It hasn't been that long since I wrote the last post, but it's been sort of a weird day and soon David and I are going to see The Queen of Versailles and maybe eat some Afghan food. We haven't had a date night in ages because he's been away a lot and I've been in rehearsals. Of course, we just had lunch, so maybe a big meal in an hour isn't going to happen.
The reason we had lunch at 3:00 is because Jarrah was having a fit. She does that sometimes. This time it was because we'd asked her to turn off the computer where she was playing some Wizard game, so she could get ready to go out. And the "going out" was purely a treat for her--we were headed to one of those indoor arcade/restaurants--not Chuck E. Cheese but another one--at her request. So when she freaked out, we had no choice but to cancel the field trip. I've been trying to stick to consequences that I threaten, because I realized that for years I rarely have, and she knows it. No matter how much she cries, she ends up really getting the message and it's gotten a bit easier to to sway her behavior with a mention of consequences than it used to be.
But then, there was at least an hour of crying and recriminations, so we were all pretty light-headed by the time we got to El Zarape. And then it was so good.
Next, we went to Party City in search of some dog ears for her Snoopy performance this week, and did indeed find some, though they are brown and that's not right. David is all keen on dyeing them, because he's an engineer to the core that way--why buy something when you can take a really, really long time to make or fix something else? And we also had a treasure hunt in Ross Dress for Less for anything white for her to wear--the only shirts were for school uniforms (which bothered her mightily for some reason--we got one anyway) and the only white bottom in the place turned out to be a pair of boys basketball shorts which might look really cute because there's a black band around both legs--very Snoopy-esque.
It will be nice to have a quiet night before the madness starts this week. Because this company rehearses in one location and only moves into the actual theater the week of the show, the first couple nights of tech are more or less harrowing (and time-consuming) and the director sometimes looks like s/he needs a big ol' drink as we flail around, entering and exiting wrong, stepping out of the light, tripping over things. I have faith it will come together, though. It's just I'll be really, really tired by the time it does.
On the other hand, I get to recuperate in Maui, so I really can't complain.
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