e

Yesterday, I drove Ali to dance. Her dance place is about five minutes from our house. Well, as I got to the block of her studio, I noticed that they were filming a movie/tv show/commercial? on the sidewalk. Usually traffic is rerouted but not this time. I felt very very strange slowly driving by trying to see who it was. I dropped off Ali and then did a u-turn so I could drive by again. This time I lucked out and sat at the stoplight right in front of the action. I heard the director say GO and then saw the two guys in the scene pretend they were walking down the street, stop in front of a restaurant and talk. Extras went by on cell phones, sitting down at tables, etc. Then she said CUT and I noticed that the director was this woman...

Then the light turned green. Things like that are still REALLY WEIRD for me.

On another note, I LOVE playing for Broadway Brunch. It stretches my piano playing abilities like crazy. I get about 10 to 12 songs to sight read and then play a day later. This time, a woman wanted to sing Til There Was You from Music Man. We had no music. I thought, I really really like this song (mostly thanks to McCartney) and so I thought I'm just going to wing it. Nobody will know. So I just let go of my inhibitions and started playing the way I thought it would sound. It ended up really soft and matched her voice and it just felt like I was playing from my heart and didn't need the music anyway. We did a full keychange and I had to figure out a bridge etc.  I wish I could do that often. It is hard. It makes me feel like I'm broadening in some way. Then I came back home and watched Mary Poppins with my Kate. Man I love that girl. I love just snuggling with her under my covers, and watching Mary Poppins. Which, really, is that not the most brilliant movie? Such a great great film all around.

I also made Sydney watch the original Star Wars trilogy with me this past month. It struck me that she just needed to know why people wear those Yoda backpacks around at Disneyland. Now she knows. She gets Leia and Han. She gets why Luke always felt drawn to Leia but why he would never end up being her Han.  It just all makes sense now.

On a better, less wasteful note, I'm finally organizing my life! It feels good. Brett's office which was a wasteland of papers that were never used, is now my office with cute little cubbies and where everything has its place. It's clean and it's mine. It makes me really really happy. I now feel empowered and want to keep tackling projects. I'm going to paint the hallways next. Mostly because I have to paint something about once a year. I don't know why. Also they really need it and the smell of paint and seeing the marks disappear under the roller feels really really good.

Finally, I want some new pants. And one pair of navy toms or maybe converse to wear with my jeans that I wear every single day. I also want to make Maddie volunteer at an orphanage in Thailand. I hope she agrees with me and finds someone to do it with her.

I have had soooo many visitors this past month! It has been awesome. Here are a few of them...

 This activity never gets old for Kate.

This family is my family.

 The guy on the right is Kate's fav male cousin. Proud of the two on the left, both for different reasons. Katie, bright, beautiful, about to be an adult. Braden, self motivated, funny.

 Kate's favorite people. More than the people below. Ask anyone and they'll tell you in a whisper so I won't hear and wonder why she loves them more.

I like this picture because I'm wearing the sweater Si gave me because the color was wrong for her. And I like Brett.

Hollywood is kind of gross. But this little part is cool. Sydney liked this because I had just made her watch Star Wars as I said so she got it. 

Next on her watching list....Anne of Green Gables! A MUST if you are female!!

ok bye. erin