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Two Weeks
Early early morning for discount court reporting.
I arrived to find that no one had sent me ANY information for my cases that day.
No contact info, no schedule. Not even the Judge's name.
A quick message to my boss got the ball rolling.
Normally I would have been upset at the inconvenience for all parties involved, but there's just no point.
The cases have been on my calendar for over a month. I was sent case info for the 31st a week ago.
There was no reason whatsoever that the Hearing Office couldn't get me that info at least 48 hours in advance.
Anyway, they got it to me about 10 minutes before the first case.
Luckily the Judge was super cool, we got along great and knocked out those cases quickly and efficiently.
At the end of the day she thanked me and said, "I hope I get you in my courtroom again!"
Aww. Sorry, chica. Maybe next year.
Back home I got to have an afternoon walk with Jameson.
We had Mexican for dinner while watching Sandman.
Almost forgot to mention, I finally wore my 70s-tribute outfit to work!
Sorry for the mess in the background, this is the guest bedroom where I'm currently packing for tour and it's like an explosion of crap in there right now.
Anyway, I love the cream-colored top, though tying bows is still hell and a half.
Frontal view so you can better see the bow.
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Another early morning on Tuesday, but that's ok. Only a few more days left.
This time I had all the info, and the judge was super nice, although she talked a bit slowly (that's her prerogative, just an observation).
We had one cancellation in the middle of the afternoon that allowed me to scoot to FedEx and mail my trombone mutes to the hotel in Rochester. They'll arrive on the 6th, which is almost a week ahead, but with the holiday coming up I'd rather early than late.
This in turn alerted me to the fact that, yes, there are only TWO WEEKS until I go on tour. What!!
It still doesn't feel real. But maybe after my last day of court reporting when I have to pack it'll sink in.
We had pizza for dinner, then went to the Grand Floridian around 8 to help celebrate our friend Lea's birthday.
(stock photo of the intimidating lobby. Someone at the party said, "It makes me feel poor in eight languages" haha)
Lea is an actress/dancer/entertainer, and so naturally most of her friends are as well.
She is a through-and-through extrovert, and so are most of her friends of course, so within a few minutes of our arrival more and more people showed up, and once everyone had drinks it started getting loud and a bit rowdy. Obviously not my scene, so I glued myself to a couch and tried to interact any time it didn't involve screaming across the room at someone. I felt bad for the waiter, he seemed mildly flustered and the bar kept sending over incorrect drinks (we got a few freebies out of that).
The Grand Floridian is expensive AF, so I had just one glass of a nicer Malbec than I'd normally enjoy.
Jameson had two mojitos which were perfectly balanced and therefore very worth the $$.
Lea's husband, Simon, wants one of my banana pups so we tried to make arrangements for him to come get one, but he was drinking a lot so not sure he'll remember our conversation. I just told him he's got to let me know a day ahead because I literally need to saw the pup off of the mother tree, and that is at least 30 minutes' worth of intense labor.
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Last day of August, whaaaaat.
Another early morning, this time with a cranky elderly judge who insisted on showing up IN PERSON even though he was scheduled to work from home. As a result we had some audio issues (I couldn't mute certain things because it would also mute the judge) but we got through it. The cases were fairly straightforward, and the last one didn't show up.
Home and dinner with Jameson and another episode of Sandman.
This show isn't really Jameson's cup of tea, it's dark and rather triggering in a lot of ways (which makes it an IDEAL show for me).
But he seems to be genuinely interested, and as a Neil Gaiman nerd I'm glad.
While we were doing that, my brother Jonah shared that he got a promotion!
He's now an Analytics Manager for Albertson's (the grocery chain and parent company of Safeway, Vons, Shaw's, Jewel-Osco, and more).
So proud of him!!!
Then I got a text from Tootsie's stage manager, asking if she could send out an invite to the whole cast for my Foodie Finds group!!
She knows about it because last week production sent out a short survey, and one of the questions near the end was "What else would you like us to know?". I used that space to tell them about the group, mostly because I lowkey wanted their approval to do it.
I think the stage manager is creating our new company-wide WhatsApp group tonight, and that's why she asked.
If she is volunteering to send the invite it'll save me a headache.
I was just going to lob it into the 80-person group chat and try to add people as they responded.
But if the invite is coming from production it's a lot more organized and legit.
Anyway, excited about that and hoping it's a fun thing for all of us to do, without too much drama.
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Today is the first day of September. Wow.
It feels like just a week or so ago I was unpacking from tour and starting my new jobs.
Now it feels like I'm repeating myself, like time has looped back and given me another spin on this ride.
And I am NOT complaining!
Today is going to be pretty slow. Jameson went to get a massage and will be back soon.
I am going to practice and do data entry and prep for my last day at court reporting tomorrow.
After tomorrow is over, the REAL tour prep begins.
My little Itaki electric lunchbox is scheduled to arrive on the 3rd, so you can enjoy watching as I experiment with it.
I have several recipes in mind including oatmeal and eggs for breakfasts; steamed rice with veg and meat for lunches; and stews and curries and pastas for dinners. We will see if this little thing will be capable of all that.
Now that MFF is production-endorsed, I will go back through the first months' worth and make sure it's absolutely ready to send, and then brace myself for answering invites, creating a group, and running a group. Which is all PLENTY OF SOCIAL WORK FOR ME THANK YOU, I DO NOT NEED TO TAKE ON MORE THAN THAT. With love and much thanks, xoxo.
