Merry Christmas

Well, here we are December 28th. Hard to believe that 2009 is almost over. Harder to believe that I'll somehow manage not to say o-ten when speaking of events after Friday.

I'm still in Toronto with FIDDLER. John is in Miami this week with 101 DALMATIANS. I envy him the weather. He envies me my schedule. Next week will be a great week because he gets to come visit me! Hooray!

I've actually had other visitors here too. The folks came up for almost a week early on in December. We had a great time eating delicious ethnic foods and sightseeing.

We had Indian food one night and to their credit the folks tried a little bit of EVERYTHING at the restaurant we went to in Little India. Nothing was too spicy, but it was all quite delicious. We also went to Chinatown one night. We each ordered something different and tried the others (sesame beef, chicken and broccoli, shrimp and peppers). It was all pretty tasty.

They saw the show one night and we all went to the Royal Ontario Museum one day and saw the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as the regular exhibits. The ROM is pretty fantastic as far as museums go and I hadn't been in years. Since that previous visit they've added an enormous addition to the front of it that looks rather like a glass space ship that has crashed into the staid old building it used to be. Despite the car being towed (and the ensuing 2 block chase after it) it was an enjoyable outing. Fair warning: Ontario parking signs are confusing.

I managed to make it home for Christmas this year. I carpooled with 2 of the show's musicians. One lives in Detroit and one in Ann Arbor. It was nice to be home for the whirlwind 2 days that I was. It was fun to see the neices and nephew and everybody else. We all made it this year except Rob. Stuck on an oil rig for Christmas. Booo. At least he'll make it home for New Year's.

Now back at work, I'm enjoying the christmas cookies and cheese that came home with me. Mmm. Sorry no pictures. I'll blame it on not carrying my blackberry and using my not so svelte/functional work phone instead.

On ice...

Off to the great white north!

I will be in Canada for the next 7 weeks doing my best impression of Kenny from South Park except my coat is brown instead of orange. Now, as most of you know, I am an EVIL person when cold. Not when chilly, but when bone achingly cold. And supposedly Canada is known for cold in December and January. A couple years ago, I invested in a giant parka/nanuk of the norh type coat and so hopefully there won't be too much evil going on. Pictures to follow. Probably in a week or two when the folks come to visit.

OH YEAH. MY PHONE WILL BE OFF WHILE IN CANADA. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL MY NORMAL NUMBER AND IT WILL FORWARD TO MY WORK PHONE (WHICH IS FREE TO ME, DON'T FEEL BAD CALLING) BUT DO NOT TEXT ME. I WON'T GET IT. ALSO, IF YOU SEE A 240 NUMBER COME UP ON YOUR PHONE OR CALLER ID, THAT'S BECAUSE I'M CALLING FROM MY WORK PHONE. THIS WILL KEEP ME FROM ACCRUING MASSIVE ROAMING FEES. BUT I WILL BE IN BLACKBERRY WITHDRAWL FOR A WEEK OR SO. NOT HAVING INSTANT EMAIL WILL CHAFE A BIT. BUT TO SAVE A FEW HUNDRED ON THE PHONE BILL WILL BE WORTH IT.