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I put in a couple red peppers with my pile of tomatoes (and still have tomatoes left!) and oh gosh it was a yummmmmmy soup. I did spend the entire evening in bed, watching my shows and just vibin'.

Saturday I was awake from 2-6 am booooo. Then woke up at like 10:30. It felt so late! I tried to work on the mantle in the living room but the light was terrible for dark thread on a dark fabric (it is black warp and orange weft to give bronze) so I tried to knit for a bit while I finished up the Witcher, but Calcifer said I HELP??? Had lunch at 2-ish, and then at 3 the light had changed and required the lamp to be turned on, which gave me the reason to work on the mantle. I made nachos for dinner around 6, and then sat down to watch Trick write while I kept sewing, but then I'd run out of thread with about 24" left to hem, and I was underneath a cat and the extra spool of thread was on the wall over THERE. By the time I escaped the gravity well of sleeping cat, it was after 9pm and we don't mess with sewing that late.

Sunday I was awake from 3-7 am... and woke up again at 10:30. By the time I got out of bed and settled with coffee, it was already 11:30. I needed to leave the house at 12:50 (i told myself) to have enough time to pick up M for our musical (20 mins to her, 15-20 mins to the venue). But I sat down with the mantle and some youtube videos and... left the house at 1. Oops. We still made great time, walking in around 1:40 for a 2pm show. Win!

The musical was very good, following Michael Jackson's early life as he was preparing for the Dangerous tour (1992-3). At the end, the performers all came out to talk about Broadway Cares and the Actor's Fund of Canada, which is something we've heard about every year from Broadway (and of course with our current focus on Hadestown, they have been doing this there, too). They had signed playbills and posters, and a prop from the show signed by our lead actor (who did a phenomenal job). Crew with their "traditional red buckets" were around the lobby, and I was so thrilled to drop my $4.50 in change into one.

After, we went to a bar for burgers, completely not realizing it was the biggest night in Canadian football, the Grey Cup. We caught the second quarter and the halftime show. My team was playing, and they eventually won! At home, I stitched a bit more of the mantle but really all I wanted to do was melt into the couch, so that's what I did.

Today, my plans are to scoop the cat box and make dinner. I could probably get some good stitching in on the mantle, perhaps even come close to finishing it? I just need to check the pattern again if I'm supposed to cut two neckbands or kinda just put the body and hood together and bind it. Trimming obviously will take more time, but I cut the strips on Friday and they need to be seamed before I continue. The template has them scalloped and pinked, but we'll see how I feel.