Okay so it has been forever since I last posted here. So a quick recap -
January 2015 - lots of theater and hockey work.
February 2015 - All of the month was spent in Kailua-Kona. Somewhere I have a diary for a most wonderful time.
March 2015 - Back to Theater and hockey work.
April 2015 - The month of the toothache.
May 2015 - feeling better and getting ready for spring.
January 2015 - This was a month mostly of Hockey games with the Royals. Added in I was at the Royal for a couple of symphony calls. The rest of the month was just hunkering down and avoiding the cold of January. There really wasn't a lot of cold though. It was a pretty nice.
February 2015 - I will put a link into here for our Kona trip.
March 2015 - back to the routine of Royal Hockey games. The team did well and made it into the playoffs. I worked on Lynnard Skynnard and some more symphonies. I did a talk about WLS to the students of Kristal's class at PISE. It was a very good session.
April 2015 - Marla and I went out to J&J Wonton for another good lunch but something sticky grabbed my wisdom tooth and it broke. So for the next month I had a headache and a bit of a sore mouth. It wasn't all that bad, the high heavens didn't fall. But it was a bit of a nuisance. Dr. Mello but me under sedation for the removal of my two wisdom teeth and all went well. Still working on Hockey and Symphony shows. I ran again in the Times-Colonist 10K and improved my last year's time by ten minutes.
May 2015 - slow start to the month with not much happening. I was in for a show with the Symphony and did an ice show with Paul Croy and Kendra. I am not used to working those 9pm to 4am show calls.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Dinosaurs out - Alan Jackson in
Sunday was a day pretty much to rest up for the out of the Walking with Dinosaurs show. I went downtown early to get a parking spot and it was no trouble at all. It was interesting showing up and seeing the old gang from Camosun there. Steve, Daryl, Alan, and Bryce were there. Actually there were quite a few people there for a relatively small move in.So I chatted with the guys and slowly got ready. We began by loading up the brontosaurus outside - he is only used in the first act. He travels in his own trailer and takes two fork lifts to lift him up on the loading platform. Then it was inside to get ride of the boarders and remove patagonia. then we lifted the dreaded floor.
We were out of the arena by 11:30 which was kind of nice. Especially because I had to be back in the arena at 9am for the Alan Jackson concert. It was a much smaller show than Dinosaurs - rather than 20 trucks we only had three. Ron was head LX which was good. I like working with him. We also had Vince and Stephen on the LX crew and we were a pretty good bunch. Apparently we set a record because for the first time in the tour we hand all the gear set up and ready to fly before all the points were in. We were out of the arena by 1pm so I had the afternoon off. Marla was out seeing Dr. Quartley so I had the place to myself. I finished packing up for our LA trip and had a bit of a nap with precious.
I went back for the show call and the closest parking spot I could find was way down on Douglas Street. That kind of sucks but I parked in a bright area and headed up the hill. The opening act was a girl and her group from Alberta. Boy she really liked herself and came across with lots of "how good am I" lounge singer. Alan Jackson's show was really good. It was a little weird because he played a lot of his old videos behind him and yet singing up front he was about twenty years older. I kept wondering who is the "old guy." That being said, it was still an excellent show. We were out of the arena by 12:45am and it was real nice to get home. Even if it did mean staying up until 2am before my mind would shut up.
We were out of the arena by 11:30 which was kind of nice. Especially because I had to be back in the arena at 9am for the Alan Jackson concert. It was a much smaller show than Dinosaurs - rather than 20 trucks we only had three. Ron was head LX which was good. I like working with him. We also had Vince and Stephen on the LX crew and we were a pretty good bunch. Apparently we set a record because for the first time in the tour we hand all the gear set up and ready to fly before all the points were in. We were out of the arena by 1pm so I had the afternoon off. Marla was out seeing Dr. Quartley so I had the place to myself. I finished packing up for our LA trip and had a bit of a nap with precious.
