Incriminating the Neighbors

A good friend of mine, who happens to live across the street, is coming along to see Grapes of Wrath!!!! Yippee!!!

I know I mentioned that I got Very Good Seats, but I didn't mention exactly where. No, not Row A. or Row B. Or Row C either. Certainly not as far back as Row E, where the ticket prices increase dramatically. Not on the right side, not on the left, not on the aisle. Ok obviously I've been spending a little too much time with Alex and not enough time with other adults. But now you know where we're sitting, so if you go, look for us there.

So while the plan at the moment remains to go, watch, and leave, my friend may have other ideas or intentions, seeing as this will be her very first time seeing Mr. Gunn and, well, she's gotten an earful from me in great detail about all the various events I've attended. (grammar question: all the various? pondering that...)

Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem. Sorry.

Ok. Off I go. It's "Back To School" night, which means I get to pretend I'm in kindergarten and jam myself into a little chair to color a picture. Or something.

Singing in the Kitchen

Alex and I had so much fun singing in the kitchen today. He jumped on his mini-trampoline while I prepped dinner. I played the warm-up from one of my voice lessons and we did all the exercises together, then we sang all sorts of songs, mine and his. Mine were mostly songs I've done with my teacher. His, of course, were all Thomas the Tank Engine Songs. Hopefully he'll have these memories when he's an adult. I definitely remember singing with my mom in the car, in the bath and around the house, but I don't remember how early the earliest memory is. The bath - that one must be pretty early - maybe age 7? Who knows.

Tomorrow: First day of KINDERGARTEN!

List Time at the Circus

So much to do and remember! Time to make lists.

Let's start with stuff NOT related to music/opera/etc:

Alex starts kindergarten on Wednesday!!!!!!! I can't believe it. Still have to get some things together for him - they gave us a long list! I have everything on the list except a 4x6 photo. Who prints photos? So tomorrow I'll have to run out to one of those photo stands in the local pharmacy and print a pic. Maybe I can get Husband to do it in the morning... Hmm...
I have to fill out a bunch of forms and stick them in a folder, then I have to get that and all his other stuff together into his backpack.. Then I have to sleep without having another one of those "OHMYGOD it's Alex's first day of school and we're going for a walk in the wrong direction and he's still in his pajamas and the other kids are on their way and there's no way we'll get home, get him dressed and get his stuff together to make it to school on time and then we'll get lost on the way there and by the time we get to school they'll be leaving for the day," dreams, like I had the other night. I thought I was done with those once I graduated from college. I guess now I'll have them for Alex until he's old enough to have them himself.

Whew.

That's really the only non-opera/music thing on the list. But it's pretty much the biggest thing on my mind this week, and it has temporarily replaced opera as the thing that's keeping me awake.

The rest of the list:

• Prepare for Saturday's voice lesson - music, CDs, blank tapes
• Call my voice teacher to see if we can tack on the extra time this and next week before Alex starts HIS music class.
• Call that local opera/singer group to find out about potential opportunities
• Possibly attend an "(local town) Friends of Opera Meetup Group" meeting/reception on Sunday... must RSVP by Friday.

Ok I think that's it, list-wise.

Alex has been into Adam and the Ants lately. That, and he likes the thunderstorm scene in the Met's version of La Cenerentola, when the umbrella catches on fire. Adam and the Ants... Rossini... Adam and the Ants... Rossini... It's like a circus at my house.