Day 20

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Tonight marked the 4th night of on-the-town theatre going, seeing and being seen, for the boy and me. This evening we trecked to Sandusky to the State Theatre to see the National Tour of "Wonderful Town." Completely and utterly enjoyable. And after having just sat through the equity production of ''...Millie'', I was even more impressed with the talent, the direction, the choredography, and the orchestra (seriously Carousel Dinner Theatre could stand to invest in an orchestra - that 1986 casio keyboard sound has been out for ages) of this full non-union production. The lead girl couldn't have been more that 26 but I will stand by the observation that she played Donna Murphy better than Donna Murphy played Donna Murphy when we saw the show in NYC. Fantastic fun.

The lottery. As happens when you drive by the lottery billboards, one tends to divide up the winnings in the imagination and choose how to spend the prize. It can literally take hours of thought and never gets old or dull. Tonight, with the 17 million we won (in my oh-so-active fantasy world) we bought a mansion complete with indoor/outdoor pool and mother-in-law suite, paid all of our debt off, built a theatre on W14th street for Mercury, bought a retreat cabin in Maine, a summer condo in Orlanda and a nifty flat in London (which we will sublet to our friends), gave to the church and some to cancer research and maybe traded in our cars for ones built in the 00s. I suppose we also invested so we wouldn't have to slave away with temp work ever again...at least until we get bored.

Then it struck me. Here are two boys, close to not being able to call ourselves 'boys' much longer, but still with the imaginations and dreams of 18 year olds. And That, above all things, gives me hope for a beautiful future and made my night!