I went back for the show call and the closest parking spot I could find was way down on Douglas Street. That kind of sucks but I parked in a bright area and headed up the hill. The opening act was a girl and her group from Alberta. Boy she really liked herself and came across with lots of "how good am I" lounge singer. Alan Jackson's show was really good. It was a little weird because he played a lot of his old videos behind him and yet singing up front he was about twenty years older. I kept wondering who is the "old guy." That being said, it was still an excellent show. We were out of the arena by 12:45am and it was real nice to get home. Even if it did mean staying up until 2am before my mind would shut up.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
I missed Friday
Saturday, September 20th
Up early for a walk with Christopher and Precious. I am going to be busy for a few Saturdays coming up so this will be our last for a couple of weeks at least. It was a beautiful still morning for a walk. The ocean had this strange purple hue to it. However the air was fresh, sun was starting to shine and Precious was ready for a romp.
I stopped on the way home to get a replacement suction cup stand for the Garmin. We are going to need it in LA. First stop was Canadian Tire and then Future Shop. Finally I went on line and found a good one, on sale, at the Source. So that was cool.
We went out to Leslie's for supper. It was treacherous stew. But we made it through, came home and watched Dr. Who.
I do have to mention something from yesterday.
Friday, September 19th
Got up really early to take Marla to the Memorial Pavillion and her volunteering. I picked her up at 12:30 and we drove over to Sears. I had Marla's brown fringe bag but we payed full price for it the other day. So we went in and checked it out and sure enough all bags were on 40% off. So we exhanged her brown bag for a black bag and then traded it for the brown bag and more money off.
We celebrated save 30$ by going to John's for lunch. I radically reduced my order to a simple slice of meatloaf with the marcella gravy and a little bit of potatoes. I had them hold everything else. It was still too much but it was pretty good. Marla was adventurous and tried and egg benny. Good for her.
Up early for a walk with Christopher and Precious. I am going to be busy for a few Saturdays coming up so this will be our last for a couple of weeks at least. It was a beautiful still morning for a walk. The ocean had this strange purple hue to it. However the air was fresh, sun was starting to shine and Precious was ready for a romp.
I stopped on the way home to get a replacement suction cup stand for the Garmin. We are going to need it in LA. First stop was Canadian Tire and then Future Shop. Finally I went on line and found a good one, on sale, at the Source. So that was cool.
We went out to Leslie's for supper. It was treacherous stew. But we made it through, came home and watched Dr. Who.
I do have to mention something from yesterday.
Friday, September 19th
Got up really early to take Marla to the Memorial Pavillion and her volunteering. I picked her up at 12:30 and we drove over to Sears. I had Marla's brown fringe bag but we payed full price for it the other day. So we went in and checked it out and sure enough all bags were on 40% off. So we exhanged her brown bag for a black bag and then traded it for the brown bag and more money off.
We celebrated save 30$ by going to John's for lunch. I radically reduced my order to a simple slice of meatloaf with the marcella gravy and a little bit of potatoes. I had them hold everything else. It was still too much but it was pretty good. Marla was adventurous and tried and egg benny. Good for her.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
A day of recovery - Thursday Sept 18
I was pretty stiff this morning when I woke up. I actually slept in until 8am. Precious and I went out to play ball a bit - when it is morning and it is a little damp her getting and returning the ball equals once.
Marla and I caught up on some tv (AGT and Amazing Race Canada) then Marla was off to get her hair cut and I took off to Costco. Precious and I had a nice drive out. We checked up on some prices for lumber at Home Depot - about $10 per board and we need 10 Boards for the deck.
We had a good night at the gym and then came home to do some serious relaxing. Gee there is not much to say for the day.
Eating was good.
And That's all folks.
Marla and I caught up on some tv (AGT and Amazing Race Canada) then Marla was off to get her hair cut and I took off to Costco. Precious and I had a nice drive out. We checked up on some prices for lumber at Home Depot - about $10 per board and we need 10 Boards for the deck.
We had a good night at the gym and then came home to do some serious relaxing. Gee there is not much to say for the day.
Eating was good.
And That's all folks.
Sept 17 Working with Dinosaurs
Up at 6:30 to get ready for a day at Walking With Dinosaurs. It is a pretty nice day. Today I am a carp - I didn't really want to do electrics so that I could revisit some of my skill sets. Also, although I am a lot lighter I am still not up to climbing steel rope ladders up the the truss. So I am keeping my feet on firm ground. Tom was being head carp today but Anton was also there to check out things and make his face seen. He is doing really good, up and walking about.
This is the European tour of Walking With Dinosaurs, so their truss and gear is not really made for our smaller arenas. But they still have a pretty good show. The crew is very international - I was working with an Irishman from County Cork (Michael) and a nice American from Arizona (Adam). They were quite funny and very nice. The oddest fellow of the crew was their head carp. He was a Kiwi from New Zealand who spend a great deal of the day running around and shouting instructions in a boisterous voice that no one understood.
