Learn to Talk / The Country of Blinds

Thursday: Slept in a little. The phone rang, and I decided to answer it. Not worth it. Shower, Gus. Made breakfast (scrambled eggs and mushrooms), and fed G and O. Tried to call the vet a couple of times. Finally got through and ordered some Gus supplies. Called the mechanic and set up bringing my car in. Down basement, some video editing, email, made some travel plans. Morning practices and drums.

Headed out, stopping at the video store (the chain, since the independent one closed) to drop off a tape. Then to the vet to pick up the Gus stuff. Boisterous. Across town and in to work.

The the "activity monitoring" problem I'd ran into last night, which I had thought would be a quick fix, blossomed into a larger concern. Some consulting with Dv and B. I eventually hit on a solution, which was to stuff the data into the web anyway with a flag to say that it was a no-op. Crazy, but it works pretty well.

Left work around 7:20, walking towards the T. Ran into Shawn and got a coffee. Drove to Arlington. A somewhat shaky feeling rehearsal. We hadn't been at it in awhile. We recorded our efforts to a hand-held-recorder to get a sense of where we are. Interesting how even this casual act of capturing the moment uped-the-ante. Gave Shawn a ride. Called Wnd on the cell, who was feeling a bit off after a meeting with a financial planner. Also talked to mom, who had experienced Shakespeare in the Park being rained out.

Back home, unloading, and some quick noodles and an egg. MB drove in her car over to the mechanic. I dropped off my car and MB gave me a ride home. Some hanging out. Now down basement, and to complete the day.