 - Long Week

The problems started Tuesday afternoon.  It took until Friday afternoon to get the GA listings back on track on our Corporate website.  When I left for lunch, I left with confidence that the problems were fixed, and we were moving forward once again.

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90 - Almost Back

Whenever I get a cold or infection that causes me to have laryngitis, I get very nervous that my voice is not going to come back all the way, or come back to what it has been before.  It's probably an ungrounded fear, but my voice is such an important part of my life (for me) that I do get nervous.  The good thing is that most of my upper range is back.  Chest voice is still kind of rough, but I'm being good to my vocal cords and letting them continue to rest and heal.

It was nice tonight to be able to sing in some 4 part haromies.  While I'm absolutely loving doing the Murders play, I have also missed singing.  No, it's not Sondheim, and no I don't have a whole lot of singing to do in Aussie, but at least there is some.

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89 - Multiple Monitors

Typically, I'm not a Microsoft fan; I'm forced to use the OS and software because of my profession.  But, I really think they're the company for a Marketing 101 class - how to create and sell a flawed product, and get 75%+ of the population to buy into it.  That said, I am so, so glad that Microsoft does have the option of having multiple monitors attached to one PC.  Otherwise, my job would be all the more difficult.  The screen shot above is a 22" beside a 19" with the ability to use them together as 1 wide screen.  As you can see from the tables I have open, I need the space.

Now if I can only get a new computer with another graphics card slot so I can go to 3 monitors ...

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88 - Rehearsal?

Tonight, we began rehearsals for Aussie Song.  Yes, there are still 4 more performances of After the Murders, but work on the next show begins.  It was sad, though, going to the first music rehearsal and not being able to sing.  That nasty cold that I'm getting over has left my voice somewhat absent.  I feel like the lyric from Mame's "Bosom Buddies" and that Bea Arthur should be singing to me:  "Each time that critic has written, 'Your voice is the voice of a frog!' straight to your side to defend you I rush."

There will be more on Aussie Song in the coming weeks because I KNOW it's going to be a very positive experience.

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87 - A Day Without Murders

For the past two weeks, I've been at the theatre working on After The Murders.  Since we opened the show this past weekend, there will be no formal "murders" until Friday night.  That said, I haven't seen my bowling team in 3 weeks, and it was good to be back with them.  Now, we just need to get back on our game so we can come up in the league standings!  We managed to take 5 of the 7 points tonight, which will help (even though I bowled horribly).  Shout out to my mother who made our team towels.  I gave them to my teammates, and they absolutely loved them!!!

And I have to talk about my "kids".  Diva skipped her breakfast, and still hadn't eaten dinner by the time I got home.  So, I gave her fresh food and sprinkled some cat food on it to entice her.  Oliver thought he should get some.  He actually managed to push Diva away from her own bowl, and she didn't snap, growl or anything.  Just finished her bite and nudged Oliver out of the way again.  It was cute and comical.

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86 - Sunday Charm

Sunday matinees at the theatre are sometimes hit or miss with the audience.  We were fortunate today that our audience had good energy, and we could hear their murmurs between scenes, telling us they were engaged in the show.

Good weekend.  Looking forward to the rest of our shows.

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85 - Publicity

We have GREAT publicity in this weekends edition of the "Beaches Leader".  Upper left corner of the FRONT PAGE, the lead-in about the article, complete with photo of Karen and I.  Front of the Weekend section, big photo of Karen and I followed by an article about the show.  Finally, back page of the Weekend section, nice photo of two of our handsome young men, Kyle and Thomas.  Top caption is the Lizzie Borden jump rope rhyme.

Saturday's audience was tough, and I was struggling through this cold and losing my voice.  Not our best performance.  We will pick it up for Sunday's matinee.

The reviewer for the Florida Time Union was in the audience Opening Night; last night, Dick, the reviewer for Entertainment U was there.  Those should be posted this week.

TTFN!