Ghostly shades of a day

Brianna and I got up at 4am Eastern, hopped the metro, checked in, and managed to procure the last couple seats on a direct flight to Kansas City this morning. Whoopie! We touched down about 9am and went directly to the house we're buying. Jason was there with his mom and the realtor when Bri and I showed up. She approved of the house and has a few ideas on what we can do to touch it up and stuff. The rest of the day was spent running errands and chasing kids. Jason and Leigha didn't get in until 1am this morning, and Bri and I have been up since 3am in this time zone, so our whole family is just exhausted. Poor us. Jason looks creepy when he's trying to look tired. Yowza.

The East coast post

This post was supposed to be happening in Central Daylight Savings Time. It is not. It is happening in Eastern Daylight Savings time, for I am still in DC. This morning we got up and went to a church that George Washington helped build. Awesome! However, it is an Episcopal Church and that's the "Stand up, sit down, fight fight fight!" kind of service with all manner of rote prayer and recitations. Not my kind of thing. Oh, and the communion wine was actually wine...Totally thought it was going to be grape juice. Nearly coughed on it. It was strong stuff, too, holy crap! Anyhow, it was a really cool colonial building with the "cubicle" style of pews and the raised pulpit for the preacher, so it shocked me when a woman got up and started speaking amidst such formality and traditionalism. Way to go, progression! We (Uncle David, Aunt Wanda, Marissa, Daniel, and Jason, the girls and I) all had lunch then went to the Air and Space Museum out by Dulles airport. I totally saw the Concorde...Wicked! Oh and the space shuttle Enterprise....er, the real one, not from Star Trek. Then it was time to head to the airport. A couple airlines cancelled a bunch of flights and sent a lot of people to our flight, so we only got two seats. I sent Jason home with Leigha since she has school tomorrow and Jason's mom is coming out to see our house. I hope to be home tomorrow morning...we'll see. I'll defenetely be home tomorrow though. I called Uncle David and said I was taking the metro toward them (they knew it was a good possibility we'd be bumped) and I headed back to the house. Brianna fell asleep while riding back, poor thing. We spent a nice evening here at the house watching The Sound of Music. If I gotta be bumped, this is the place to be.

Rocket powered grenade launcher

Today we explored the Smithsonian museums of national history and air and space. Wicked cool. There were a toooooooon of people out and about today and we couldn't figure out why...until we realized that the cherry blossom festival started today. Aunt Wanda said, "Oh...I thought it was in April." Oh well. At least now we can say we've been here for it, that's cool. Maybe we'll get to see them tomorrow. The National Mall was just teeming with life today. It was so cool. It was a gorgeous day and slightly windy, so everyone had kites out, and you could see them framed by the Washington Monument on one side and the capitol building on the other. I got a few shots of those, but this picture was a great snapshot of today overall I think. This is my cousins Daniel, Marissa, and of course Jason. We're walking down G street after taking in an awesome show at the Washington Improv Theater (WIT for short). It was fantastic! We saw two groups, Jinx and Onesixtyone. Jinx did a freeform longform thing, and they were pretty all right, but Onesixtyone was AMAZING!!!! They did a ninety minute movie in thirty minutes. They did a TON of "scene painting" which was just incredible. They'd set up a shot then say which angle the camera was shooting from and the performers would immediately scramble into the correct places. There was one scene in which a guy was "hit by a car" and he flew through the air in slow motion. I'm not kidding. The rest of the improvisers scrambled toward him, picked him up by his side, and literally flew him threw the air, turning him so that it looked like he was bouncing around and such. It was incredible. Oh, and one guy played a garage door that was halfway open. Awesome. After the show we took the metro back toward my aunt and uncle's house and had dinner at the TGI Friday's near there. (not my choice, Daniel's knee was hurting and he didn't want to walk far so we had to get back to the 'burbs and grab the car) We had a great time eating, drinking and laughing. I love my family, we're good people.

The DC metro experience

Tonight we flew to Washington, DC. I threw up on the plane! Twice! *happy sunshine sparkles!* Tomorrow will be better. It hasn't got a choice. I'm going away now, talk amongst yourselves.

Just call me Taquito.

