I wish we could Fall Back every Sunday. If I could have just one more hour this morning... I just came off my busiest week of the year. As a fundraising professional, my year usually focuses around THE annual event. Although at AWS, it was the actual Easter Seal telethon, in most of my positions, it’s ...
29 Day Challenge: Week 1
My texted confession... ME: Full disclosure: I missed the treadmill today. ;-) JOSH: So much for the 29 day challenge ME: That’s what my readers love. I’m flawed! It’s that I bounce back instead of stay down. Here are the results of my first seven days on the 29 Day Challenge; GOAL: Twenty minutes daily on the treadmill ACTUAL: 6 ...
I remember what it’s like #NRPM2014
I remember what it's like. November is National Runaway Prevention Month. For the month, the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) works to focus the nation’s attention on runaway, homeless and at-risk youth. 1.6 million youth will run away in a year. NRS provides crisis 1-800-RUNAWAY hotline and 1800RUNAWAY.org online services to ensure youth can access help ...
It’s time!
Fall Back is one of my favorite things to do. Since I have an extreme fondness for free stuff, getting an extra hour in my day geeks me out. I grew up in the state where time stood still. Indiana only succumbed to clock changing in its recent history. Even though this is my 20th ...
Halloween No-No’s
Yesterday, a stranger randomly said to me, “you’re all dressed up for Halloween.” I answered affirmatively. I was ‘dressed up’ for work. I mean I wasn’t wearing sweats. Two moments later, I realized she thought I was wearing a costume. I was wearing a long skirt and coat with a bright orange scarf AND I had ...
Sweet Dreams?! Not Exactly!
I was shot last night. More accurately, I was fired on with multiple rounds from a machine gun... in the back... twice. And then because I still wasn’t dead, one of the sh#ts took a pair of scissors and slit my throat. Even though I was lying on the floor in my own blood puddle, ...
29 Day Challenge — It’s on!
I worked out with Josh this morning. He quizzed me on my dreadmill homework. His ongoing goal for me is 20 minutes on the dreadmill daily. He wants me to alternate my jogging sprint days with days walking on an increasing incline. Of course, his quizzing took place as I was actually walking at a ...
Review “Titanic” (Griffin Theatre): Brilliantly Epic!
Griffin Theatre presents a new, intimate version of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, TITANIC. Onto the fairly small Theater Wit stage, Griffin launches its ‘ship of dreams.‘ The size of the theater works perfectly to connect the audience to the emotionality of the tragic sinking. From each person’s appearance on the gangplank, Director Scott Weinstein uses ...
Review “Devil’s Day Off” (Signal Ensemble): The Key is in the Notes
Signal Ensemble Theatre presents the World Premiere of DEVIL’S DAY OFF. Post show, I read Playwright Jon Steinhagen’s note in the program. It described his vision. He indicates his script has no stage directions, no settings, no names of characters. He invites directors to execute with creativity mixing up genders, races and even language. He even ...
“Live like you were dyin'”
I’m less than two weeks out from my annual benefit. The level of detail involved in maximizing people’s fun while raising the most money is my ongoing-minute-to-minute-never-ending-to-do-list. Fall also marks Chicago’s official theatre season opening. If I maximized my scheduling, I could see 9 new shows a week. This is easily the busiest time of ...