The usual stuff

Saw "A Few Good Men" with Adam today. Individual performances were great,but I wasn't crazy about the script. Then I went to the gym and did weights. I have been trying to get back on track with the workouts--I had a week or so there where I didn't go enough. I went five times this week, including working out with Stephanie. I am doing a new class which I call "Hell Class," but is really called "Interval." Stephanie teaches it over at the Y. We have been training there and is going to be working there exclusively starting next week. I'm thinking of going with her. It's a nice facility with friendly people. However, Court One is much closer--just down the street.

I challenged Dad to see who can lose 15 lbs. the fastest. He is going back to his old gym and will hopefully be eating better. I am trying to eat better and have cut out those sugary lattes. I'm just drinking iced coffee now, or tea. I have a cute new little coffeemaker I bought for my birthday, and it's working really well. It makes about a cup and a half. Even though it's decaf, it's still really good. I have found that Dunkin' Donuts is a lot better than Starbucks. Starbucks tastes burnt, whereas DD's has a wonderful full-bodied, almost vegetable note taste. I want to get some 8 O'Clock, but Meijer hasn't been carrying the decaf version. I may have to go elsewhere.

Tutoring is going well, however, I had a lesson FAIL with the little Korean boy. We read a copy of a Ranger Rick magazine...actually, we mostly looked at the pictures and talked about them. He really liked that. But then I brought a Highlights magazine and it was too hard for him. The stories were too difficult and he didn't even want me to read them to him. There were some puzzles that we tried to do but they were even too hard for me. There were lots of crafts, which didn't help us. I need to find more magazines suited to him. I will be looking tomorrow.

The show is going well, although tomorrow we are off book and I forgot to work on my lines! I will work on them as soon as I'm done here. It's 9:30 so I guess I should say....

Hanging up now....

Life is good

Bremen Town is a lot of fun. As a matter of fact, I am having more fun with this show since I did Much Ado About Nothing in my little theater group in Muncie, Indiana.Bremen Town may even be more fun. It's great to be mean and order people around. Also, I've never been in a show where I am instrumental in three songs. I've done a lot of chorus work, but never small groups or duets. I'm using my chest voice and am very loud. I was practising during the day when I thought people would be at work but it turned out not everybody was. And how did I know this? After I finished, I heard a faint "Whoo!" and applause. Neat, huh? I sing in my apt. a lot but I've never gotten that kind of response. They may have been being sarcastic but I think if they hadn't liked it they would have pounded on the wall or something. The show is very well cast--both the animals and the robbers are perfect. I'm a little concerned that the woman playing the donkey isn't very loud when she sings. She will be miked, though. I don't like the idea of miking the actors. I'm the loudest and I will really blow people out of the water if I'm miked. I jokingly think they could mike everyone but me. But that would upset the balance.

The tutoring is going really well. I'm meeting with the brothers twice a week and their mom just moved it up to three times a week. I'm charging her 15 bucks for the extra sessions so I'm actually making $100 off her alone. Then I make $40 off the man and his daughter, $20 off the Indian man, and $20 off the Indian kid. So I'm making $180 altogether off the tutoring. Plus I may have another student in the Indian boy's father as he wants me to help him work on his pronunciation during presentations at work. So that would take me up to $190.(I charge either $10 or $15 for "extra" sessions, depending on what the parents and I agree is reasonable.)

So things are going well. I haven't had time to work on Checking Out, but in a way I think that's good--I need to let it all simmer a bit. Maybe I'll have another dream.
It's time for lunch so I'll just say

Hanging up now....