Y3 D249

A LONG day yesterday. Insanely long yet fun and for a brief shining moment I felt like I was in control of my life again. Nothing major, just solid.

Got up at a decent time and meandered around the house for a while. Did some light cleaning nothing major. TGF got up and since we planned on going to visit our new bird later in the day, we had to get the car ready and be ready to go the minute she was done with dance. The breeder is about 90 minutes from the house and they are only there until a certain time. They like to take the baby birds home to keep them from being over exposed and we were on a time crunch. Anything that would slow us down had to be handled early. We went and put gas in the car, made sure we had everything for the show as we weren't coming back home, and just double checked everything.

She headed out to dance around 10:30 and I hung out with the kid and KBF. I made them waffles for breakfast and then waited until 2 when TGF got back. We went straight to the breeder when she returned. We got there about 3:15. MAN do we love our new bird. I have always liked birds but have been worried about the noise, the cost, etc. He is perfect. He is quiet even at 4 weeks. The breeder's showroom was perfect too. Not over crowded, everyone was friendly, they taught us things, they showed us what he been eating, we met his parents, and hung out there for almost 2 hours. As of right now everything is on track for him to come home in about 3 weeks. We met his caretaker and the farm owner. She recommended a restaurant in town and we headed there after leaving the farm.

Here's where life was in control. We walked around the downtown area after parking and found the restaurant. Reasonably priced, nice atmosphere and INCREDIBLE food. We basically noshed like I used to do in the old days - sea salted roasted almonds, pickled local organic vegetables, chili olives, parmesan and truffle fries, lamb burger, carrot cake, and a cold ginger beer (non-alcoholic thank you very much) to wash it all down. It was perfect. We then walked back through the downtown holding hands and enjoying the night.

We headed to the theater around 7 and because of traffic it took two hours to get there. We still had plenty of time before the show so we sat in a coffee shop having tea and talking about the day. Happy.

The show went pretty smooth or at least as smooth as a show can go. Standard little issues. Nothing major except the theater folks having to knock out part of the ceiling before hand which threw our timing for setup off. The crowd was good, my new co-head in training did a great job, and everyone had a good time.

We got home around 3 and we were a little wired still from the day. Stayed up and watched TV for about an hour and then crashed at 4.

Two more days and I am off to South Carolina.