Weekends are never long enough -- after shopping with P in the morning we went into town to look for a mp3/voice recorder for him. Looked at some at On Audio then moved on to Myer's where we found something similar but $20 cheaper than at OA. It turns out, however, that it requires a minimu of Windows 98SE, whereas B has only 98. Will talk to JW about upgrading the operating system.
I left P in town and headed down to the Arts Centre where I met up with Mum and Deb -- we saw "Blithe Spirit" with a great cast: William McInnes, Pamela Rabe and Miriam Margolyes as Madam Arcati (sp?). The set was extraordinarly (and unnecessarily) garish, but the performance was fun -- I had forgotten completely about the maid. It helps to have a bad memory; you can read/see books/plays repeatedly without knowing the end.
Sunday marked my return to the bike; I rode to Mum's for lunch. It was warm, but not too bad. It was good to be back doing some form of exercise. In the evening D, P and B came for dinner to discuss arrangements for next year's Ring Cycle in Adelaide. It was resolved that B would check up on accommodation -- we decided that Flinders Ranges is not on, but if we are in Adelaide for a week we can do several side trips in our days off.
Yesterday, spoke to B who said that the place he tried for accommodation was keeping its rooms free for people who went to the previous cycle -- D successfully tried the Adelphi (?) where we stayed for Parsifal and it will turn out quite cheap (around $300 each for the week). B also found $85 flights on Virgin Blue -- if we book both ways it's still cheaper than the train.
Last night had rehearsal for Friday's nursing home gig -- the guy we're doing it for worked as an arranger and we're doing two of his pieces. It turns out that my tenor partner is to be Grantley, who, of course, was not there for rehearsal. It'll be fine, once we battle the Friday traffic to get to Donvale (gosh, where's that?). When I got home, rang P about arrangements for seeing "Master and Commander" tonight; he told me that B had got results about his nose (see his blog, link at left) and that he'd prefer to put things on hold for a while. I'm sure the film will be on for some time.
Last night was the second hottest December night ever, but I managed to get a good night's sleep. Leaving the fan on for an hour or so before I go to bed helps to cool the room down. Can't sleep with it on, though.
Yesterday was work Xmas lunch -- $40/head buffet at the Savoy. Food was good (for a buffet) but the whole thing was a bit overpriced. Despite this we all had a great time -- the hardest part was not eating too much of one thing, so as to leave room for all the other things you wanted.
I left P in town and headed down to the Arts Centre where I met up with Mum and Deb -- we saw "Blithe Spirit" with a great cast: William McInnes, Pamela Rabe and Miriam Margolyes as Madam Arcati (sp?). The set was extraordinarly (and unnecessarily) garish, but the performance was fun -- I had forgotten completely about the maid. It helps to have a bad memory; you can read/see books/plays repeatedly without knowing the end.
Sunday marked my return to the bike; I rode to Mum's for lunch. It was warm, but not too bad. It was good to be back doing some form of exercise. In the evening D, P and B came for dinner to discuss arrangements for next year's Ring Cycle in Adelaide. It was resolved that B would check up on accommodation -- we decided that Flinders Ranges is not on, but if we are in Adelaide for a week we can do several side trips in our days off.
Yesterday, spoke to B who said that the place he tried for accommodation was keeping its rooms free for people who went to the previous cycle -- D successfully tried the Adelphi (?) where we stayed for Parsifal and it will turn out quite cheap (around $300 each for the week). B also found $85 flights on Virgin Blue -- if we book both ways it's still cheaper than the train.
Last night had rehearsal for Friday's nursing home gig -- the guy we're doing it for worked as an arranger and we're doing two of his pieces. It turns out that my tenor partner is to be Grantley, who, of course, was not there for rehearsal. It'll be fine, once we battle the Friday traffic to get to Donvale (gosh, where's that?). When I got home, rang P about arrangements for seeing "Master and Commander" tonight; he told me that B had got results about his nose (see his blog, link at left) and that he'd prefer to put things on hold for a while. I'm sure the film will be on for some time.
Last night was the second hottest December night ever, but I managed to get a good night's sleep. Leaving the fan on for an hour or so before I go to bed helps to cool the room down. Can't sleep with it on, though.
Yesterday was work Xmas lunch -- $40/head buffet at the Savoy. Food was good (for a buffet) but the whole thing was a bit overpriced. Despite this we all had a great time -- the hardest part was not eating too much of one thing, so as to leave room for all the other things you wanted.
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