12 minutes til the day we depart. Leaving us 15 hours to sleep, pack and pick up one or two more things before we head to the airport. Where I suspect we may be told our bags are too heavy and too full of weird stuff.
It IS kinda funny. A Toronto Star photographer came to Barb and Cam's house today (Lesotho Circus Camp headquarters, unfortunately for them) and we set up some gack for the shot. Clown hats, juggling gear, clown noses, a box of shoes... pretty colourful stuff. Keep your eyes peeled for a story in the Star, set to appear March 5.
Picked up the trapeze bar today. I made a new one with a hollow steel pipe so it'll be less weight in the luggage. Bought a swack of power bars, $100 in first aid supplies and more water purifying tablets.
Then I zipped over to the opera for the final performance of "Faust". Such fun! [side bar: Thanks to Bink and the COC folks for a great run. 'Til next time!]
And finally, I sit and type while recuperating from the Last Supper: hearty Italian. Richer and more caloric than any soul needs, and it's not that I was hungry for the molten chocolate cake, but what idiot would refuse such chocolatey goodness? And anyway, Dean and I shared it.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Six days 'til we go! About the lists...
You'd think the TO DO list would be getting shorter, but alas it is growing at a rate disproportionate to the number of days left.
And there's a hefty list of things to do for the projects we'll be working on when we get back! Crickey. Thank goodness CSI is on TV at all times. It's a happy backdrop to my late night laptop-on-the-couch work sessions.
Dean is busy making masks and lengthy pharmaceutical product lists, plus researching what route we'll take in the rental car from Jo-burg to Lesotho. He was clever enough to get an international driver's license. That puts me on map duty. Ha ha ha! Good one.
I am sewing clown hats, finishing up a couple summer work proposals, writing and rewriting lists, having an aerial rig built for our Northern Manitoba camp in March, having a trapeze bar built for Lesotho, reconciling our trip budget and generally just writing lists.
I have two more Canadian Opera Co. performances and Dean arrives in Toronto Thursday night. We'll spend Friday packing and reviewing our splendid lists, and some of Saturday repacking and doubling checking said lists. We'll eat a great deal both nights in anticipation of mediocre airplane food and three-plus weeks of a protein deficient diet.
But we're SO excited and it'll be good fer da kidz!
And there's a hefty list of things to do for the projects we'll be working on when we get back! Crickey. Thank goodness CSI is on TV at all times. It's a happy backdrop to my late night laptop-on-the-couch work sessions.
Dean is busy making masks and lengthy pharmaceutical product lists, plus researching what route we'll take in the rental car from Jo-burg to Lesotho. He was clever enough to get an international driver's license. That puts me on map duty. Ha ha ha! Good one.
I am sewing clown hats, finishing up a couple summer work proposals, writing and rewriting lists, having an aerial rig built for our Northern Manitoba camp in March, having a trapeze bar built for Lesotho, reconciling our trip budget and generally just writing lists.
I have two more Canadian Opera Co. performances and Dean arrives in Toronto Thursday night. We'll spend Friday packing and reviewing our splendid lists, and some of Saturday repacking and doubling checking said lists. We'll eat a great deal both nights in anticipation of mediocre airplane food and three-plus weeks of a protein deficient diet.
But we're SO excited and it'll be good fer da kidz!
Monday, February 12, 2007
Wish to donate?
It's not too late. Donations of any size can be mailed to:
Green Fools Theatre
103-1215 13th Street SE
Calgary AB T2G 3J4
403-237-9010 | 403-266-1508 fax
Please include your mailing address and jot "Lesotho Circus Camp" on the notes line.
THANK YOU!
Green Fools Theatre
103-1215 13th Street SE
Calgary AB T2G 3J4
403-237-9010 | 403-266-1508 fax
Please include your mailing address and jot "Lesotho Circus Camp" on the notes line.
THANK YOU!
To begin: THANK YOU!
Dean and I depart February 25, 2007, and between then and now I hope to get this blog up to speed. And so, our thanks to:
– Our friends and family, for donations, support, enthusiasm and... donations.
– Reebok Canada via brother Stew, for two giant goalie bags.
Some stuff we're packing in said bags:
– Shoes (many!) from New Balance. Thank you Jonathan!
– Juggling gear from Higgins Brothers. Don has entrusted me with his Gumby figure which I will dutifully pack, photograph in Africa, and return. Weird, but he gave us lots of free stuff for the kids, so I'll go with it.
– Yo-yos from the Silly People. AND they performed at our fundraising cabaret to boot.
– Clown noses and balloons from Xtine. Did the kids ever look cute!
– All the artists who performed and the folks who attended the aforementioned cabaret. We raised $1,200 and had a great time doing so.
– My mum Penney, for planting the seed a year ago. And then watering it, fertilizing it and transplanting the wee shoot to a larger pot. She's in Lesotho now for the second time. Blooming, I may add.
– Barb and Cameron, for housing me, Dean and mounds of stuff prior to our departure. Plus Barb loaned me her car, and is just a really good best friend.
– Judith and Isabel at Green Fools Theatre. For helping with grant applications, cheering us on and sending you all your tax receipts.
– Regan for sharing her sewing machine and lunches with the boys. Fun AND productive!
– Ian Howarth for writing a story for the Toronto Star. Next stop: Oprah! Ha- anyone have a contact there?!
– Help Lesotho, an organization which exists to make a difference. www.helplesotho.com
I suspect we'll have a few more, which is fine – because I now know how to edit my posts!
– Our friends and family, for donations, support, enthusiasm and... donations.
– Reebok Canada via brother Stew, for two giant goalie bags.
Some stuff we're packing in said bags:
– Shoes (many!) from New Balance. Thank you Jonathan!
– Juggling gear from Higgins Brothers. Don has entrusted me with his Gumby figure which I will dutifully pack, photograph in Africa, and return. Weird, but he gave us lots of free stuff for the kids, so I'll go with it.
– Yo-yos from the Silly People. AND they performed at our fundraising cabaret to boot.
– Clown noses and balloons from Xtine. Did the kids ever look cute!
– All the artists who performed and the folks who attended the aforementioned cabaret. We raised $1,200 and had a great time doing so.
– My mum Penney, for planting the seed a year ago. And then watering it, fertilizing it and transplanting the wee shoot to a larger pot. She's in Lesotho now for the second time. Blooming, I may add.
– Barb and Cameron, for housing me, Dean and mounds of stuff prior to our departure. Plus Barb loaned me her car, and is just a really good best friend.
– Judith and Isabel at Green Fools Theatre. For helping with grant applications, cheering us on and sending you all your tax receipts.
– Regan for sharing her sewing machine and lunches with the boys. Fun AND productive!
– Ian Howarth for writing a story for the Toronto Star. Next stop: Oprah! Ha- anyone have a contact there?!
– Help Lesotho, an organization which exists to make a difference. www.helplesotho.com
I suspect we'll have a few more, which is fine – because I now know how to edit my posts!
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