Magic Night

Last night was the opening night of A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum, starring, well, me. It was a great night. Everyone did a terrific job, and the audience was wonderful, about a hundred people laughing in all the right places (and even at a few jokes we didn't expect anyone to get), and giving us many compliments afterward. It was an exhausting, exciting, exhilerating night, and I'm looking forward to doing it all over again tonight. And tomorrow. And next weekend. I just wish I could make a living doing it; it's a lot more fun than my day job!

WInter is approaching, but you would never know by the weather. It's been mild with occasional rain, and few freezing nights. Good for us, as we are currently able to heat the house with just our wood stove and some hardwood harvested from the property we have been intending to build a house on.

But that will have to wait. Our house hasn't sold, and with winter on the way the chance of getting a good price are very low. Karen is starting a new job, so it would appear that, for the time being, we are going to stay put. That's frustrating, but also a relief, because knowing that we are going to just stay here for awhile, we can move back in. For more than two years we've been living as if we were going to be moving, and it's been very hard on the children, having so many of their toys in storage, not being able to have pictures on the walls, and worrying more about how the house looks to a buyer than how comfortable it is to live in. While staying here would not be our first choice, I think it will make everybody happier. It occurred to us recently that, for as long as he can remember, Danny has been waiting to move. That's awfully tough for such a little guy.

So, at the end of our contract with the agency this month, the "For Sale" signs will go down, and we will begin in earnest making our house, once again, a home.