I couldn’t be more proud of my boy – Trey worked hard and got the part of Flounder in Bainbridge Performing Art’s production of The Little Mermaid.  He has a pretty big role, lots of dancing and even a solo.  He is the only kid in the whole cast!   I just love watching him do what he loves to do.
   I have to say, my favorite part of it is that he once again shares the stage with Myriah Riedel (she was Peter Pan and he a Lost Boy and now she is Ariel).  He absolutely adores her and it is perfect for Flounder’s relationship with Ariel.  I think the audience can really feel how much he cares.  It’s very sweet.  Ah, to be 10 with a crush.
It’s a super fun show – the bright costumes and catchy songs.  I’ve been singing them in my head for weeks now.  It runs through Memorial Day weekend (Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at 3 plus a bonus show Monday, May 23rd at 7:30).  I will be ushering this weekend and would love to have company, plus Trey loves seeing people he knows at the show!  It’s great for kids, too!
Tickets are available at the Bainbridge Performing Arts website.

TREY FIELD BENNETT (FLOUNDER) Trey is delighted to return to the BPA stage and thrilled to be cast as Flounder. He was previously seen
in Ovation!’s Oliver!, as Mote in BPA’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nibs the Lost Boy in Ovation!’s Peter Pan, the Mayor of Whoville in BPA’s Seussical Jr., and numerous other BPA Theater School productions. Trey is a 4th grader at The Island School. When he is not on stage, he enjoys learning about Greek Mythology, playing the drums, and hanging out with his friends.

I’m a pretty positive person, but this week has kicked my backside…a big part of it is that we haven’t had much time as a whole family, and when we do we are out of sync and it ends with the kids just bickering.  We have forced the time we have together to be hand held electronics free, spending evenings coloring or watching a family show.  They always end up having fun but getting into the groove of it again is painful (and truth be told, disappointing to me – kind of not the “family time” image I have, but then again those moments are truly few and far between)

I need to vent here so bear with me….

So yesterday I was doing a little Amazon shopping and a couple orders went through and one special offer they had said my payment was declined.  Odd, I thought, but figured the special offer was over or something.  Then went to get a few things at Safeway and went to use my card and it was declined.  Now there are times when I would lower my head and slink out of the store knowing I had nothing in my account, but I knew there was plenty so no reason to have the card declined.  I was pissed more than embarrassed, but after a wander around the store looking for my mother (yes, she had been shopping there, too) I went off to the car to get my checkbook and on the way out a friend said she had paid for the groceries.  What a saint!  I was so relieved.  Got the groceries and spent the next half hour in the car trying to figure out what was going on with my account – apparently someone in California was trying to check into multiple hotels.  Luckily my bank caught it and froze my account, but would have been nice to have that information so I wouldn’t be trying to use my card.  So today in all my spare time, I had to go get a temporary card to use (which worked the first time, but didn’t work the second time I tried to use it!!!).

It jut gets better…so, we just got over a week of living out of coolers because our fridge was on the fritz, we defrosted it and got it working again (per the appliance company’s advice) and this morning woke up to the fridge almost warm again.  Called the appliance people again and they said they would order the parts and come out but in reality we are looking at another  7-14 days without a fridge.  It just plain sucks.  I try to spin my positive attitude and pretend like we are camping, but my little Eeyore reminded me that “no it’s not like camping at all, there are no s’mores, no tents, no fun all we have is wet food and that’s the bad part of camping”   I give up, it’s really no fun.

All in all we are happy and healthy and life goes on.  But really I would just love to have a little break from the b.s. here.  Not asking a lot, just a little.