waiting for sandy

it was just too busy of a day . . my first excursion was with morgana to dance theatre workshop for a family matters rehearsal. we passed a filming and were very amused to see our local flower man (in blue jeans and blue sweat shirt) showing an actor (in the green apron) how to wrap the flowers. morgana noticed the guy with the puffy hair-do on the left . . is he a famous actor? has anyone seen him in anything on screen? i didn't recognize him, but morgana thought his "do" signified "star."

 we passed the chocolate bar on the way to rehearsal . . we just had to stop in!

 chocolate bar was ready for halloween with marshmallow ghosts and pumpkins . . 

 and marshmallow eyeballs!!

 we were in the "white" studio today, and there was too much feedback in the speaker to please morgana (!)

it was a good rehearsal time . . ellen came in halfway through and made some helpful suggestions.

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we didn't go right home after rehearsing. we stopped to shop at whole foods. of course it was crowded with people stocking up before sandy arrives. after wandering around the store for awhile, we decided morgana should stand on line while i picked out the rest of the items on our list . . sweet potatoes and carrots and celery and turnips for soup. the line moved fast, and she had to leave the cashier checking out the groceries to come find me.

bleecker street playground had their annual halloween festival today. i was able to get some pictures on the way home. on the left in the stroller is a storm trooper, and the girl on the right . . we didn't know who she was supposed to be. we thought it was a cross between pipi longstocking and alice in wonderland.

 

 horses on bleecker street!

it was very grey today, and warm.

 tweedledum and tweedledee . . right?

 we thought this family was so sweet!

we were so happy to be home with all our heavy packages. however, when i got inside, there was a hullabaloo trying to figure out if chanda would have rehearsal today. morgana had a flowers rehearsal at 3 pm. she was going to take the train up and then chanda and i would meet her (chanda had to usher at HB so we couldn't all go up right away together). but when it was determined that chanda wouldn't have rehearsal (the trains were shutting down at 7 pm and the rehearsal space at ballet academy east was closing at 5 pm), i decided to drive her. there was a mad rush to get out the door, but to first get a load of laundry in, which ended up not happening anyway because all the machines were in use. so the cats were put away, chanda went to usher, greg went to get chicken for xena, morgana and i went to the upper east side . . and korrina was already set at the theatre.

 at ballet academy east, it was a quiet rehearsal during which the russian dancers tried on their costumes.

 afterwards, waiting to go home . . 

and finally home, waiting for sandy . . 

 after getting back from the nutcracker rehearsal we ran off to a cast party at HB. after the party and cleaning up the theatre, korrina ran off to her friend's house in brooklyn.

it was now about 6 pm and it was time to work on the halloween costumes with their friend deychen. the three of them are being hogwarts students. they have grey skirts, white shirts, ties, gryffindor patches, and grey sweater vests (all from the salvation army, except for the ties). they just need to make the black robes. we're supposed to go up to my sister's in connecticut for halloween . . we were supposed to go last year but there was that freak snowstorm (same time as this hurricane) and she was without power for five days. i'd like to go this year even if there is no power . . i just hope the roads aren't flooded.

morgana is dusting the piano here . . greg was paying bills online, and i was cleaning the bathroom . . and the laundry was washing in the laundry room across the courtyard. it was a busy household, waiting for sandy.

 the robe is pinned . . the sewing machine got stuck. they'll sew them by hand!

yes, just waiting for sandy. there's been two or three drops of rain and now a fine mist, and every once in awhile there will be a gust of wind off the river, but other than that, it's quiet. it's quiet people wise and car wise also. i love snowstorms, but i don't love waiting for a hurricane.

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if i have to wait for any more hurricanes, i'll have to change my label to "hurricanes" as there will be too many individual ones to list separately!

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i have a good friend named sandy who lives in princeton, new jersey. i haven't seen her in years. i'm thinking of her a lot now. knowing sandy, she's not happy about sharing her name with a hurricane.