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Where are the Fabric Eggs?

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A day off today and I really, really need it. Still not feeling well, with the added gift of allergies gone haywire. It’s all very frustrating and that’s all I’m going to say about that.

Adrian: Because of his complications during the transplant, he was under anesthesia for over 7 hours and it took a long, long time for him to come out of it. I can’t imagine how worried Margaret must have been. He is no longer intubated, but he is in incredible pain. So the next few days will be very hard. Margaret sounds exhausted. I can’t imagine she’s slept much at all. But the heart is working, thank God.

The very first thing Don and I prayed for was the family of the donor. That’s the difficult thing about this; getting a new heart means there has been a tragic loss of life.

So we wait and try not to pester Margaret. Just one update a day. Don waited until I got home last night to text her. And we pray for our friend.

I am so ready to end these commutes into the city. I’m sure that my feelings about that are impacted by my being sick, but I am SICK OF THE COMMUTE. Half the time, I have to kill an hour or two in the Times Square area because I am there early because of the bus schedule. Or I have to kill time before I can go home for the same reason. And then there’s the bus ride itself. Anyway, commuting into NYC lost its appeal years ago.

One more day. That means I won’t post tomorrow as I have to get up at 5 am in order to get into the city in time for a 10:30 am run-through. Next week, probably on Monday, I’ll drive to the theater in New Jersey for a dress/tech run-through and hopefully, that will be IT. I will say that everyone who works for the Paper Mill Playhouse has been generous and kind and extremely helpful. What a wonderful organization!

You’re probably wondering where the fabric Easter eggs were this year.

Here you go:

Zoe always looks slightly worried.

I’ll probably leave the eggs there for a few more days.

Sorry that I am unable to reply to comments on some days. It will all get back to normal soon. Thanks for understanding.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.

 

Easter Bunnies & The Tape

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Three Vintage by Crystal bunnies out on display for Easter.

Sunny today and warmer temperatures this week. I’ll take it. I’m going to go out and check on the progress of the lilac buds. Update tomorrow.

I also see some tiny green buds on the Shag Hickory and an Ash. The daffodils up in the shade are developing buds, the daffs in the big garden bed have emerged from the ground and the daffs that sprung up from gravel last year – right by the porch – are getting bigger every day. Little things, but boy, do we need to see them about now. Winter hung on longer than usual and we are really ready for GREEN. Speaking of green, the lawn is getting greener by the day – all that rain, no doubt.

After yesterday’s post about Disc Drive, I began to wonder where that cassette tape that Don made for me was. The only car that played cassettes was the CR-V and it’s long gone. Did Don mistakenly throw it out when he cleared out the car? Did I put it somewhere in the house? Have I lost it forever?

I checked out my car. Nothing. If it was in my storage closet in the office it was going to be difficult to find without taking everything out, including the kitchen air conditioner which is also stashed there. (Storage – the eternal problem around here.) Then I had an idea to check the top drawer of the sideboard – a mess of receipts, used checkbooks, batteries, etc. After a lot of digging, I found it!

Don , you are forgiven for writing Disk instead of Disc. And he recorded it in Calgary, not Toronto like I thought. He often worked for a theater company that had stages in both cities. 1999! We had only been together for 5 years. I’m going to listen to it this afternoon. Let’s hope it still plays.

I’ll update you on that tomorrow.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

 

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