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The Marx Brothers, George Burns & Gracie Allen and Jack Benny all performed here

I said I would blog to day so here I blog. I don't really feel like it but I said blogged that I would so I must. I never said I would blog well though.

Last night was fun. We went to see Mary Poppins at the Paramount Arts Center in Aurora. It was as good of a performance as I have ever seen. It was every bit as good as anything I have seen in Chicago. Now that I think of it the best productions that I have ever seen anywhere have probably been at Disney World and Disneyland. It does not seem fair to include those places though because they have entire buildings built exclusively for some of their productions. Disney has a much bigger budget than these theater companies too. Cha Cha got the blue-ray disc of Mary Poppins for Christmas; I am excited to see that now. I have seen it before but it has been quite awhile. We really liked Saving Mr. Banks and that made me watch the show last night with a different understanding and appreciation. Jill says that the stage show we watched last night must have followed the book a lot more than the Disney film did because there was a lot of differences. One of the main differences (spoiler alert maybe?) was that Mary Poppins quit working for the Banks' family twice instead of once like in the Disney film. It did seem a bit long-winded at times. I am embarrassed to blog that I thought the show was a bit long-winded at times. When intermission began I stood up and put on my jacket. I thought maybe they didn't have an intermission and the show is over; I was wrong. It was only half-time. After the show we went to dinner. It was a fun night.

We did not make it to the casino though we did walk through one of their lobbies coming back from the restaurant to the car. We had to go in and see Garth Algar's Mirthmobile. You will probably remember the car mostly from the opening scene of Wayne's World. In my opinion that is also one of the best rock songs ever written. I am not sure if it is the real car from the film but, if not, it was made to look exactly like it. It even has the non-matching wheels, the correct license plate and there is a pair of drumsticks on the dashboard. It would make sense that the real one would be in Aurora, Illinois since that is where Wayne and Garth lived and performed their cable access show and a casino could probably afford to purchase it. Cha Cha says she wants to go back and go to the casino. That really surprised me. I did not think she liked casinos. Apparently she likes to play slots. I am more of a blackjack and Texas Hold'em guy. I like where there is a little skill involved so that, when I lose, I can beat myself up just a little more.

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Cha Cha did pretty well walking last night. From the restaurant (Ballydoyle Irish Pub) back to where I had parked the car was about four or five blocks. She was a bit winded but just a week ago or so she was having a difficult time walking across the street. I won't feel so stressed going back to work Tuesday knowing she is doing this well. Just a week ago I would have still been worried. Now my only worry is that I remember everything I do at work.

I think I have blogged myself into maybe going back to the casino today. Wait, it is Sunday right? Sundays are probably busy casino days. Maybe tomorrow? That will be a celebration of my last day off before going to work for two days before my two-day weekend. I am still sleepy most of the time; I think I am way behind on my slumber. People say that it doesn't work that way (you get behind on sleep and you have to catch-up) but I KNOW that it has been working that way on me. I will catch-up more now that I am confident that Jill is doing better. Maybe I will turn on The Golf Channel or a meaningless football game later today and nap. I watched some of The Ryder Cup the other day - what a snooze-fest. That sounds amazing, actually. The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

Answers Tomorrow?

Fabio just left for work and everybody else (Cha Cha, Splenda and Splenda's boyfriend Andy) are still asleep. Jeff and I are the only ones stirring here. Jeff is currently in the backyard barking. I usually let him out early in the morning (0600 - 0700) to do his business and if he barks I immediately make him come back in. Then, after 0900 or so, I feel it is safe to let him out and, by then, if he barks I think people are generally awake. It is 0931 now and he is out barking with the neighbor dogs (his friends). I really wish they would learn to play poker. The barking stopped - maybe they learned poker that quickly?

Have a great Sunday. It seems like Comfort Sunday to me so far. I talked about Wayne's World and Back To School and Uncle Buck have been on in the background, one after the other, while I have been writing. Not cinematic genius by any means but takes me back to the 1980's (my wheelhouse). TTTT (my last day of being a caregiver)...MITM (out) TA!

If I remember I will let you know all of the answers to the 1980's Film Alphabet photo tomorrow.