Oh... I didn't actually leave Richmond until 1:30AM last night/yesterday/this morning! I got into a packing AND cleaning AND cleaning(!) mode. I actually made some great progress on and in my room. And I even washed all my bed linens and towels so that I'll be able to come home to clean sheets and towels in four weeks. I emptied out the old fridge. I emptied out some old storage containers. I dusted. I vaccuumed. I cleaned.
I almost considered just leaving for DC in the morning, but I went ahead and left at 1:30 just so that I could get some sleep up in Fairfax at my parents' house.
Well, since it was Columbus Day, and, consequently, a Federal Holiday, my mother and father were off from work. When I got up, I was expecting to see them getting ready for work, but, nope, they were still in bed. My mom did get up and make coffee, but my father stayed in bed. I asked my Mom how my Dad was doing, and she said everything was fine. He just got the latest batch of test results back, and it's the cancer is not at Stage Three. -I guess they're working backwards.
On my way out of the house, I made a stop upstairs and said Bye to my dad... And then as I was getting ready to drive myself to the airport - my brother was going to pick up my car later at the airport later - my father ran out of the house, and offered to drive me. So, he did. That gesture made me feel very good about things. And it also gave us some time alone. We talked about my currents gigs, his current health, etc. Everything is good. It made coming out here to Houston a little less "preoccupied".
*Oh, and my second and final show of
The Producers went very well. There was still that one lick that eluded me, but, otherwise, I had a very good show - and the audience at the matinee was very good too - we were a little worried since the typical Richmond Sunday matinee audience is comprised of people going out after their Sunday morning church service, and since the humor in
The Producers can be very "adult" at times... But they loved it! All of it! The gay jokes! The Jewish jokes! The Hitler jokes! And they even got some of the more "in" theatre jokes! OH!!!!
-Older, distinguished looking gentleman comes over to the pit at Intermission:
"So, where do you guys go after Richmond?
--"Oh, we're locals. We don't travel with the show. Only the conductor and drummer travel."
"Really?!?!? You're locals? Why you guys sounded so good, I thought you were "Professionals" down there?!? I can't believe your locals?!?!?"
-"Umm... Thank You..." (trying very hard not to roll my eyes or come back with some not-so-witty retorte)
-And, I received a very nice "compliment" from the assistant conductor after the show. He mentioned that they would be playing Raleigh in a few weeks, but that they hadn't yet lined up the local sub for that city, and would I be interested in coming down to play the show there?
I would love to do it again - now that I can "relax" with the show, but it overlaps with the closing weekend of
A Chorus Line here, so... But that "compliment" made my weekend.
