From the sublime to the ridiculous

Played our first Redboot gig on Friday night to an enthusiastic crowd of friends, family and anonymous patrons of The Main restaurant. Two-plus hours of holding a giant accordion strapped to me like a bizarre and heavy baby, singing jazz and trying to remember the arrangements of all these brand-new songs. Following a nightmare setup of tangled and missing power cables, the first few songs were a little flustered. But we settled into a groove and I for one had a wonderful night. The feedback (from the audience, not the microphones!) was great, too, and we actually made some money, so that was a nice bonus.

Although I made a point of drinking nothing but water the entire night, I woke up the next day with what felt like a hangover, but was probably nothing more than dehydration and exhaustion. And I had to compound it by working all day at Kites & Puppets, which was sheer bloody hell. Saturdays at the Kids Only Market being a constant wave of messy children, grabbing my puppets, putting them back in the wrong places over and over and over... I felt like Sisyphus, rolling his boulder up the hill again and again as I tidied the store for the umpteenth time. And the concrete floor there is hell on the old legs, let me tell you. I could have slept all day today!

However, there were clothes to buy, so I managed to roll out of bed at 10:30, or so I thought...
Mom and I traipsed up and down Main Street in a search for dresses for my brother's wedding- and we were both successful! In fact, I bought two lovely items: a blue chiffon dress for the wedding that looks kinda like this (only imagine it in 3 shades of green-y blue):...and a very elegant-yet-versatile maroon Grecian dress that is just nice to have, but I don't know exactly when I'll wear it; I just had to have it. So nice to spend money on myself again after all those lean months! Mom got herself some great stuff: a really fun beaded little number for the wedding and a very '60s mini dress that she looks fabulous in. So all in all, a lovely day of shoppin' with Mom.

I was going to to and write in a more stylish and profound way but I'm too tired this evening. Literary style will have to wait, I'm afraid- I can't even form a proper sentence right now...