7:13 a.m. - 2007-05-28
heaven in Haven
OH...my poor dehydrated body.... I had a **fabulous** time on my trip. Bullet point chronology for now--promise to rewrite later.
fetched Lani (dubbed "my protege" by CrushBoy) and we did much line running and character work and gossiping on the way down to Haven--like being in college almost--lovely!
Both of us had dinner w/ CrushBoy. She's utterly charmed by him--given her current relationship is with a man I've dubbed ToolShack, we are unsuprised. CrushBoy is a well mannered gentleman, after all, who makes a mean pasta and always serves the right wine. And he wasn't wearing a shirt when we got there... sigh. ;-)
No Maudlin Friday--after passing Lani off to ToolShack, we weren't in the mood. Mostly just too tired....
Saturday (daylight)--champagne brunch w/ Sandy. Followed by tour of hotel and the procurement of more champagne followed by a champagne-laden game of 80's Trivial Pursuit. I won--but it was **really* close**--I blame the NBA. Don't remember who to thank. Maybe my agent?
Saturday Evening--champagne with CrushBoy's dad & new stepmom. Many interesting undercurrents, cross-currents, unexpected rocks.... Followed by dinner at a very nice restaurant w/ much sharing of wine and food.
Saturday Night--one word: skinny-dipping. OK, maybe I'll add "in cold water while drinking champagne." I want a swimming pool--still--very much. I spent lots of time diving in and climbing out and noticing my utter lack of muscle tone--luckily there wasn't too much moonlight. I don't think anyone was watching me anyway.... And then we went in and lounged around in bathrobes and talked and drank more champagne. And then they got a room and I slept on the sofa.
Sunday Morning--dragged CrushBoy out of bed (under protest, even though he knew about the plan well in advance) so he could take me to my roller coaster in his *swwwweeet* convertable sportscar. The ride in the car was a glorious prelude to the, dare I say, ohhhrgasmic roller coaster ride. I rode twice. And then the excitement of the weekend, enhanced by the dehydration and lack of sleep, caught up to me. So I had frozen lemonade and funnel cake and decided that the line for coaster had become too long and I left. Long walk out of park. Long walk away from park. Long walk to entrance of Park Sponsor's place, where CrushBoy finally fetched me.
Sunday Noon--went to grocery store w/ Crushboy to get food for the dehydrated and exhausted. Waited at his place for Lani to be dropped off by ToolShack (whose replacement I've tasked CrushBoy with finding) and devoured sushi and drank juice and tried not to fall asleep or throw up (a side effect of exhaustion for me--not that hung over!). Consumed espresso and hit the road. Did more line work, character work, script analysis, weekend disection, sighing over CrushBoy. The usual college-style post-roadtrip post-mortem.
Sunday Evening--dinner w/ Lani's parents quickly before they ran off to see a show. Lovely people--enjoyed meeting them. Then Lani and I went to rehearsal, where we managed to blow the one scene we thought we'd worked to death!! We blame CrushBoy. And the director, Older Paul and I reblocked the ending of the show, because it wasn't working. My vision (for which I blame CrushBoy) won out. OP's vision... not so much. We did try it OP's way, after we tried it my way, and the winner was pretty clear-cut. I think. Go Peggey!!
Sunday Night--went home, debreifed to NMH, got a room, went to sleep.
and then I was awoken this moring at six-muttermutter AM by my daugher, who climbed in bed for snuggles. And then reawoken after she fetched her brother. Which is why I've been able to check my e-mail and post this long summary before Eight Freaking A M on a HOLIDAY MONDAY.... But the weekend in Haven was rather heavenly... in it's own sinful little way....