I barely remembered to snap a picture as we were done with rehearsal and sitting around chatting afterward. I jumped up and took this, and Keith said, "Whoa, cool, I made the blog!" It was about 3 seconds later that he left. Yeah, he just wanted in. Can't blame him, there is a pretty impressive velvet rope and bouncer guarding this thing. This is Ben, Nifer, Keith, John P., Salvator, John R., and Julie. Ben and Salvator are our newest members (they're awesome!) and Keith is rehearsing with us for the big one year anniversary show. Exciting! Nifer, Julie and I all went to Ihop for pancakes after rehearsal. It was great sitting and chatting with them. We had a very odd waitress, though. She had nicknames for all of us by the time we were done eating. Good times.

Ah, and we got the paperwork back from the bank so the house is officially in escrow right now. This is the point at which we had to wait forever with the last house. Stupid other bank....

I'm a giraffe, raawr!!!

My parents went home this afternoon. This time they made it on both flights, huzzah! Before they left we buzzed downtown for a bit and I got to take them to Westport Coffeehouse. My dad saw the poster for Improv Thunderdome and laughed. It's weird to think that it's still not over yet (finals are next month) because I already played my own little part to it's conclusion. My mom had her lotion confiscated at security. Apparently it was "too large" even though she flew to San Diego, back, and then out here with it. She thinks it's because she cracked a joke. "The lady told me to put my suitcase on the conveyor belt and it got stuck so I said, 'Easier said than done.'" Everyone knows it's a matter of national security to never, ever have a sense of humor about anything and to take trivial matters, such as luggage to x-ray machine ratio, as seriously as is humanly possible. Don't you dare smile or the terrorists win!

Family friendly

I brought my parents to Hype 7 rehearsal tonight, as I had no shows the entire duration of their visit. The troupe was friendly and introduced themselves and it was good practice for our show next week. My parents seemed to be enjoying themselves and my dad laughed a lot. On the way home I was in the car with my mom. I asked how she liked it and she said, "Oh, it was good." That's all I really got out of her. My dad commented when I got back to the house. "I liked the one where you had a punk band at a baby shower. That was great."

My dad, the mother hen.

So my dad is like flypaper for Leigha and Brianna. Seriously. They were watching 'Enchanted' today, courtesy of my sister Lynette (woo!), and if they had been sitting any closer to him he probably would have suffocated. The funny thing is he totally looks perterbed at this whole scenario, but he was enjoying it, you could tell. Even the movie, despite it's "girliness." (Everyone watch it, I'm not just saying that) I took my mom to Crown Center today. I had planned on taking her to the Hallmark visitor's center, but apparently it's closed on Mondays. Whoops. Perchance I should look into these things next time. My dad and Jason were at Big Dude's Music in Westport while we were there, and apparently someone came up to daddy and asked where he played. Sweet.

Housing news: So, I guess the house we had put the offer in on a week or two ago was not entirely as out of the question as I had thought. They came back and asked us to raise the price of our offer a bit and they'd put in carpet. We had offered well below what we had planned to spend anyhow so it was still right in our price range. We signed a contract on it this afternoon and my parents got to see it. We'll see how this goes, I guess. *cautiosly excited*

Happy Easter, y'all!

After church this morning we went to my mother in law's. The girls were absolutely over the moon over having two grandmas in the same place at the same time. My mom made their lovely dresses, FYI. Oh, and also FYI, my dress looked way more awesome on me than this picture would have you believe. Stupid cameras. We did the meal then egg hunt thing and it was great. Jason's aunt and uncle were there from Memphis, and his grandfather came up as well. Full house, much fun. My poor parents. Yesterday they spent 10 hours in the car and today it was a total of about 5. Tomorrow I think we're going to be taking it easy.......er.

Kansas: the "We're sorry" state.

My parents came in today from Nevada. They were SUPPOSED to be here at 1:00....unfortunately that didn't happen. The flight they were booked on from Denver was very full to the point of oversold, and they got bumped. How much do my parents love me? So much that my mom just corrected me and said, "Uh...how much do my parents love their GRANDCHILDREN?" (someone's getting a sock puppet for Christmas) So much that they actually rented a car and drove across Kansas in the middle of the day (as in they could SEE it) just to be here tonight. How awesome is that? They arrived a little after 10pm to the thundering of little feet on the stairs as the girls rushed down to meet them. Talk about your warm welcomes. Lots of other stuff happened today. Fill in your own blanks.

Touche', Carlos Santana....

