Well, dear readers, I must write these here notes in a hurry for she of the Evil Eye will be here bright and early and I need a good night’s beauty sleep. The good news is, almost no hand cramping yesterday so I got over thirteen pages done. I got about six and a half hours of sleep, got up, answered e-mails, futzed and finessed endlessly – as I read through what I’d written I could tell I was just trying to get anything down while dealing with the painful cramping. So, I smoothed out a LOT of stuff, moved a few things around so it made actual sense, and then wrote a new page. I’d pre-ordered a spicy Eyetalian Subway sub and that arrived and noon. It came with a free turkey sub so I saved that for my evening snack. I ate the spicy Eyetalian, and it was good, if a little dry. I only like red wine vinegar, but they only put a few drops on – barely there at all. If I order in person, I always make them put a decent amount on. Then there was a lot of back and forth trying to announce our first CD release in over a year. They’ve changed things again, so Doug had a few things to figure out and that all took time. He finally got the page up and I did the Constant Contact eBlast immediately. I went to the mail place and got the one important envelope, went to the bank, then came back home. I wrote more new pages, began a new chapter, probably the penultimate chapter before the ending chapter. I had a long telephonic conversation whilst sitting in the comfy armchair in the living room, a room in which there is living. That is the comfiest chair in the home environment, and so I instantly dozed off for two hours. Once back up, I came out of my stupor, had the little six-inch turkey sub, then wrote more pages for the next two hours. And here we are. The first Kritzerland release in over a year is the original FRENCH cast recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying en Francais. It’s a really fun recording with an excellent cast and a cooking band. Of course, I love the Frank Loesser score. Anyway, you can read all about it, hear some samples, and order at kritzerland.com. Here’s the cover.

I love foreign cast albums, and we’ve got several others planned.

Today, I’ll be up by eight and out the door by eight-thirty, I’ll breakfast with Robert Yacko, the helper will meet me at the restaurant because as so often happens she can’t find a CD that I know we have at least three hundred here. It happens way too often, and I have to get some people over there to organize our stock rooms better so she can find what should be easy to find. Thankfully, I had a few here. After breakfast, I’ll do a few errands and whatnot, maybe do a Gelson’s run, futz and finesse, I’ll hopefully write ten new pages or more and if I’m feeling my oats or my oats are feeling me, I may just continue through to the end of the book. We shall see.

Tomorrow, if I haven’t finished the book, I definitely will, then I’ll futz and finesse, then send Muse Margaret the final batch of pages. The rest of the week will be resting before I begin proofing the book. Friday, we begin weekend four of The Altruist – I have to now attend every performance to give the curtain speech, although I can leave after I do that, if I feel like it.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up by eight and out the door by eight-thirty, I’ll breakfast, helper will pick up CDs, do errands and whatnot, do a Gelson’s run, futz and finesse, write, and see if I’m near finishing the book and if I want to do so or wait until the next morning. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite cast recordings, the ones you feel most capture the electricity of an actual stage performance. If I were to answer that question, I don’t believe there would be a single cast album after the year 2000. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy we’ve announced our first CD release in over a year.