Show Business

Today Carolyn went to her very first show. I played piano for a musical revue put on by Cobblestone Arts Center, and she came with me to the rehearsal last night and the performance this afternoon. Thankfully, she slept through everything!

I’m considering accompanying the high school musical (they’ve asked me), but it’s a much bigger time commitment, so I haven’t really decided yet. Somehow, I doubt Carrie would sleep through all those rehearsals – especially since she’ll be a bit older and more mobile – so I’d probably need to arrange for someone to watch her.

Incidentally, this is the first piano I’ve played for anything more than personal enjoyment since June – I stopped playing at church around then. It felt good, but it was much scarier than it used to be.

Holy Christmas, Batman!

Is it December already?!? That means in the next 24 days I need to:

  • Find time to remember who on earth I’m supposed to get presents for.
  • Find time to figure out what to get them.
  • Find time to buy gifts – preferably online.
  • Find time to buy a tree.
  • Find time to find a free corner of my house to put up the tree. (The pack & play lives where the tree used to go.)
  • Find time to find the decorations to put on the tree.
  • Find time to decorate the tree.
  • Find time to wrap gifts. (Is it the 24th yet?)

See the trend? It’s all about time, which seems to be in short supply lately. Can I hire someone to do all that? Because really, all I want is a clean, decorated home with all the presents already wrapped and under the tree so I have the time to do what I really want to do: really enjoy Carolyn’s first holidays. I want to take her to see Santa, let her stare at all the pretty decorations, and bake cookies so the house smells like Christmas should. I know she won’t remember it, but I will.