If he had recognition and was compensated and felt appreciated then I wouldn't feel all SMASH! about it. Unless you did, but then I would just be supporting a friend and not feeling like it was a cosmic injustice. They are going to be tearing their hair out when Matt leaves and I am going to sit back and smile watching the chaos.

The Wallybee... likes opera!! CAN OUR LOVE SURVIVE?!?

Opera is wondrousness set to music! Snark and violence and forbidden love and kickass music!

Avoid the Wagner, though. I tend to fall asleep during German operas. Puccini rocks the house.

Puccini rocks the house.

Amen. So do Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti. Some of Rossini's and Donizetti's stuff can be very funny indeed, and now that many opera houses have surtitles running, it's so much easier to follow what's going on.

Odd Laura opera history. I lived with the Miami opera people for a year when DH#2 was apprenticing with them. (1985) They owned an apartment building where we all stayed in Coconut Grove downtown. My neighbors and roomies were the most fun evah. Parties non stop. They vocalized constantly, in the pool, in the laundry room, in the parking lot. Unreal the tones that came out of these kids.

The head costume designer made my wedding dress. Oh it was stunning. But that’s another story.

I went to countless rehearsals and classes, but never saw a performance. I attended Stephen’s performances, but he was in their Broadway series not the opera series. All the glorious opera I have seen live was performed in shorts and flip flops. At the time I didn’t even think about snagging real performance passes.

The folly of youth.

This is a conspiracy to force me to do my chores isn’t it? Or everyone was partying late and is sleeping in.

I miss our little bug. I hope she's resting and recuperating because again with the missing.

Thanks for the advice, Trudy Booth and Cass. I'll heed the feline and romantic wisdom.

It's true, I do go a bit overboard early on in my relationships (I probably shouldn't even be considering it a 'relationship' at this point, either). I have a tendancy to go all "She likes me! She likes me! Let's get married and love each other forever and ever!" *Ahem*

Also, Cass, I'm a bit flattered anyone is following the progress of my infatuation. Thank you.

If anyone cares, the cuddling that Cass referred to has taken place, I've met Gramma, Mom and Mom's boyfriend; they all approve. Flowers have been delivered and received well by all (most importantly, her). Things are strangely comfortable with her (compared to previous umfriends) -- we talk about all sorts of things quite easily. So, I'm trying to go with the flow (which is what all of my friends-who-are-girls keep telling me) and trying not to overanalyze things and make sure we communicate well and understand each other.

There ought to be a law against being sick when your kids are sick. It's such a battle every time I have to wipe her nose.

I miss our bug too. I was thinking about her last night as I was lying awake feeling like crap with a worse feeling baby.

eta: Boy, this post was really all. about. me. I'm too hopped up on cold medicine to think properly. I guess I should add that I was hoping Val is getting good care and hopefully they are figuring stuff out.

I miss our bug too.

I can't keep up. What's her status? Last I heard she was having fainting spells and going to the hospital.

Probably others know more than I, but she was having seizures and is in the hospital until they figure out how to stop them.

she was having seizures

Wow, that's scary. I'm she already has plenty, but let me add some more bug~ma to the pile.