She just sent me his performance (they had opening night, but not others) from Into the Woods, which was great. Except they cast the black kid as The Wolf!

Yeah, that's a bit . . . iffy. If he wanted it, great. The wolf and the witch are my favorite roles in that musical. I haven't seen it live. If they could have the same actor as the wolf and one of the princes, that would be even better.

My nephew's middle school did a production of Annie in his 99+% white school and the orphanage matron as a black girl (I suspect because she was ahead of the other girls in physical maturity) and Daddy Warbucks was Hispanic. He also had a great voice. It was fun for a tiny Adirondacks school production. It seemed fairly color blind with the lead role clearly picked for her voice too.

I am not feeling this whole "work" thing today.

Electrician was supposed to get here at 8. Then contractor, who is already here at 8, says it will be more like 9 -9:30. Still waiting.

ION - this project ate all the money I had kept out from the sale of the Texas house plus some. I've got bills coming due and for the first time in months I am sweating out my paycheck getting in. Time to get back on that budget budget.

I am not feeling this whole "work" thing today.

SAME. And I have hours free in which to catch up with email or whatever. And yet? No interest.

I haven't slept well in like a week and today it's all catching up with me. I just want to inflate the air chair and lie out in the sun all day.

I am not feeling this whole "work" thing today.

Hard same! I stopped working yesterday after 8 hours even though I had lots still to be done and it did not get done by elves overnight, dammit. So disapppointed.

Sorry about the budget woes, msbelle. Houses and their expenses, man, that does not seem like how it should go.

And, I found this amusing. Love John Cleese (I've seen a couple of places in town where sidewalks have been declared to be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Silly Walks ... one had chalk indicating the kind of silly walk to use in specific sections).

I have had not great dreams two night in a row, well really three I guess. I need to get off devices earlier and read my nice rom-com book before bed.

Still no electrician.

I did a work thing, I think this means I get to do a house thing.

I have not been sleeping well. Stress ... I'm coming in to the office every day and, since my commute - one-way - runs 60 to 90 minutes (under the former, "normal" circumstances it was 40 minutes tops) leaves me with little time at home. Meanwhile, I'm trying to get ready to move. The movers come next Thursday. I haven't packed much and my apartment is such a mass of STUFF that I don't have room for boxes. I've been getting rid of stuff - I have a charity coming Saturday to pick up bags (and bags) of clothes, shoes, etc., but that's taking up so much space. It's looking like something from Hoarders - narrow pathways between furniture and piles of stuff, all over the place. I get home and I'm tired and my arthritis is bad. Sunday I was pretty much immobilized with pain - right shoulder and hip, so I could barely walk and my right arm wasn't much good. Last Thursday I was immobilized with back spasms; Friday I managed to give myself a case of heat exhaustion/stroke. I've dumped books (which hurts). But every time I turn around, I find more STUFF that I have to deal with. And the movers have very specific requirements for sanitation/safety.

I have not been sleeping well. Stress ...

I'm afraid it does the opposite to me. All I wanna do is sleep. Moving is super stressful, Todd.

I'm trying to figure out the NY migration. It's complicated.