Hey, friends. Welcome to Spring Break. We are doing all of the following to celebrate a whole week away from school:
Sleeping until seven every morning.
(Except I didn’t quite make it.)
Yep. That’s it. Big dreams, that’s what we’re made of around here.
Want to hear about my Big Date with Husband on Saturday? I thought so. We went to see a play. A musical. (I know. Husband of the Year. Again.) It was an adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, which is my favorite Dickens novel (what’s yours?). I have me a little crush on the drunken lout Sydney C. What can I say? It’s my weakness for redemption figures. And he was wonderful in this show. The show played on Broadway for a while, then sort of did the Broadway equivalent of going out of print. (Poor little writer.) But it’s been “recalled to life” (get it?) in a run at Salt Lake City’s Hale Center Theatre. The writer/composer Jill Santorelli was there at the performance, sitting in the tech booth (she got an intro and a large ovation), and I wish that I could have gone over and given her a squeeze. But by the time the show ended, I was melted into a sobby puddle (yes, really) and I just sniffled my way to the car. If you care to get your hands on a terrifically moving and powerful song, find Madame LeFarge’s “Out of Sight, Out of Mind.” I wanted to take that woman home with me and reform her (and let her sing at me all day) – she was spectacular. My mom would have loved it. I’m sorry to tell you that Saturday was closing night. I wish I’d seen the show at the beginning of the run, so everyone who lives within a couple hundred miles could have heeded my invitation and seen it.
It was good, okay?
Then yesterday! Yesterday, our cute friends-who-were-neighbors came for a visit. We ate yumminess and talked for several hours and giggled at their cute children and had pie. Don’t you love reconnecting with friends? Especially the kind who want to move back close? And eat together again and again? And also, pie? Me, too.
WRITING ACCOUNTABILITY TIME: I got more than 1,000 words in this morning before I had to be all done (read: Husband and Kids wanted to TALK to me). I liked my scene. I hope you will, too. Someday. 🙂
The sun is sparkling on the new mountain snow. I have crocuses, and tulips are coming. Nobody goes to school for five whole days. Remember that I love spring? I remember.
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Remember when we got snowed in during Spring Break in Nauvoo? I think that was a seminal moment for me. I’ve been to many a cold clime for SB with my family. I get some kind of sick satisfaction looking at accumulating snow while welcoming in the warmer seasons.
Maybe soon I’ll take a warm place trip for Spring Break. Yeah, that’s it… when I get my swimsuit body back! Ha!
Remember when we got snowed in during Spring Break in Nauvoo? I think that was a seminal moment for me. I’ve been to many a cold clime for SB with my family. I get some kind of sick satisfaction looking at accumulating snow while welcoming in the warmer seasons.
Maybe soon I’ll take a warm place trip for Spring Break. Yeah, that’s it… when I get my swimsuit body back! Ha!
I’m soooo jealous!! I’ve such awesome things about that show!! Have a great Spring Break!! We’ll see you on Sunday!!
I’m soooo jealous!! I’ve such awesome things about that show!! Have a great Spring Break!! We’ll see you on Sunday!!
That’s awesome that you went and saw “The Tale of Two Cities.” One of the 4th grade teachers that I taught with during my student teaching is in it, although I think he’s in the MWF cast. I’m glad you enjoyed it though. 🙂
That’s awesome that you went and saw “The Tale of Two Cities.” One of the 4th grade teachers that I taught with during my student teaching is in it, although I think he’s in the MWF cast. I’m glad you enjoyed it though. 🙂
Darn, I was hoping your spring break was when mine is. I want to come up to the land of snow. I will keep you posted if I make it. Darn gas prices. BTW, my break is the week before Easter, eek, that is next week, I better decide quick.
Darn, I was hoping your spring break was when mine is. I want to come up to the land of snow. I will keep you posted if I make it. Darn gas prices. BTW, my break is the week before Easter, eek, that is next week, I better decide quick.
I love live theater. Love, love, love.
I love live theater. Love, love, love.
I always commit to sleeping in on vacation, and I cannot sleep past 8 no matter what.
I always commit to sleeping in on vacation, and I cannot sleep past 8 no matter what.
Mmmmm, pie.
And yay for flowers. There are some in my backyard. They make me happy.
And my baby is convinced the 6:45 is wake up time. No respect for spring break, I tell ya. Although today, when he wanted to go back to bed at 7:45, I went back to bed with him. Not a bad deal, I tell ya.
Mmmmm, pie.
And yay for flowers. There are some in my backyard. They make me happy.
And my baby is convinced the 6:45 is wake up time. No respect for spring break, I tell ya. Although today, when he wanted to go back to bed at 7:45, I went back to bed with him. Not a bad deal, I tell ya.
Oh, eating yummy pie and visiting with those you love, really does life get any better? Kevin’s home all week and the plan was to sleep in, so far we haven’t made it past 6:30, but we’ll keep trying and maybe we’ll get better by the end of the week. 🙂 Enjoy your week, the family, and SPRING!
Oh, eating yummy pie and visiting with those you love, really does life get any better? Kevin’s home all week and the plan was to sleep in, so far we haven’t made it past 6:30, but we’ll keep trying and maybe we’ll get better by the end of the week. 🙂 Enjoy your week, the family, and SPRING!