After putting the finishing touches on everything I went ahead and ate my lunch, which I had brought from home. I used the toaster oven to heat up my pizza today at the prompting of Sue, and it was much better than in the microwave. I will have to do that from now on.
Joe and I worked on light plots after lunch, and then I changed out the blue gels, put the skirts up on stage, wrote some light cues, and finally made Joe some short XLR cables to extend the Clearcom cables in the control room. When all of that was done, it was 3:30 and time for me to come home.
I tried to take Lucy on a walk when I got home, but it ended up being short lived because there was some kid riding around in his wagon, which meant Lucy was frozen with fear. I try to be Cesar Milan and make her comfortable around things like that, but I just can't do it. I succeeded in getting her to move towards it for a little while...but once she got to where she could smell where he had been on the ground she wouldn't go any further. So we ended up running back to the house in an attempt to get some energy out.
Once we were back I started to do some household cleaning. The past few times I have used the vacuum I haven't thought it has been sucking very well. Today it was really lousy, so I decided to open it up and see what was going on. Sure enough, the plastic tubing on the bottom was completely clogged. It was like it had gotten damp and all the dust had been crusting together for a while. I really should have taken a picture, but I didn't think to. Once I got it cleaned out it was like using a completely different vacuum.
After some cleaning, I took Lucy into the backyard to release more energy, and we ended up walking through the woods for a little while. We back up to the rear access of Heritage Park, so we just have woods behind our house. The Simpsonville City planner told our agent that they will just put a few walking trails back there, so if that remains true we should maintain a really nice wooded area behind us. That was a big reason we bought the house. Lucy loves the outdoors, and I think she enjoyed exploring immensely.
When we got back in I decided to take some pictures of my sock. Sometime after getting to work, I noticed my right toe feeling a little funny and took my shoe off to reveal this:
Lucy loves socks. In fact, I think she wanted to make sure she was given credit for her handiwork, and so she posed for a picture with the sock:
As you can see Oliver was also quite impressed with the damage:
Oliver also has been doing this weird thing where he hangs his leg over the edge of the bed...almost like he is hanging his arm out the window while driving. I think it's kind of funny, so I took some pictures of it tonight:
Kristi got home a little later and I cleaned the bathroom before we left for...you guessed it...Oriental House. It was crazy tonight! I think more and more people are discovering the amazingness that is Oriental House. Chad told me that apparently it is rated as one of the top 100 Oriental restaurants in the US. It was so crowded that there were several parties waiting for tables. Even the back room was full. Kristi and I ordered and then finally got a table right before our food arrived. Good thing, 'cause that would have been awkward eating standing up.
When we were done eating we saw Chad and Jaime eating, as well as one of Kristi's students named Kennedy. She was easy to spot because she was wearing her "Stoeber Stingrays" shirt. Kennedy has a great voice, and when Kristi mentioned it she said she wouldn't mind singing for me. It was kind of different having her sing in the middle of such a crowded restaurant, but she got some applause when finished. We talked the Chad and Jaime too for a little while and then left for the mall.
I need some new clothes, but unfortunately it typically takes me a while to find things that I like. I did find a sweet hoody type deal at PacSun for 8$ tonight. You just can't be 70% off. I tried on some other things at other stores too, but nothing ended up working out.
We stayed at the mall for a little while until Ryan and Rebecca Ferguson called us to let us know they were home. They are some friends from NHCC that Kristi and I are going to start hanging out with for some mentoring. Tonight was alot of fun, and I am looking forward to spending time with them. We talked for a while and ended up getting home around midnight, which meant we went straight to bed.
On another note, I don't know if you noticed, but Joe helped me purchase a domain name today. That's right, you are now on the fancy new website....www.andrewstoeber.com. Now it is pretty impossible to forget the web address for my blog, so you really are without excuse. You should definitely be reading every day, maybe even more than once a day. Tell your friends, you know you want to...
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