Yet More Good Times

Today my roommate came in the room at 6am, but I promptly fell back asleep. I was awake enough to hear the full-orchestra recording of reveille at 8am exactly, but didn't wake up for real until 9 (when my roommate's alarm went off). I wanted to get up around then anyway. Quick breakfast at Denny's, drove to the library, did my blogging, volunteered for a bit (they were pretty caught up)... browsed a bit, skimming a children's biography of Florence Nightingale.

Then it was off to Balboa Park again. But I stopped by the library on Park Blvd. to pick up a Navy suggested reading list book for junior enlisted: "Lone Survivor: the lost heroes of SEAL team 10". Point Loma's copy was already checked out.

It was another Old Globe play today... "Life of Riley" by Alan Ayckbourn. It was the US premiere of this modern British play, and Ayckbourn's 74th script. The story revolved around a main character that we never got to see. Three couples made up the cast: Riley's ex-wife and her significant other, Riley's doctor and the doctor's wife that was involved with Riley a long time ago, and Riley's best friend and his wife, who was performing in a play with the doctor and the doctor's wife. Riley had a medical condition and was given six months to live... and he stirred everyone up. He was invited to star in the play because the lead actor had bailed. He basically had all three women longing to be with him, with hilarious results. And there was a very good ending to top it off. I had a front row seat in the theater-in-the-round. Outstanding!

Jp