I have now closed comments on the one post that was getting a bunch of spam. I’m not sure what I would do if one of those spambots latched onto a more recent post. I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it I suppose. Moving on now…
Musical: Going well. I went from using two canes as per script to just one. A couple weeks ago I brought up the point of cane usage to the choreographer and almost got taken out of Facade for it as it would change how I move. The only dance number I’m in. As for the other big one at the start of act II, let’s just say there is a good reason I am not in it except for a short scene. Tonight is a full run-through of act I, and given the rehearsal is four hours we will probably run through it more then once. We’re supposed to be off book, but I think it will be reasonable to use my music for any off-stage singing, such as the background vocals in Alive. I’ll soon find out if they feel the same.
Work: The one I have been training is now out of training, so time to move on to other things. What? Another trainee? Two trainees?? Sigh. Just throw my quality control manager title out the window as it has been weeks since I have done any of that and seemingly weeks more before I can. Well, as long as the company doesn’t mind then neither do I. At least some pressure has been removed with the one former trainee taking over three stores I was training him at- no more trips to Naperville or St. Charles! Well, after tomorrow at any rate when I just have to watch over him at one of the stores in case of problems. I still have the huge Elgin store for the time being and I can finally give it better attention, but then there are the new trainees. Well, I’ll see how it goes.
Church: Still working away serving two services for 4th and 5th grades. A couple that started this year have sort of unofficially taken over one of the services with their ideas they are implementing. While they don’t see themselves as the volunteer heads of the 4th/5th grade ministry, I am trying to take it in stride by thinking of them as such as the one we last had went and got himself married and so he has, shall we say, a new focus. Interestingly enough, the one before him went and did the same thing, but it wasn’t his reason for moving on- he was graduating from Moody and got a (paid) position elsewhere if I recall correctly.
Books: After reading a the Wheel of Time series for about five months straight, I am now on break from it for a short time. I was all set to check out the next book which showed as one copy available last night only to be on the hold shelf this afternoon. It’s just as well since rehearsal really picks up for the next few weeks so I won’t have enough time to read it anyway- I can hardly finish one of these 700-page tomes in a month as it is. I am not even a third of the way through the series, and not yet where I left off way back when. Mr. Jordan, you certainly wrote a good series. I certainly hope you accepted Christ in your life so I can meet you one day on the other side. Hopefully Brandon Sanderson completes the epic in a way that would please Robert Jordan.
Gaming: Nothing really to say at this time. For a future post.
Glad for the updates, and I like the way you did it too – easy to read, categorized, to the point. I got some kind of anti-spam something or other, but of course I have no idea what it is or how it works. I just got so sick of the spam that I BEGGED Hubby to do something, and he walked me thru something or other and it seems to have worked. If you want, I can pester him to tell you what it is.
You can pester him to let us ALL know what it is.
But, man Derek, I thought I WAS BUSY. I might have to look into the Wheel of Time series for mu next project.
Just don’t compete with me for the books, Jamiahsh. 😉
It would be nice to do something about this spam- I will take a look at the dashboard.
Wouldn’t dream of it ;). I want to plow throw “Deathly Hollows” before November… then I’ll look into it.