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Stress

Michelle’s walls took 3 coats of paint (2 coats were Killz) and they still need another coat.

RJ’s walls will need the same treatment.

The boys have not picked up the furniture, cats and turtles that were supposed to be out of the house no later than last Saturday.

Yesterday, a bad thunderstorm hit and we lost our internet connection. Can’t get a tech out until Wednesday.

Yesterday, a bad thunderstorm hit and fried the Wii.

Money is flying out of the bank faster than we can get it in.

Two weeks from today, we’ll be in the new house.

If we survive.

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Always Patsy Cline

When I bought the tickets for Always Patsy Cline I thought both Jenn and TW would roll their eyes at me or possibly refuse to go with me. Neither are big country fans and as far as I know, Jenn doesn’t even know who Patsy Cline IS.

But, they were game with nary a rolled eye.

We arrived late. We left the hotel late to pick up Jenn. It took her awhile to say goodbye to the boy (which caused ME to roll MY eyes) and then I drove right past the parking garage entrance on Cumberland and then drove down Church St and back to the garage and then drove around the garage a bit. Heh. We were escorted to the very front row during the opening song – before “Patsy” came out – before “Louise” came out but still it was the first song. Front row seats were not great and I was worried again that I was going to get lynched by the two women I dragged to the show…

But. It was awesome.

Loved it. I am so glad I bought the tickets. I have no idea what Always Patsy Cline will be like if it’s in your area but if you get to Spoleto and those chicks are performing it – you should go. It’s fun.

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Banana Monologues

When I realized we were going to be in Charleston DURING Spoleto I almost cried. I have not been able to attend a Spoleto event since Jenn was a toddler and every year I’ve said “next year, I’ll be there!” and every year… it didn’t work out.

I quickly ran to see what kind of tickets were available for the days we were in Charleston and rather than being disappointed that most events were already sold out, I patiently clicked through everything available and bravely selected two shows that would fit into our time schedule. Both are actually “Piccolo Spoleto” events and one was “Piccolo Fringe“. (You have to learn a whole new vocabulary to understand Spoleto.)

We saw the first last night and this is the one I was most concerned about.

Banana Monologues

A stand-up show about One relationship, where One woman gave One man the best sex of his life… and all the crap to go with it. This is the subject matter of the hilarious one-man show, “

Misogynistic much? Yep, but it was funny and from the reactions of the small audience in the very small and interesting American Theater most people agreed. The older men in front of us were most appreciative of the monologue. The women they were with laughed almost as much but… not quite. And that was interesting as well.

I spent some time thinking about how many times I have seen middle age men get up and leave during the first 15 minutes of the Vagina Monologues and pondering why those men couldn’t handle that show yet women didn’t get up and walk out of Banana Monologues. Why is that? Patriarchy maybe? 😉

We enjoyed it. Really.

And tonight, Always Patsy Cline… heh.

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