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Note: I just tried doing a manual spell check.. still bad I think – jc 11/03
Folks.. I have to beg your indulgence.. I can’t use the spell checker tonight.. so you get me at my dyslexic worst..Today was extremely full of stuff… it went by in a blur.. I was thinking at lunch that this whole year has been a blur. I ran into two people today at lunch whom I hadn’t seen since Sam’s passing… that’s almost a year… I also went to the dentist for the first time in 2 years.. I can’t believe it was that long.. how could it be that long. Sometumes, this whole past year seems like it’s past in a flash.. sometimes it seems like it will never end… My teeth were happy to go and see the dnetist. Elise the dental samarai was gentle with me.. amazingly.. my teeth were fine.. no cavities !
Mid afternoon I went in to make some liquid nitrogen ice cream for Vickie and Andrew in the cafeteria.. they’d had to clean up after me … We made some killer ice cream from the coffee creamer and some chocolate sauce we found around.
At 5:30 I headed out to load up my Jolts and Volts equipment for the show I had tonight in jericho… Diane had swapped the van for the Prius mid day.. I got out to the parking lot and realize.. ack…. no key !!!! @$%@ !!!!
I called Diane and she offed to come in and recue me.. what a sweetie..
She made it to work jsut in time for me to get the van packed and get to my show at the jericho public library.. It was a great show.. 75 folks..many kids and a perfect venue.. It was so much fun. I feel so good when I’m doing these shows.
I left the show at 8:30… I had a ticket to the Bob Wier/Ratdog show in burlington and it started at 8.. I was just about to get on the interstate when I notice the ‘need gas’ light.. I slid into the gas station as the miles-to-go thingy old me to stop now..
I crept in to the station on fumes.. and filled up.. Not sure what Iwas so worried about. The car holds 17.2 gallons according to the specs.. I still had 0.02 gallons !
I made it to Memorial Auditorium about 9.. the band had already been playing for an hour.. I walked into the room and it took my breath away.. I hadn’t been here for an event since Sam’s Memorial.. I sat there thinking about that.. and then .. realized that it was OK somehow. It felt right. Wier and the band were excellent.. they played two long sets.. The part of the first set I missed they sang ‘Birdsong’ the old Greatful Dead song…
Don’t cry now, don’t you cry, don’t you cry anymore.
Sleep in the stars, don’t you cry, dry your eyes on the wind.
I was sad to have missed it.. but for some magical reason they played it again in the second set so I could hear it !.. It was the right message for me.
I met up with friends George and Gary and Amy. During the intermission, Gary and Amy and I went downstairs to get a drink.. I had my freaky blinky headband on so lots of folks came over to talk to me.. (and pat my head) … This guy’s name is ‘Country’ .. and he’s the ‘drunken master’ of glass blowing .. His buddy gave me some cool pyrex beads that he’d made.. they were awsome.. It was great talking to all of these folks.
It was a great show.. I was trying to figure out how many times I’d seen the Greatful Dead with Wier.. or by himself.. I’m happy to say that I couldn’t remember. Live music really does restore my soul..Ahh.. home now.. about 1:30 AM and everyone just finished watching the Transformer’s movie.. Nice way to end a busy day. TIme for sleep now..
Gnite all.. g’nite Sam..
-me
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