I spent most of the day working with Colin, Roger, Stephen, Helen, Richard (new guy with big earring), and Dave and Nicki from Cowichan. We were a pretty good crew. Our job was laying out the floor for the stage, building the three mountains, and setting out the ground row and plants around the dasher. One of the most disconcerting things is to be standing and look up to see a full size T-Rex looking over your shoulder. Here are a few pictures:
This is the European tour of Walking With Dinosaurs, so their truss and gear is not really made for our smaller arenas. But they still have a pretty good show. The crew is very international - I was working with an Irishman from County Cork (Michael) and a nice American from Arizona (Adam). They were quite funny and very nice. The oddest fellow of the crew was their head carp. He was a Kiwi from New Zealand who spend a great deal of the day running around and shouting instructions in a boisterous voice that no one understood.
I spent most of the day working with Colin, Roger, Stephen, Helen, Richard (new guy with big earring), and Dave and Nicki from Cowichan. We were a pretty good crew. Our job was laying out the floor for the stage, building the three mountains, and setting out the ground row and plants around the dasher. One of the most disconcerting things is to be standing and look up to see a full size T-Rex looking over your shoulder. Here are a few pictures:
We were supposed to finish at 5pm, then it became 7pm, then 8 and we finally left at 9pm. It was a very long day, but also a good one. Everything was catered and I kind of wish I could eat like this everyday. There were great spreads of high protein servings. I ate my small plates of turkey, beef, beans with a little bit of avocado, sour cream and salsa. No bread carbs at all. then there is the exercise part - According to my fitbit I walked 23,800 steps or 10.94 miles, climbed 23 flights of stairs, and burned 4,400 Calories.
I got home and had a nice hot bath and relaxed for a while. We shall see how I do tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
2014 Chalk Art Festival
Well I had a great day today with Marla. We watched a perfectly horrible Roughrider TiCat football game. Hamilton won 28 to 3. Just to balance things our we have a new quarterback now that Darrian Durrant is hurt for a few more weeks.
After the game Marla and I went downtown to check out the Chalk Art Festival on Government Street.
We had a really nice time. Marla got off on some First Nations Music and we bought a CD. Then we checked out the art work. We walked down to the Steamship Grill in the old wax museum for lunch. I had seafood chowder and Marla had a salad. Then we walked back to the car with a stop at Rocky Mountain Chocolate. We came home and relaxed with Dr. Who and some old spy movies. I went off on a nice walk with Precious (12kms) and then got comfy at home.
Story night and another wonderful day
I am so stiff. Everything hurts from yesterday's 12km walk. I know it is supposed to make me feel better but. Still it was a pretty good day. Marla and I went downtown to check out an outfit for her but the store wasn't open so we went for a walk instead. It was nice just to be a local tourist and check out some of the stuff we need for the house. We are still on the search for the perfect travel bag for me. I think it is the LL Bean http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/60317?page=waxed-cotton-continental-field-bag but I am still shopping.
We went over to Hillside Mall and got Marla's glasses fixed. Then we stopped for a snack/lunch at NY Fries. They were good but messed with my system. We shopped a bit more - Marla got a very cool fringe purse from Sears. Boy, Sears was dead. Very good service. Marla tried on some high end shoes at Ingledews, again exceptionally good service. She was so impressed they had shoes that fit her.
In the evening we went to the Victoria Story Tellers Guild meeting. It was fun. Some nice old stories and not too many boring ones. I told the story of Marla and my first meeting. Eating was pretty good for the day and all is well in my world.
Except I am really stiff.
We went over to Hillside Mall and got Marla's glasses fixed. Then we stopped for a snack/lunch at NY Fries. They were good but messed with my system. We shopped a bit more - Marla got a very cool fringe purse from Sears. Boy, Sears was dead. Very good service. Marla tried on some high end shoes at Ingledews, again exceptionally good service. She was so impressed they had shoes that fit her.
In the evening we went to the Victoria Story Tellers Guild meeting. It was fun. Some nice old stories and not too many boring ones. I told the story of Marla and my first meeting. Eating was pretty good for the day and all is well in my world.
Except I am really stiff.
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