Nifer came over this evening. We rehearsed our two person group, Fluffer Nutter, and played some Wii. Awesome. This is her very first Guitar Hero encounter. I believe she enjoyed it thoroughly. Today I spent the entire day shopping like a madwoman, looking for an Easter dress. It's very hard to find cute stuff when you're not a size negative four. Or even a ten...*blush* So it took me a while, but I finally found one I didn't detest. In fact, it's quite cute. Jennifer called me today while I was out. Apparently Joey is having an affair and leaving her. *rolls her eyes* That boy had no idea how good he had it. I know she'll be okay, but this is horrible and it's very difficult to find words to say to someone in a situation like that. "If there's anything I can do to help?..................." Yeah. Doesn't cut it.

I had a fanagle in my ginektigazoink.

I love this man. I mean, seriously, he can fix ANYTHING. Yay for airline mechanic school! This is Jason putting my engine back together after fixing...um...stuff! We never have to go to the shop because he knows how to flip the hood up, point, and say, "Now HERE'S your problem." Bonus: He got parts from a junk yard that normally cost $600 for about $20. Wiki wiki!

Status update

I drew this on Sunday but neglected to bring my camera with me. It was still up on the wipe board tonight so I took a picture. I wasn't feeling that happy today. Not that I was feeling bad, just not as happy as this picture would lead you to believe. Just mentally erase the word happy and put in, "pretty okay" then erase the ding dong, puppy dog, and happy sun. That about sums it up. Today was just a nothing day. We all have those.

The subject line that is so good it writes itself

Nifer and Joe are always talking about the faces they make when their pictures are taken, so this picture amuses me greatly. I'm the only one who is even trying to appear as though I don't notice the camera (I totally did). We had a good, but small, rehearsal. Much fun. I love Hype 7, we have such a close bond. I think a lot of that comes from the fact that there are only six of us at the moment and we're all dedicated. That and the fact that we hang out extracurricularly quite often. (shut up, who cares if it's not a word?)

Erin go bragh!

Happy Saint Patrick's day, everyone! Here's hoping yours was as good as mine. We had corned beef and cabbage at Jenny and Jason's house. There was much revelry. Aaaaaand...goodnight.

Hosanna!

Happy Palm Sunday, everyone! Only one more week to Easter, I can't believe it. Good day of not much happening. We did our usual Sunday afternoon veg., then when the girls went to Awana Jason and I went to Westport for some Mediterranian food goodness. Aladdin's Cafe has the absolute best gyros in town. (Jerusalem Cafe has the best baba ganoush and the best falafel and hummus sandwich) It was nice, just the two of us. Later tonight Jason was going to go to his usual Sunday night poker game and Leigha begged to go too, since it's at the pastor's house and she's good friends with his boys, so Jason agreed to take her. Brianna wrapped her little arms around Leigha and begged pitifully, "Don't leave me!" Yeah, we all ended up going. I played some Wii tennis while I was there. Poker isn't really my thing.

Beware the Ides of March!

4 out of 5 spectres of death prefer Dr. Pepper to Mr. Pibb! Tonight was our "Ides of March" show at The Roving Imp. My friend Mike came dressed as the Grimm Reaper. Nice. We had two great shows, although I was totally sapped of energy at the end. During the day today Leigha competed in "Sparks-a-Rama." Basically, a lot of Awana groups come together and compete doing the games they do at meetings. They got 2nd place. Nice. Way to go, Leigha!

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Tonight Hype 7 had some "bonding time" at Dave and Busters. All of us, plus Hans, Jason and the girls, went out and had some dinner then played games like crazy. It was so much fun and we won tickets like crazy. From left to right, there's Tiffany, Joe, a random leaf, Zack and his horde of tickets, Jen, myself, and Nifer the shocked. We discovered the Trivia game toward the end of the evening, and there were just enough seats for the entire troup. Leigha saw a giant stuffed unicorn she'd like to get. It's 6,000 tickets. After what I collected (and what Jen gave me because she didn't want anything from the prize area) I had slightly less than 1,000, so if you consider that the last time I went to Dave and Busters was when I lived in Colorado (and therefore has been at least two years) she should have that horse in about 2018, which is when she graduates high school.

