| APRIL | ||
| Rehearsals continued and finally performances
commenced for the Best House. At least that's what we
called it so that spam filters wouldn't prevent our advertising
emails from getting into people's inboxes.
Just before the second weekend of performances, Ana's mom had a
hemorrhagic stroke. She needed surgery to evacuate the blood putting
pressure on the brain, and then spent a week in ICU and the neuro
ward. After that she was making remarkable progress and was
transferred to a stroke recovery/rehab facility. Since our presence
was therapeutic and actually benefited her rehab efforts, we spent
as much time with her as possible. |
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| Joyce got a job working at the local TGI Friday's,
which is also a favorite post-performance hang-out for our theater
friends.
Shows we've seen: Fame was playing at our home theater, and a number of our friends were involved; we saw the return of the touring production of Mamma Mia, which was of course fabulous! We can hardly wait for the movie to come out this summer. |
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| MAY | ||
| Best House ended (see the
pictures) and rehab for Ana's mom
continued through May. The girls took a much needed night off to
co-host a birthday party for their dear friend Charles. In the
middle of the last week of the month, Ana's mom got to go home.
All tolled, she had four weeks of rehab, and had regained about 80%
of her physical capabilities. Hopefully with more out-patient rehab,
more will be restored.
Just as we did for Pirates III, we just had to go see Indy IV the moment it was available to the public. So we caught the midnight show on Wednesday before Memorial Day, caught a few hours of sleep, and then went to the hospital for the day shift, exhausted, but |
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| happy we saw the latest installment. Looks like the franchise could continue with a new generation of Indy's! And in the waning hours of the month, we went to see friends performing in Man of La Mancha. | ||
| JUNE | ||
| Joyce got her dad to help her finance a brand new
car. She hopes to realize enough in gas savings to help with the
insurance increase and maybe some of the car payment. She's working
several hours a week at a local eatery as a hostess, so that helps
as well. But first and foremost she is a full-time student, as she
still has her dream to be a marine biologist. She's so amazing! Shows we've seen: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged was performed at Ana's high school by 3 very talented young men who have recently graduated or will graduate this year. |
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