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It's going to be ninety degrees today. I would give anything for some time at the pool, but it's not open yet. It opens this weekend. As luck would have it, the holiday weekend will be rainy and in the 50s and 60s. I wonder if this weather pattern will continue through June. Right now the long-range forecast says it will rain all weekend and crawl back up to the 80s with actual sunshine. Maybe I will get to the pool on my work from home day.

Kevin has been cast in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that a group called M&M Productions is doing on the grounds of Lyndhurst Mansion. They are also doing The Importance of Being Ernest in the fall. He wanted to do the latter, but he was told to go to the MSND audition as well if he wanted to do Earnest (it's like one big general audition).  At first he didn't want to do MSND because it would conflict somewhat with our vacation. But then he was thinking about how lost and bored he feels when he doesn't have a show to do. He decided to ask if there were any roles for him. They offered him the triple role of the First Fairy, Snug the joiner, and Peaceblossom. He waffled about taking it, but ultimately decided the experience would be a good way to get exposure and show his stuff for this new group so he will be cast in Earnest. Also, he is paid $40 per performance.

They are performing for three weekends in July. The final performance is the day we leave for vacation, so at the very least, we would have to leave a day later. If they sell a lot of tickets, they show will be held another weekend and Kevin won't be able to go on vacation at all. He is equally conflicted about that. He isn't sure he made the right decision. If Kevin can't come,  I'll be stuck all week with Mom and her neediness. I know it would be cheaper if we shared a room, but I am going to hold out for my own room. I told her Kevin might come down for two or three days during the week so I will need the room just in case. Also, our friend/"aunt" Su Mei will be staying with her the last two nights and I think the three of us in a room will be too much.

He also has a performance on my birthday!

The Harrison Players finally decided on their fall show. They are doing Sordid Lives. I know it became a movie and a TV series, but I don't know much about it. I know it has a lot of crazy character roles, so I feel it's up my alley. It's hard to say what Anthony will think though. He rarely gives me good roles in straight plays. I'm hoping after seeing me in Cahoots, he will be reminded of what I am capable of. I mean, he cast me in Pal Joey. He knows I have the characters in me. Auditions are in just a couple of weeks. I don't have much time to prepare. We won't start rehearsals until the fall though.

We finally decided on our big anniversary trip. We are going to Maine with Natural Habitat Adventures. We did their Bryce/Zion/Grand Canyon tour back in 2012 and it was a one-of-a-kind experience. Nathab tours are expensive, but they are topnotch. Adventures during the day, but good food and comfortable accommodations at night. Unusual local experience. Up close and personal with wildlife. I wish we could go somewhere more outrageous and exotic or take one of my bucket list European trips, but Kevin is way too skittish about leaving the country these days. This trip was the best compromise. It was hard to talk him out of Vegas. There was a time I would have wanted to try it, but I hear nothing but terrible things about Vegas these days. 

Karaoke night tonight with my theater friends. We haven't had one of our karaoke nights for a few months now. I'm excited.