I love my weekends -- especially 3-day weekends

Well, loved being able to crawl back into bed after my early-morning feeding of the food monster that lies within. He's an ugly, controlling beast who will not be denied. Bastard. (I'm enjoying the idea that I can take multiple naps today and tomorrow. Not that I sleep, but at least I feel more rested after my little naps.)

So...going to see Wicked in San Francisco Thursday night was just wonderful. Went to a fabulous dinner at Soluna beforehand (split a mac and cheese appetizer with my daughter that was so unbelievably good, you just can't imagine it). The play itself was magical and the performances phenomenal, especially the two leads. We were initially disappointed to see that one of the leads (Glinda) was played by an understudy but, really, there was no need to feel disappointed; she was fabulous. And Elphaba, the other lead was stunningly good. I mean, wow. If you enjoy musicals...don't miss this one.

More theater-going tomorrow. We're long-time Berkeley Rep subscribers and Sunday night is our next play. Sounds like it'll be a fun one -- "Aurelia's Oratorio," which sounds like it's a kind of one-woman Cirque du Soleil. I'm excited. And going to the theater...it's so nice to be able to have some feeling of normalcy in the midst of a truly not normal life experience.

Daughter Dani heads back to Monterey today :( but it's been nice to have her up here and spend some time with her. Classes start again for her in a week or so, so seeing her will be maybe a little more hit-and-miss...we'll have to work a little harder to get some visiting times in around her class schedule.

Not entirely clear about my treatment plan for next week but it sounds like my radiologist may at some point do an adjustment to my treatment so that the radiation beam gets narrowed to a smaller area of my brain -- which to me says that the treatment seems to be working. So that's exciting news. Keep your fingers crossed!

Okay, that's it for today.
Love you guys,
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