Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

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.

 

Monday

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No pictures today. Saturday was an exhausting day, with rehearsal in the city and me still not feeling well. I slept a lot on Saturday night, but this whole crud thing is complicated now by pollen and allergies, so I can’t tell what’s what.

Today I go in for an afternoon run-through which means I’ll leave this morning and won’t be home until late this evening. Tomorrow: off. Wednesday, a very early trip into the city for a final run-through before the show heads into tech in New Jersey. And then, 4 or 5 days later, I’ll drive to NJ for a dress/tech and maybe a preview, depending on how it’s going. And then I’m done!!

But the big news is this:

Our dear friend Adrian got a new heart last night!

On Easter!

Don happened to call Adrian in the afternoon, just after Adrian had received the news that a heart was available and that it was a match. We kept in touch with his wife, Margaret, as he went into surgery around 5:00 California time. We really didn’t hear anything more until this morning when Don sent a text to Margaret. The surgery took longer than expected because he had some bleeding problems, but that seems to have been resolved and he’s back in ICU, intubated and still sleeping.

Now, we wait.

Adrian and Margaret could use your prayers, my friends.

An amazing day yesterday.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

 

Friday

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This ‘crud’ is never-ending. Don still has it and it’s been over 2 weeks. I had to go into the city yesterday for 5 hours of rehearsal and, adding in the four hour total commute, my day was very long. Today, I am wiped out. Completely. Lots of pollen in NYC, which doesn’t help. As it is now, I’ll take today off, go in tomorrow, take Sunday off, go in on Monday, take Tuesday off, and go in on Wednesday. Then I’ll get a bit of a break while they start to tech the show.

I can’t do two days in a row.

Daffodils on the edge of the woods.

And this season, the little clumps of daffs that have spread are also blooming.

I have no energy or time to start garden cleanup, so it will have to wait.

Pippa with the egg cups.

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.

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