What I've Been Up To, Short Version

Overtime at day job.      Short show shortened by a jerk.      Still not driving.    (Mechanic had Attack of Life)     I can proceed with some (overdue) car maintenance while my car "waits in line" for  tire mount repair.      I will not know if the car is a go for driving to Pennsic until Tuesday or Wednesday next week.     Alternate vacation plans may be necessary, but I still have to proceed as if Pennsic is possible because if it is, Packing Panic takes more than 24 hours    8P 

I am not sewing anything new.
I might repair things which are not new.

How Performing Is Not Like Nursing, Parte Une (with Bonus Rant)

Just sorting through some loosely-connected thoughts.

( Comparison / Contrast )

Which is all my long-winded way of saying I never had another nurse want my nursing job so much that s/he intentionally made it impossible for EITHER of us to work, just to force me to go away.

( Free Bonus Rant )

(Suggestions of other places where singers in search of audiences ought to go are welcome.       The open mikes I've visited have shown uneven promise...and purchase requirements.     I have been paid for my act by one of the toughest audiences in the country and now feel a curious reluctance to pay for the "privilege" of singing at venues...)