Here we go.
I arrived to find that no one had sent me ANY information for my cases that day.
No contact info, no schedule. Not even the Judge's name.
A quick message to my boss got the ball rolling.
Normally I would have been upset at the inconvenience for all parties involved, but there's just no point.
The cases have been on my calendar for over a month. I was sent case info for the 31st a week ago.
There was no reason whatsoever that the Hearing Office couldn't get me that info at least 48 hours in advance.
Anyway, they got it to me about 10 minutes before the first case.
Luckily the Judge was super cool, we got along great and knocked out those cases quickly and efficiently.
At the end of the day she thanked me and said, "I hope I get you in my courtroom again!"
Aww. Sorry, chica. Maybe next year.
Back home I got to have an afternoon walk with Jameson.
We had Mexican for dinner while watching Sandman.
Almost forgot to mention, I finally wore my 70s-tribute outfit to work!
Sorry for the mess in the background, this is the guest bedroom where I'm currently packing for tour and it's like an explosion of crap in there right now.
Anyway, I love the cream-colored top, though tying bows is still hell and a half.
Frontal view so you can better see the bow.
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Another early morning on Tuesday, but that's ok. Only a few more days left.
This time I had all the info, and the judge was super nice, although she talked a bit slowly (that's her prerogative, just an observation).
We had one cancellation in the middle of the afternoon that allowed me to scoot to FedEx and mail my trombone mutes to the hotel in Rochester. They'll arrive on the 6th, which is almost a week ahead, but with the holiday coming up I'd rather early than late.
This in turn alerted me to the fact that, yes, there are only TWO WEEKS until I go on tour. What!!
It still doesn't feel real. But maybe after my last day of court reporting when I have to pack it'll sink in.
We had pizza for dinner, then went to the Grand Floridian around 8 to help celebrate our friend Lea's birthday.
(stock photo of the intimidating lobby. Someone at the party said, "It makes me feel poor in eight languages" haha)
Lea is an actress/dancer/entertainer, and so naturally most of her friends are as well.
She is a through-and-through extrovert, and so are most of her friends of course, so within a few minutes of our arrival more and more people showed up, and once everyone had drinks it started getting loud and a bit rowdy. Obviously not my scene, so I glued myself to a couch and tried to interact any time it didn't involve screaming across the room at someone. I felt bad for the waiter, he seemed mildly flustered and the bar kept sending over incorrect drinks (we got a few freebies out of that).
The Grand Floridian is expensive AF, so I had just one glass of a nicer Malbec than I'd normally enjoy.
Jameson had two mojitos which were perfectly balanced and therefore very worth the $$.
Lea's husband, Simon, wants one of my banana pups so we tried to make arrangements for him to come get one, but he was drinking a lot so not sure he'll remember our conversation. I just told him he's got to let me know a day ahead because I literally need to saw the pup off of the mother tree, and that is at least 30 minutes' worth of intense labor.
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Last day of August, whaaaaat.
Another early morning, this time with a cranky elderly judge who insisted on showing up IN PERSON even though he was scheduled to work from home. As a result we had some audio issues (I couldn't mute certain things because it would also mute the judge) but we got through it. The cases were fairly straightforward, and the last one didn't show up.
Home and dinner with Jameson and another episode of Sandman.
This show isn't really Jameson's cup of tea, it's dark and rather triggering in a lot of ways (which makes it an IDEAL show for me).
But he seems to be genuinely interested, and as a Neil Gaiman nerd I'm glad.
While we were doing that, my brother Jonah shared that he got a promotion!
He's now an Analytics Manager for Albertson's (the grocery chain and parent company of Safeway, Vons, Shaw's, Jewel-Osco, and more).
So proud of him!!!
Then I got a text from Tootsie's stage manager, asking if she could send out an invite to the whole cast for my Foodie Finds group!!
She knows about it because last week production sent out a short survey, and one of the questions near the end was "What else would you like us to know?". I used that space to tell them about the group, mostly because I lowkey wanted their approval to do it.
I think the stage manager is creating our new company-wide WhatsApp group tonight, and that's why she asked.
If she is volunteering to send the invite it'll save me a headache.
I was just going to lob it into the 80-person group chat and try to add people as they responded.
But if the invite is coming from production it's a lot more organized and legit.
Anyway, excited about that and hoping it's a fun thing for all of us to do, without too much drama.
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Today is the first day of September. Wow.
It feels like just a week or so ago I was unpacking from tour and starting my new jobs.
Now it feels like I'm repeating myself, like time has looped back and given me another spin on this ride.
And I am NOT complaining!
Today is going to be pretty slow. Jameson went to get a massage and will be back soon.
I am going to practice and do data entry and prep for my last day at court reporting tomorrow.
After tomorrow is over, the REAL tour prep begins.
My little Itaki electric lunchbox is scheduled to arrive on the 3rd, so you can enjoy watching as I experiment with it.
I have several recipes in mind including oatmeal and eggs for breakfasts; steamed rice with veg and meat for lunches; and stews and curries and pastas for dinners. We will see if this little thing will be capable of all that.
Now that MFF is production-endorsed, I will go back through the first months' worth and make sure it's absolutely ready to send, and then brace myself for answering invites, creating a group, and running a group. Which is all PLENTY OF SOCIAL WORK FOR ME THANK YOU, I DO NOT NEED TO TAKE ON MORE THAN THAT. With love and much thanks, xoxo.
Here we go.