Well its been a quiet week in ... no ... scratch that ... particularly busy, busy

Ok. Some weeks you look at as they are coming and think "Oh my. This is a big one". I had one of those weeks this week.

One thing. Other people do it. Its definitely a Donohue thing because I've heard my uncle say he did the same thing. Write people off. I've done it. It can be a mistake. I overreacted once. Wrote off some people because I didn't know how to deal with what I was feeling. It was wrong and I deeply regret it. It was also dumb and immature. But then ...

Anyway a senior member of that family passed this week and I knew I needed to go to that funeral (wake). So I went. In a strange way, strange because it was a wake, I was glad to see them all again. Really glad. We need good people in our lives. Its such a mistake to not keep contact.

Maybe that will initiate contact. Its a painful loss of a great and good man, perhaps this small good will come of it.

That was Monday. Tuesday I tried to make the funeral but had the wrong time. Arranged time off from work and then went back to work. My boss probably thought I was nuts.


Wednesday were auditions at drama club. Fun. Long drive after a long day but I was glad to do it. I woke in the middle of the night, with an idea for my play, that I was going to write for some kids I know. Wrote. Went back to bed. Wrote some more. Went back to bed. Wrote on a notepad by the bed. Just ideas, but I'd been trying to think of a plot for three months! Woke tired.

Thursday. I stayed an hour late at work and stayed home and watched TV. Yay Thursday.

Friday left work early to take Dear Ole Dad to the hospital for his Endoscopy I think its called.. Long week for him too! Got the results. Talked to the siblings on the phone. At some point I should write about the sibs. Its not good. This is not a group that is thriving. I wanted to go to bed but they wanted to talk about Dad. I guess that is good.
Saturday, got up early. Got Evan in Binghamton and took him to RIT. Yay RIT!
Now the thing is, I don't travel well. I like traveling. It just stresses me. Is the car going to make it? Do I know where I'm going? (No) What's traffic going to be like? (Heavy) What will the weather be like? (Friday all the local schools got out early. A major storm hit the Midwest this week with ice and sleet.) I figured Friday night that I wouldn't go, but things cleared up and I hit the road. It all stresses my stomach, which wasn't good yesterday, but I went.Left late. Maybe 20 minutes. I had to be in Buffalo for the opening of The Nutcracker Sweet. My goddaughter is a Mouse and a Seahorse and part of a dragon, in it. 1:00 of clock!

Missed my turn coming out of RIT.
Got to Beefalo at a quarter to ... but took the second exit off 290, instead of 990, or maybe 990 is the second exit. I still don't know. Got directions from a coffee shop lady. Max couldn't hear his phone. He talked me onto the UB campus. Unfortunately it was the South Campus. I wanted the North Campus. So I headed south till I called him again. I hit 62 and 263 and Grover Cleveland Parkway and got to a place that seemed less and less like Amherst. I crossed Main Street at least three times. Never saw the ramp to Maple that the coffee house lady talked about. Eventually - at 20 after - "She's on early Max, get here as fast as you can. You'll miss her as a mouse. She's on again later as part of the dragon, but you can only see her feet."

The Nutcracker Sweet is put on by the American Ballet Theater in Buffalo. All the parking spaces near the Performing Arts Center are full at 1:20 on the day of the show. I grabbed my camera and ran across the parking lot. Max was waiting. Missing the show.

We caught a break. She wasn't on yet!

Good show. Great show. But, as Brigid said "A bit tacky" in spots. The camera worked in the dark. Sort of. I have pictures!




Hugs. You were great. Here's a book. Here's some music. Right back in the car. Possible lake effect snows after 7. I drove from Buffalo to Cortland without stopping. (Older men will note this.) And home. Another Islanders game on TV. A good week?