therapy did not go great.

so still NO repercussions for E failing a class this semester and failing other classes each of the 4 six weeks. Ridic if you ask me, but I am following the therapist's lead. we are going 2 MORE weeks with no new restrictions on computer time (which means all day while I am at work). he has agreed to do the following which I think is less than an acceptable bare minimum:

- take out recycling (ALREADY ON HIS CHORE LIST, ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, but not doing dependably)
- keep his room clean
- walk the dog each day (the thing about this is I have no way to check if he does it, I think I will install mapmyrun on his phone and have him turn it on for the walks, yes?)

and then this is the best which I will not hold my breathe for:

- apply for jobs at 6 places. Please note that he is only 15 and the only place that I know of that regularly hires 15 year olds is the place that I suggested we eat at once a week for the last 2 moths so they would know his face and be more apt to consider him for a job. Mac refused to go every time I suggested it and never went on his own to get an application. The other places he mentioned will not hire 15 year olds, but I am supposed to let him go see. Not to mention, SCHOOL IS OUT. any teen wanting a summer job has already applied.

No, wait, Emmett was just getting ready to go off to school. Your calendar's wrong.

Good luck with all that, msbelle.

Tep, you're the second person I've met who knows the Hamilton choreographer! (Dylan's 3rd grade teacher has seen the show twice for free because they're good friends.)

I'm two degrees from LMM through my sister (who was introduced to him through her HS friend Alex Horowitz.

The costumer of Hamilton, Paul Tazewell, is the brother of Jon Tazewell who I went to college with (and we were both R.A.s the same year).

Tep, you're the second person I've met who knows the Hamilton choreographer!

He was choreographing the musicals in high school, and really well. Crazy talented.

go Paul Tazewell, and your stretch Breeches. Seriously brilliant looking and also practical.

Ps. He is the costume designer ( is too sensitive, but they took away the sound design Tony)

Timelies all!

Posting from Balticon opening ceremonies.

I'm working with the scenic designer for Hamilton on our next show which starts load-in in two weeks. There are a few NAMES on this one. [link]

I'm ignoring the new Captain America reboot. Although that gif of Evans ripping the comic is a thing of beauty.

What's your therapist's rainfall for no repurcussions? That sounds hugely frustrating, and I'd be casting a string side eye at the therapist as well.

ION, my dad's dementia has raced ahead, and since he is physically healthy, my mom and sister can't get respite home care through Medicare. So we have made the horrible decision to put him in a nursing home. Dad's still a big guy, and mom and S have to watch him pretty literally 24/7.

He's so confused...he tries to leave the house all the time, to get back "where he belongs." We think he's trying to get back to my grandma's house. He thinks she's still alive. He doesn't know my mom, his wife of 45 years. She's "that lady." He straight up pulled an escape artist this Feb, and crawled out a window in his boxers and tee at 3 am, until my mom heard him on the front porch, and my sister found him in the basement, fooling around with my great-uncle's ancient .22 (there's no ammo in the house; my dad hadn't shot a gun since deer hunting in 1978.) But he was bound and determined to protect the house.

It would be heartbreaking in any case, but he watched the same thing happen to his mom, and told my sister and I flat out, many times over the years , "If this ever happens to me, just kill me." And of course, we can't. So we just get to see Daddy living through his worst nightmare.

I can't even deal. I'm a total Daddy's girl, I ADORE my father...and I'm praying for him to die soon, painlessly. I wanted him to stay around forever, but he's already gone. In his few moments of clarity, I see how terrified and trapped and miserable he is, and I can't stand his pain. This happened so fast.