Sunshine and puppies

I've been told that my last posting came across as "angry." Well...yes, yes there was a bit of anger there. Sorry if it was a bit much. So here's a little wuv for you. This is what you call a "pile of improvisers." Lauren decided to grace us with her bi-annual "I don't want my picture to go down another space on the wall" appearance tonight. (there are pictures of us in the lobby, going in order of how many shows you've done. I'm number 2 right after the director.) This is her, John P., and Nifer. Nifer enjoys making John P. uncomfortable. I think we all do, actually. Poor guy. He's really good natured so I don't think he really minds. We heard back about the offer on the house today. They want us to pay $5,000 more than we offered and not put in any carpet. (there's none at all right now and there are bare tack strips everywhere) We said no thanks. Back to square one, again. This is beginning to resemble hopscotch.

Jury doodie

This unfriendly looking building is where I had the misfortune of having to spend my morning. Jury duty. Ugh. The sheet they have you fill out when summoned says if you can't find childcare you can postpone your service, so I filled out the sheet and indicated to them that that was indeed the case. They sent me back a very impersonal letter that basically said, "We don't care. Show up." Jason took a vacation day so I could make my disgruntled way to Leavenworth. I show up, wait around, then I'm called up to the box with seats...unaware that that's where they actually draw the jurors from. As the morning wears on I become increasingly aware of my predicament, so when the smarmy lawer (seriously, he tooted his own horn for like 20 minutes, trying to make it seem as though he was asking legitimate questions.) asked if we had any pressing matters that would make it hard/impossible to come in the next couple days, I raised my hand. "I am a stay at home mom with a three year old and don't have any kind of access to alternate childcare." (he had the gall to smirk!) "So how is it you were able to come in today?" "Uh, my husband took a vacation day." "Does he have enough time built up to be able to take a couple more days?" (shocked pause, I can't believe he asked me that) "He...dooooeeees......." (another smirk) "But obviously that's not what you'd LIKE to happen." (a healthy dose of incredulity injected into my voice.) "OBviously." I think I hit just the right note that made him realize I would probably not be in his pocket and therefore was not chosen. Ka-ching. The legal system, while obviously necessary, holds no fascination whatsoever for me. I realize it does for some people (and some were there today, one of whom made it on, good for her) but I haven't got a left brain at all and therefore find it to be largely boooooooooooooooring. I made it back home a little after noon, just as Jason and Bri were walking to the mailbox. Bri was wearing pigtails and skipping across the lawn. She ran up to the car, I opened the door, and she threw her cuddly self at me for a big bear hug. It was ever so good to be home.

Feels like Spring!

Today's Hype 7 rehearsal was in the Country Club Plaza vicinity. Jason's dad is in town, he was helping us look at a house today, and he had taken us out for dinner. He's an extremely....verbal person....er....yeah, so after I had finished my sushi I said I was heading out early so I could get some Starbucks, which was quite true, but I also wanted a little quiet time to myself to think about things and whatnot. So I arrived at the Plaza about 20 minutes early, hit Anthropologie (got a really cute doormat, half off! Higher quality and cheaper than I could have found at Target!), walked up to Starbucks (wow, that was a heavy doormat, actually...) then back toward Urban Outfitters before walking over to the rehearsal space. It was nice having that time to myself. Rehearsal was great, btw. As I said, we looked at a house today. Yes, we did go ahead and put an offer in on it. It's in a better location, better school district, and has more space inside than the other house, for the same price. I should be as excited about this one as the last one. I really, really wish I was.

Look at mii!

I'd say this is pretty accurate. Jason and I spent a good couple hours today dinking around with our new Wii. Mmmm...that's good stuff. I have nearly beat Guitar Hero on Easy already. Nice. But before you think I wasted my day, I will have you know that we also looked at four houses, took care of the insurance crap from Jason's accident (we're getting a big check!), finished sewing the third ribbon around the hem of my skirt, consolidated four boxes and three rubbermaids full of kid's toys into one rubbermaid, cooked a delicious dinner out of the dwindling supplies in our freezer (what? I'm trying to lessen the amount of food we have to move) , and tickled Brianna senseless. My level of awesome is at an untold height. Now if you'll excuse me, I've earned more Wii time.

I got a wicked yes.

