I am writing to you from a hotel room at the Kingston Holiday Inn. Alan just crashed Folkloric's gig and now we're eating pizza and watching TV. Having a blast but I must say that after two years of beig cable-free, there is still just crap on television. In a few minutes, I have a stack of quarters for the game room. Feels like a vacation, at least for the next 3 hours. (but probably not for Bob who has 3 gigs today!)
The day started out pilfering through the trunk of my car searching through plastic bags of clothes donations....I knew that's where Alan's kelly-green t-shirt could be found! It was a little short, but with a long sleeved shirt underneath it, it worked.....I offered him the gaudy necklace with the shiny shamrock, but he said necklaces are for "girls", but then became irritated that I didn't have a better "gift" for him...(excuse me?).
Turned out that the teacher had set something up that leprocons hide gifts for kids? ANYWAY, I don't think he got that quite right, but we processed that in the car on the way to school. As I dropped him off in the classroom, I noticed tiny green footprints...then one of the children ran towards me and almost ratted me out...."Hi! I saw you at the parade!"....(I had told Alan that it was cancelled because of the rain)..oops..I'm hopin that playing with Bob at a real gig just now will make up for that one.
After that, I had a morning "Transitions" conference in which I represented DCC for the student disabilities office. No presentations, just tabling. But I did host a school apart from this that I spent extra time with.
Next 2-3 days will be VERY busy, and I may not have time to blog. Tomorrow morning, I have to depart promptly at 6AM for a presentation at Northern Westchester/Putnam BOCES. And this happened last year too, but this also coincides with library night. So I won't be getting home until 10PM. I was hired as their Board's recording secretary amost two years ago when I was working from home as a freelancer. Finances are solid now (money socked away too!), so I don't necessarily need the extra cash, but I still enjoy working with this group, and haven't wanted to give it up. I love being a fly on the wall, just recording what is happening without the pressure of making decisions...(how often does that happen in life). Plus, I always learn something new which has been helpful for Heritage Folk Music, the organization that Bob created which has been very successful.
When the library check comes in the mail ($75 and usually arrives on a Saturday), I love using that as my "mad money" and always seem to spend it happily with such irresponsibly..Listen, the way I look at it, I don't spend money on monthly hair dye bottles, nail manecures at the mall, cable, video games, or whatever the lastest craze ....So on one of those Saturday's, I like to sluuuuuuuuurge...on whatever or whereever the wind takes us....usually on creative projects like paint, glue sticks...or now that I think of it....LETS GO TO THE GAME ROOM!
HAPPY ST. PAT'S DAY!!!
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