Prep time

[tedwords]

 
Busy day, mostly in preparation for tomorrow's interview with my friend Ally Donnelly. As a result, most of the day was spent in Shiplap. We first started by cleaning out the gallery completely. After that, we focused on moving a number of the bigger items (the mirror, many of the lighting fixtures) into the main area. Brit had a great suggestion as to where to place the mirror, but it sparked Corb to have a few additional ideas on how to move things around, which took us a lot of time, but looked great, in the end. 

At night, there was an Eldredge Players fundraiser and we agreed to meet Bea at BJ's at six. Corb's mother wanted to come as a way to "audition" Bea to see if she would enjoy going to Brimfield with her next week. This was a bit of a pain, as it meant driving to pick up his mom (45 minutes from Shiplap) then heading to BJs (35 minutes). As a result, we arrived at 6:45. Bea had been kept in the loop, however. 

Dinner was nice. It was great seeing Heather and Charlie again, as well as Ted and Rachel. Although my feelings toward Rachel have changed substantially this year, I did give her a hug, twice, because I would prefer to communicate out of love rather than anger. Still, I will never trust her again and would prefer to minimize my interactions with her. She was right when she said, drunkenly, a few years ago, that joining the board might impact our relationship. It did. I hope she someday gets the help I think she needs. 

Bea was fantastic and gave us some greats tips on where to go in both Paris and Barcelona. She did stress that the French have mellowed out a bit in the past few years, but it is still really important to start each interaction out with Bonjour and end with Au Revoir. She did say that Spain is a lot easier and most folks like to use the English they know. She also suggested pretending to be Canadian and if you start talking with people it is perfectly fine to let them know we didn't vote for Trump. 

After that, dropped off Corb's mom and drove back to Shiplap. Stayed there until midnight, cleaning. It was all done by the time we left. 

Comments

[armiphlage]

"She also suggested pretending to be Canadian"

Please be polite when doing so.

[tedwords]

Absolutely! We would never be rude. :)