Yes, this is how Jason drives on long trips. Well, he usually keeps one hand on the wheel, but when I'm taking a picture...yeah. We got up, packed, Jason and I went to Toy's R Us and stood in line for a Wii which we then purchased, ate breakfast and went our separate ways. Jason's mom and Tim to their house with the horses, and my little family and Jason's dad to the arch. He's never seen it. We took a ton of pictures and went downstairs to the museum and stuff. After that we hit the mall real quick so I could pick up some stuff at H&M, which we don't have here and I love and wish we had because it's freaking awesome, then we parted ways with Jason's dad, hit White Castle, and began the drive home. Four days in Saint Louis=awesome, but it's soooo good to be back in Kansas City. I've only lived here two years but it totally feels like home and I just love it. There were a couple times in Saint Louis when Jason and I were out and about and I kept thinking, "Well, this is cool, but I prefer Westport." And we had some bbq, but....yeah. Not at all comparable. So here's to you, Kansas City! *hugs* I missed you and it's good to be back, although I had a ton of fun. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to play Guitar Hero. It's been waiting in my living room since Christmas for crying out loud.

Friendly competition

Leigha made friends with the girl whose horse spooked the other day. This girl is really, really good at riding. We were talking to her mom and apparently they homeschool her and do horse shows about 50 weekends of every year. Yeah, just that frequently. They're from Ohio. Leigha and Alexis hung out all day pretty much, then competed against one another in three different events. Leigha got last in halter again, but moved up in placings for walk/trot and horsemanship, landing fourth out of five in both! It was the same kids and same events as Thursday, so she is improving! Yay! Brianna did lead line again and again everyone got first place. This time they gave her an easter basket full of card games, color wonder markers and a coloring book, and some chocolate. Sweet. Leigha won a bathing sponge and a promotional cup for the show. Her tack room is improving every day! (now all it needs is four walls, a roof, a foundation, some land to put it on, and a barn to surround it!) It was a good day at the show, really. Tomorrow is our last day in Saint Louis. It's been fun!

I'm not a national landmark...I just happen to be standing under one!

We had a day off from the horse show today, there were no classes anyone was in, so we went around the 'burbs and shopped for a few items that we didn't have in the tack room. I managed to finagle it so that Sheila watched the girls while I picked Jason up from the airport and we went out on the town. Saint Louis is a cool town, it really is. We went to the riverfront area and grabbed a bite and some drinks at the Morgan Street Brewery. I highly recommend it, they had fantastic food and awesome microbrews. Then we walked around for a bit, went to the Arch park, then grabbed a coffee. We drove around looking for something else to do after that but it was getting pretty late so we just headed back to the hotel. I love driving around at night, it's awesome. I played the song "Here in your arms" by Hellogoodbye while we were driving around. I felt it was apt.

"I like where we are when we drive in your car. I like where we are....here."

Cliche'-in around

Day one of the madness that is a big horse show. We left the hotel at 5am and showered, dried, brushed and dried the horse, followed by banding her mane (a series of little pony tails running down the neck, it looks tidier) and finally, no kidding, hoof polish. Black, if you're wondering. Oh, and I got to put it on. I'm just that awesome. If you think that's excessive, you should see what some of the other people do! Fake tails, glittery toenail polish, all kinds of stuff. It's amusing to see grown people fussing over a fake horse tail with a blow dryer. I even heard two women comparing hair spray and wondering if spiking the main would give them a leg up on the competition. (unlikely) Leigha's first event was halter, which she's never done, and she got last place. She cut the corner off one of the turns. Oh well. We had a long break after that and ate some lunch and grabbed some stuff from town before heading back. They were really really slow so we had to wait until like 5 before the next event, which was Brianna's lead line class! They all got first, of course. What judge is going to tell a three year old they can't ride well? Then came Leigha's next two events, and the horse started acting up really bad. She did as well as she could, but came in last for both. At the end of the last event one of the other girls's horse spooked and she leapt forward, out of control for one terrifying moment. It was just a bad night to be a horse I guess. Due to the early rise, waiting around, primping, then competition stuff it kind of felt like a freaky equestrian forensics meet. Nice. Oh, and Leigha was given a bag with a lead rope and horse conditioner in it (the beginnings of her very own tack room!) and Bri was given a stick horse. Much more useful than ribbons, although we appreciate those a lot too.

I forgot to mention this yesterday, but the bank was being unreasonable with the house, so we withdrew our offer and it's back to square one. *sigh*

Like some other DJ from some other town

The girls and I drove to Saint Louis today. For the next four days or so, this is blog central. There's a big horse show going down and Leigha and Bri are going to be in it! The drive was pretty uneventful, they're pretty great in the car and it only about three hours. Hooray for wifi connections in hotels!

