The Sound of Music

We purchased tickets for The Sound of Music several weeks ago and it was a good thing since the show quickly sold out. The anticipation of the evening show wore on Ava all day. I couldn't help but wonder at what age kids start to have an appreciation for time because it clearly has not developed by age 4.

She couldn't take it anymore about an hour before the show and protested by buckling herself into her car seat in the van, arms crossed and pout prominent. Dane followed suit and within minutes the sky opened and rain poured down in sheets. I wished I had strapped myself into the van pre-rain too. We attempted to kill the last hour by hitting McDonalds for some chocolate milk but the drive thru was too quick - we were still early. We rushed into A Center for The Arts under the cover of floral umbrellas rummaged from the trunk of my car.

Once inside the theatre Dane struck up a conversation with a man behind us who was wearing a Harley t-shirt. Dane explained that HE left HIS motorcycle at home. Ava's eyes were glued to the stage through the entire show. It is unsual for her to watch something without asking a million questions. Dane made it one hour before deciding nuns, dancing children and yodeling were not his cup of tea. I can only guess that DadO was feeling the same way because they walked home during intermission!

Ava's intent study of the play ended abruptly seconds into the Reverend Mother's solo of "Climb Every Mountain" which left her writhing in pain in her seat hands firmly clamped over her ears moaning "I cannot handle it! I cannot handle it!" The volume and pitch of the song were intense but powerful, too powerful for Ava's little ears.

We arrived home at 10:00 p.m. We tiptoped past Dane's bedroom and covered our giggles because he was singing to himself. As we settled into my bed the reprieve from the questions ended when Ava asked, "Where did they find all of those acrobat robots to be in that play?" That was not a question I could have ever anticipated. After much discussion I realized the word acrobat and the word actor do sound similiar. But robots? Ava explained; "Mom. They had this cord attached to their necks and like a black thing by their mouths. The kids even had these like battery things on their backs. Robots, duh." Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. The remote microphones apparently look much different to a child, who surprisingly wasn't frightened by a stage full of singing and dancing robots but was quite confused by it. It was now 10:30 p.m. I was hoping the very strange discussion of The Sound of Music was over when Ava's final question came - "But why were those lady vampires singing so much?" Vampires? Well, I guess the nun's black habits do bear some similiarity to those worn by vampires.

It was now 11:00 p.m. and Ava drifted off to sleep after mumbling, "I love you more than jewels - and I promise I will buy you a crown with diamonds and jewels on it....I guess they probably sell those at Target...or Pamida....or the grocery store....."

I spent the next hour laying in bed wondering how to re-write the Sound of Music to incorporate robots, vampires and acrobats.

Running

Running schedule for the upcoming week....I think my toe injury has completely healed so this will be the test...

Fri: 2 miles
Sat: rest
Sun: 2 miles
Monday: 3 miles
Tuesday: rest
Wednesday: 3 miles
Thursday: 3 miles
Friday: rest
Saturday: 4 miles