Thursday 04/24/2025
This was going to be the day where I was to perform a half-hour set at 2:30pm for the folks in the assisted living center. Jerry and Kay were scheduled to perform (vocal and flute) at 10:30am. So I went over there — across a second-story “bridge” to a different building — to hear them. On the way I passed a TV screen that showed the day’s activities, and while Jerry and Kay were listed, I wasn’t.
So then I tried to find out what was going on, but the Activities staff person was out, and her manager was out, and the regular aides only knew that there was a birthday celebration at 2 which might run to 2:45.
So I rehearsed a couple more times and at 2:15 went back with my guitar case and music stand, and found that the birthday celebration, organized by the resident’s relatives, involved cake for everybody, and a dude with a guitar and a list of songs for sing-along. At 2:30 he was half way through his song list and said “everybody just enjoy your cake and when you are finished we’ll sing some more,” so I could see that was going to be going to maybe 3pm, and if I played then I’d be rather redundant, let alone my audience would be full of birthday cake and falling asleep. Fortunately the activities director showed up and I arranged she would book me in some later week, and I went away. So that was a big nothing after days of rehearsing.
At 6pm I set up the auditorium for a talk by the founder of the Magical Bridge Foundation. They make innovative, handicap-friendly playgrounds. The presentation went off well enough, but I fucking forgot to un-pause zoom recording, which is a rookie mistake. So there is no recording. No big loss, I don’t think there will be any demand for a replay. But damn, son. You know better.
Codgerville 