September 15, 1988
Dear Everyone:
OK, my turn.
The big news, of course, is that “Jeannie” and I are going to Disneyland this weekend.
Actually, “Jeannie” is attending a Certified Shorthand Reporters’ seminar in Los Angeles on Saturday. I’m just going along as company. THEN we’ll spend Sunday and Monday at Disneyland before flying home.
“Jeannie” did a great job of making all the arrangements. All I had to do was get us a Magic Kingdom Membership through work and she did all the rest.
Of course, she WILL be expecting a check from me sooner or later to pay for my share of the trip.
I’m also hoping that I can sneak into the presentations at the seminar on Saturday. Some of them look pretty interesting: DNA as a tool in the courtroom (a while back a rapist was convicted when the prosecution entered evidence in the form of DNA samples that proved that he was literally the only person who could have done it) and the John Landis-Twilight Zone Movie murder trial. Neat stuff.
But, just in case the shorthand reporters have armed guards posted to keep interlopers out, I also have a 6-month supply of magazines to get caught up on. So we’ll have a good time no matter what.
In other news…
The RCCS is out of the TDC, but we haven’t loaded it into the CRMIS yet because the serial numbers don’t all match. What this means in plain English is that there are boxes of old records that used to be in “That Other Company” that are now in Company; but they’re listed twice, once in each system and we’re trying to reconcile them.
Sort of like mixing matter and anti-matter without dilithium crystals.
I have lots of projects to work on at work (RCCS is only one of them), but I don’t have time to work on them because I’m too busy attending classes on How to Handle Stress and How to Get More Work Done.
ASHLAND UPDATE:
[OK, now I have to
interrupt and explain about
Ashland.
For those who don’t
know, Ashland is a lovely little town (pop. 16,000) just north of the
California-Oregon border. It
is also, since 1935, the home of the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Back in 1974, when I
got my very first, ever, two-weeks PAID vacation, I decided to visit an
old high school classmate who lived in Portland.
(We lived in Oregon from 1959 to 1972, before moving back to
California.) At her
suggestion, we decided to try out the Shakespeare Festival.
We drove down to Ashland in her mother’s car (a green Mustang)
and spent two nights in a $6.00-per-night hotel room with a window
overlooking an airshaft. And
we saw two plays,
Hamlet and
Twelfth Night.
Afterward, I raved
to our mother about the trip.
She decided that going to the Shakespeare Festival would be a
good “treat” for “Jeannie” and “Alice”.
“Jeannie” and “Alice” were delighted at the prospect of a visit
to their beloved Oregon (having spent their formative years there, they
considered Oregon “home”, even though they’ve spent more years in other
states). They were a bit
reticent, however, at the prospect of having to watch some boring, old
plays.
Nevertheless, Mother
dragged them, kicking and screaming, off to see some Shakespeare.
On the trip home, their only question was, “How soon can we go
back?”
We’ve been attending
the Festival every summer since then.
It has become an annual event, sort of blending half-a-family
reunion with half-a-dozen plays.
For more information
about the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, visit their Web Site at
http://www.osfashland.org.]
DON’T SEND ANY MONEY YET!!!
I just sent in my 1989 membership fee and I expect to get the brochure soon. We’re aiming for late July/early August, unless someone has a reason why this would not be a good time.
Just so you’ll know about how many pennies to save up, the tickets will be $18 each. Some people had trouble seeing what was happening on the stage last summer, so we’ve decided to go for the higher-priced tickets, therefore getting better seating.
Assuming that we attend 6 plays, the works out to $108 per person. If enough people have trouble with spending that much, we could break the group into two sets: first-class and economy.
If we stay at “Will’s Place” (which DOES have the best location), the rooms will probably be about $85 per room (not person) per night, assuming double-occupancy.
Keep this in mind and let me know what you think. I will have to ask for the ticket money up front this year, but not until we decide on when we’re going and which plays to attend.
We DO want to get the order in as early as possible for the best seats.
Mother, if you haven’t seen them already, I have 2 movies to suggest that you can rent, Creator, starring Peter O’Toole and Mariel Hemmingway, The Little Shop of Horrors, starring Rick Moranis and Steve Martin.
That’s all for now.
Love, as always,
Pete
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