Quiet Time

I love this time of the day (night?). The kids are in bed and it is quiet and I can do what I want. Mark is out working a BINGO for the Rotary Club so I really should be reading those scripts or something, but I am net-surfing and blog-reading and just enjoying the fact that Gibby isn't pressing the keys as I try to type or that Ollie isn't bugging me to get off the computer. I should write some on my 3 scripts, but I don't feel like it. I think I may watch a movie.

Friday WW Check In...

Still moving in the right direction. I was down another 0.4 lbs this week for a grand total of 13.2 lbs (the fish in the picture weighs 13.2 lbs, in case you were wondering). I had expected to stay the same so the drop was a pleasant surprise. Good meeting. Still fighting the need to feed the false hunger. I am hoping with the advent of Spring and warmer weather I can move myself out of the house and away from the cupboards. I also have projects ahead that will help to keep me busy.

Working on getting the scripts read for the Walterdale Board Meeting this Sunday. I have 2 down and 2 to go. I don't really want to read the panto because the type is so small and the copy quality is bad. I will struggle through to see how it goes. Can't tell you more than this because the season is not set and we have to approve it first!

Overcoat - Overblown?

I went to see The Overcoat at the Citadel today with my Mom and AM. I had heard a lot of good things about it so I was really looking forward to it, but I was a little underwhelmed by it. It was done really well, and it was a really cool concept (no talking) but to me was not much more than a ballet. Like I said, it was really well done, but.... hmmm... Okay, maybe if I sort out what I didn't like:

• The first act was too long and too repetitive. With a show like this everyone was really focused in the audience. We didn't need to see "the man" get bullied twice at the office to get the idea. Several other bits were too long and needed a good editing. AM postulated that perhaps it was to accommodate the music since it was apparently a specific choice.
• I didn't like that "the man" doesn't get the overcoat until so late in the show. It makes its appearance in the last moment of Act I. Although the making of the coat was one of the coolest sections of the play, I think if they had taken out the second "bullying" section at the office they would've gotten to the coat sooner and had a little more time with the coat. Then the first Act would've ended even more positively, which bring us to the next point...
• The guy has the coat for far too short a time. He doesn't have it long enough to really make it a part of himself, so it is gone too quickly. He needs to fall farther and from a higher height. It was too rushed a rise and descent.
• Finally, the end just happens - poof! The music doesn't support the end so the audience as a whole was kind of confused.
• Oh yeah, I hated the words on the scrim crap at the beginning. We all had programs - we didn't need the movie credits!

Yeah, it is hard to think about this one. I was disappointed, but I don't know if it is because I had high expectations. It was very well-done. There were just things that I felt were wrong with it.

Creation Elation!

Tonight I heard my play (Pieces) with the full cast for the first time. Ahhhh. It was such a joy. The cast is so perfect. May 21st is almost too far away for me because I want to see it up on stage in front of an audience.

Party Anxiety Overcome?

Well, this afternoon I had a Pampered Chef party. It turned out well and I think everyone had a good time. I bought more than I planned to, but they get you with the "half price items". I could have easily have bought more, so that's okay.

I had 6 guests. I invited about 35 - 40 people and I had 9 "yeses", but 3 cancelled this morning. That's where the "anxiety" in the title comes from. I don't know if I will host another such party. I think it gets a little demoralizing when only 6 people come out of a list of 35. My ego can't handle it. To be fair, many people did respond with regrets due to absolutely legitimate conflicts and I know that some people may have been put off by the "buying" aspect of the party so that may be a reason why they didn't want to come. I have certainly been hesitant in the past when I have been invited to "shopping parties" (Party-Lite, Epicure, etc...). So it is funny how I felt like when I was in junior high and not very popular and so very worried that no one would show up and I would be a big loser. I know I shouldn't feel this way, but part of me does. I don't think you ever completely get over your adolescence.

It was a very nice little party. I just don't know if I will do another. I feel uncomfortable thinking that people will feel obligated to buy stuff, when I just want them to come and enjoy the eats and drinks. It's funny, because if I had been in McMoo I would have had 20-30 people there so easily, but that's what living in a place for 15+ years will do. Also, McMoo has a different vibe than Edmonton. It is a much smaller world there.

On a brighter note - MY HOUSE IS (for all intents and purposes) IMMACULATE!! I love how clean my kitchen is. Now, can I keep it this clean? We shall see!

WW Way to Go!

I finally cracked the 10lb point! Yay! Down 3 lbs this week for a grand total of 12.8 lbs. Yay! Yay! Yay! Valuable reading this week was the "Thinking Like a Thin Person" from this month's Oprah Magazine. It made me think about the whole "being hungry" thing. I realized that I am not often really hungry, but I eat to avoid ever becoming hungry and I misinterpret the signals I get from my body. I reinterpret boredom, stress, nervousness, tiredness, etc... as hunger --> when they are NOT hunger. So I don't really think about what hunger actually feels like. So last night, when I was on the couch watching my C.S.I. and Grey's Anatomy, I ignored the calls to the cupboard because I wasn't REALLY hungry. How could I be? I had just eaten. Then this morning I actually felt hungry when I woke up. It actually ached in my tummy. Oh! So that is what hunger feels like! And you know what? Not eating last night didn't kill me.

Aftermath of Robbery...

Well, it could have been worse. Less than $1000 of cash and merchandise as far as we can figure out. Weird thing is my dad came into the store about 2-3 minutes after the guy left. He even gave a statement to the police because he and a couple of bystanders saw which way the guy went. They just didn't know at the time that he had just robbed the store. The police were hoping to get the dogs to track the guy, because he took off across a field. They'd have to act pretty fast. Mark had a long day at the store. He went in and let Esther go home and then he stayed until 9:30 or so figuring out the inventory and the amount of cash missing. I guess we are going to invest in security cameras and possibly a silent alarm. Considering how covered up this guy was, the cameras might not have been useful, but they might have deterred him. Who knows?