RIP Sarlacc

We've had a menacing situation in the Dune Sea for as long as I remember, going back to 1983 or so.  Ever since then, it's been common knowledge that you don't go walking around or even riding around those sand dunes, unless you want to risk falling into the Great Pit of Carkoon, which of course has deep at the bottom a ginormous sarlacc.  So here we are, 38 years later, and finally someone's gone and done something about it.  Boba Fett did us all a favor and got rid of that pest in tonight's episode.  Or actually, it was Fennec Shand, who dropped one of the most wonderful weapons in history, a seismic charge, right down the creature's gullet.  What an episode.  This show has been great to watch for all of us old-school fans, and I'm really hoping we get to see that rogues gallery soon, those other bounty hunters.  Yes, we need their scum.  

We all watched that episode tonight, but Maddie had homework, plus she wanted to get a shower.  All of this followed her small group session tonight, which was another extra small one with only two girls there for the night.  But it still goes on as we're nearing two years.  Pretty amazing longevity.  She doesn't want to miss it, although there may be a few times she'll do just that coming up, this due to play practice for high school.

Our snowman is still hanging in there, though obviously reduced somewhat.  I think it might make it to this weekend, actually!  That's a custom-built snowman there, one built to last!  It was cool today, but the sun was out there.  Our office is so cold at KidPak that we move out to the common area where there are doors with windows that let in large amounts of sunlight.  It's the perfect place to work, sitting up a chair and table in the sunlight.  Nice and warm on a day like today!

I've been doing a lot of Sherlock research lately, listening to the old time radio show in the car to and from the office, listening to old episodes from 1946 or so.  Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are so good with this radio drama.  The actors and limited sound effects really take you to various places along foggy streets in London, or as far away as palaces in India.  It's been great to listen to the shows.

Maddie has been studying her lines, practicing a cockney accent and actually getting fairly good with it.  Mom has been working on the costumes when she can, although this week has been super taxing with Nana, who is still not well.  She's coughing all night, and we're up frequently to get her medication and do what we can.  She doesn't want to go to the doctor, although at night she seems to be struggling to breathe, having worked herself into an emotional state that seems to only visit at night.  During the daylight, not so much on the coughing - but she is tired.  So are all of us.  Mom is even more so, doing her best, but really exhausted.  Tonight we went to bed earlier, but we still made time for reading, and we made time for prayers of course.  It was a decent day.