Friday, August 30, 2013

Update

We decided to have Dad taken off the ventilator yesterday (August 29). He's breathing on his own. We're not expecting him to recover or anything; it's just a matter of time. He's been moved from ICU to a regular room. He's being kept as comfortable as possible and we're letting things take their natural course.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Catching up.

There's not a lot to report about Dad; there haven't been any changes. My brothers were here this last week and went home yesterday. It's still wait and see.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Crazy week.

A lot has happened this last week. My dad had a massive stroke on August 18 (shortly after I had finished making my post about the White Rose reading) and is in the hospital. He was already a stroke patient (he had a stroke about 13 years ago). This one is on the left side, the opposite side of the first, and it's larger. So far he has been unresponsive. It's pretty much wait and see at this point. It's not completely unexpected or anything but it's difficult.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

White Rose reading

I had the opportunity to see the White Rose reading at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on July 19. It’s a play about students at the University of Munich who protested what the Nazis were doing. Scott Bakula was part of this, and I’m a big fan of his. This is a slightly revised report already posted on the Scott Bakula Fan Forum.

Beverly Hills is about 40 minutes from me, but I don't go out that way very often and I was reminded why as I drove out there. L.A. traffic is ridiculous and so is the parking. Fortunately it was after rush hour (the play didn't start until 9) so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. I found parking without too much trouble and got inside with a little time to spare. I looked around a bit and went in and sat down just before 9. There weren’t really that many people there and I got a seat right up front in the third row. Lucky me.

The actors came onto the stage to do a sound check just before they started and I got my first glimpse of Scott. He looked fabulous. I had brought my camera, and snuck a quick picture but it didn't turn out, dang it. Theaters usually don't allow cameras or recording, and I normally respect that but this was SCOTT for Heaven's sake. I would have kicked myself if I hadn't at least tried to get a few pics.

The reading/play itself would have been worth seeing even if Scott hadn't been in it. World War II was such a sad time. Anne Frank is one of my favorite historical figures and it was interesting to listen to a reading about this group of German students protesting what the Nazis were doing. I especially liked the interaction between Scott's character and the character Ashley Bell read. Scott's character was a police investigator and he was having a lot of trouble with these students being arrested, especially the girl because he had a daughter her age. He tried very hard to get them released but unfortunately he was unsuccessful.

I waited for a few minutes afterwards to see if Scott would come out and talk to people and sure enough he did. He spoke to some of the people doing sound and then went into the lobby. I went into the lobby too (no I wasn't stalking him) and he was talking to some people. I went over to him, introduced myself, shook his hand and told him he'd done a wonderful job and then went on my way. It was brief, but I was glad for a chance to meet Scott anyway. It was a fun night. I hope he does some more plays.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Summer Time

This summer has flown by quickly. My youngest brother Ben's kids were here the third week in June, and my oldest niece (middle brother Jack's girl) was here from July 12 to July 22, so that kept me busy. They sure do grow quickly...Carson and Kaitlyn are both taller than I am. I had a job interview for a possible tutoring job in July, and felt pretty good about it. I was told I would be contacted to start in the fall. Our church has started learning the music for the Christmas Joy play we do every year. I won't be able to be in the actual production because of my crazy work schedule, but I'm learning the music so I can help out when they record the voiceover to be used on the DVD. I had several fun times with friends and went to see some movies with the nephew, I'll blog about that later. That's pretty much what I've been doing recently.