Bryan is a doofus

It's Bryan's last day here in Kansas, he's moving to Fort Collins, CO. Ironic. So after rehearsal we all went out to send him off properly, with burgers and beer! Here's Nifer, me, Tiffany, Joe, Jen, and of course, Bryan. I'm sad to see him go, he is so so funny and he's the only one of us that can play the accordian! Everything with the house is still way up in the air, so we'll see what's up in the next several days. I do wish I could just fast forward things until we know what's up, I'm so stressed. The good news is I know that things will get better, and most likely quite soon. Yay for optimism!

Cous cous kachoo

We had cous-cous with dinner tonight. Brianna asked, mistakenly, for mashed potatoes until I corrected her. She said, "Oh. Can I have some coo-coo then?" Kid, you are already there. I went to the oral surgeon today for a consultation...I have to get my wisdom teeth taken out next month. *makes a spitting noise* Nyeah. Not fun. At least I get to be konked for it, I'd hate to be awake while they drill freakin' bone out of my jaw. Mmmm. The bank isn't going to fix the leaky pipes in the house *rolls eyes* of course. We're going to have a plummer friend of ours check it out tomorrow. If it's just too bad, well, that's it. Shame, that. Jason and I watched Across the Universe tonight, I liked it a lot. There was one part where a hippie guy starts singing a song and Jason thought it was Ringo Starr. I said, "Huh....this sounds like U2." He didn't have a credit at the end so I went to imdb.com to look it up. I was more on target than he was, it was Bono! Weird.

The reason for the suck-storm

Do I look different to you? Well I should, because I am now twenty-six. (Well, that and the surgery to have a frog surgically implanted where my legs once were. That's why you haven't seen any pictures of me recently, those stitches were just not pretty. Oh, and then I had an infection at the incision site and had to get some topical cream...but I digress...) That's right, today is my birthday. Now don't you feel just horrible for not sending me a gift card? For shame. Today we drove down to my mother in law's so Leigha could brush up on her horse riding skillz before the big horse show this weekend. We brought her riding instructor with us, because he's a cool guy and he was our friend before he was her instructor. On the way down my car decided that, between the house we live in having a broken sump pump, the house we want to move into having broken pipes, and Jason's car having been broken by another car yesterday, it just wasn't getting enough attention. So it decided, "What the hey, I'll break too." We got stranded for about an hour in Harrisonville, MO while the guys looked at the car. After determining nothing major was wrong, they discovered a tiny wire that was disconnecting...they literally duct taped it back in place and the car purred like a kitten. Cheap car=cheap fix. Nice. We continued our journey South, Leigha had a great riding session and Brianna got to trot for the very first time. She giggled like a maniac. We all had dinner together to celebrate my birthday then we started driving home. All was well until we hit the outskirts of Kansas City and then it started POURING rain. This wouldn't be so bad if my car didn't also have crappy windshield wipers that smack the driver's side window when they wipe. Cheap car=crappy windshield wipers. Not so nice. Oh well, we'll get them fixed....eventually. When I finally reached cell phone reception again I had four messages, all of the "Happy birthday" variety. What a nice way to come home.

Do or do not, there is no try.

The ever swirling crap vortex continues it's horrid suckage, I'm afraid. First of all, I guess there was a little confusion about my last post. Let me clarify, it's not the rental we are currently living in that has leakage problems, it's the house we're trying to buy. Apparently when they turned the water on it was leaking "everywhere." Great. If the bank doesn't fix it, there's nothing we can do. We'll be forced to walk. Today was pretty quiet, I slept in then drove around a bit with the kids this afternoon. Nifer and I had a short informal rehearsal of our own little two person team, and then we went to the Roving Imp. Just as we were getting out of the car Jason called and told me he was in a car accident. Great. He's okay, his bumper is totally trashed though. He was rear ended at a stoplight and then hit the car in front of him. Thank goodness nobody was hurt. He showed up just in time for the 7pm show then took the girls home afterward. We did the nine o clock show then settled in to watch the Return of the Jedi. This is a picture of John, Nifer, Julie, and Denise (John's wife) getting ready to watch the movie. Note how everyone is in a straight line pretty much...isn't that odd? Our shows this evening were really really solid, we are really starting to gel as a team, it's fantastic.