What's Up (and Going)

1) I resigned from JC Penney's last Friday. A week and a half to go. Good thing too because it's September and there's Christmas stuff out on the sales floor!

2) Picked up some regular baby-sitting jobs. One for the Vitales (Hannah-6, Olivia-3.5, and Ella-2)in South Lyon on Mondays and Fridays and the other for John Garrett (3)on Wednesdays that will start up when his father finds work.

3) Will start next weekend backstage doing props for the JET's production of Broadway Bound. I'm looking forward to being able to see Annie Palmer more often. I know she's still alive because I read her blog. She's playing a concert in Ann Arbor Sunday night. Can't wait to see it. I hope the JET won't conflict.

4)I started teaching at the Hannan House (Senior Activities Center). I'll be teaching a Reader's Theater class. Today I had three people, all of whom I knew before, from the class I helped Blair out with last winter and spring. We'll be performing a play around Christmas time.

5) I've been house sitting for my parents who are on a train right now, heading through Colorado, home from the Grand Canyon. They said the Canyon was spectacular. They're right; I've seen it.

6) Been writing more songs. Right now I have 10 I wrote myself. Looking to do more performing, though my voice isn't quite back yet. Maybe a week from Sunday I'll do an open mic. Anyone interested in coming, or performing with me?

7) My parents "put the dog down" before they left. She was old, pretty dysfunctional, and condemned to our basement. I'm glad I hadn't lived here to be a part of THAT. She's buried in our backyard. I still feel like she's in the family room when I come in from the back door. I'm feeling pretty emotionally disconnected from it, so no need for sympathy. I wonder if I'll ever own a dog again. Maybe if someday I find myself feeling extra responsible, buckled down, with a routine schedule, home often, and bored. Who knows when that will be... Not any time soon.

That's all for now...