My cross-stitch order came in - I ordered some DMC thread and various colors of Aida cloth. Very happy with this company - if you have cross-stitch supply needs, I can recommend 123stitch.com.

Best Son and I went to another play put on by one of the local community college theater departments. This time it was The Wedding Singer. I have never seen the movie so I wasn't sure what to expect. This was a musical and Best Son said it captured the spirit of the movie but there's a lot less singing in the actual film. The theater usually has a couple matinees and several evening shows and I usually opt for the matinees. They tend to be a quieter crowd but this showing had a very vibrant audience which just made it more fun. I think there were a lot of friends and family of the cast in the audience.

Listening

Reading

Still looking for my next book. I took another look through my Libby wishlist and, while I do want to read all those books eventually, I just don't want to read them now. Finished Clarksworld #219 - I think my favorite out of this issue was The Coffee Machine.

Watching

You know I love my big cats episodes on the PBS channel. I watched a new one this week, Katavi: Africa's Fallen Paradise (it's streaming at the link until 4/30, if you want to watch it). The previous big cat episodes were in Botswana but this one is in Tanzania. Same kind of set up, though, with the big cats sharing the land with other animals, this time with hippos and crocodiles. There was a drought in this area, which must've been hard on the lions because these are some of the skinniest lions I've seen. The Botswana lions were definitely more well-fed.

Found another surprisingly great watch on PBS, SAS: Rogue Warriors. This is a 3 part series and I watched the first episode this week. Through re-enactments, archival footage and interviews, the story of the creation of the British Special Air Service is told. Man, this was such a great episode and the story is just WILD! I don't want to say anything about it in case you do decide to watch but wow ... this is a journey!

I feel like this is a fairly brief entry but someone has waited until the last minute to do her taxes so I should really go get that done since the 15th is around the corner. I don't think anyone likes paying taxes but this year in particular I have all kinds of feelings about it.

My mom was a single mother, living paycheck to paycheck (barely) during the recession in the 80s. I remember one year she had a tax bill of over $2000. I was a kid, I don't know exactly what happened. She ranted about politicians stealing money from parents trying to feed their children and then ... just never again filed her yearly taxes. From then until she died was over 20 years. How did she not get caught? I was always so worried the IRS would come after her. She waved away my concerns saying she had taxes deducted from her paychecks so "they owed her" so it was OK. I mean, taxes don't work like that but whatever. Sometimes though, especially years like this when I'm salty about what my taxes will be going towards, I kind of wish I could follow in her footsteps.