T.O.C Reunion

T.O.C is Three Old Chicks, a select society comprised of me, and my BU roommates Sass and Sarah. We convene every 6 weeks or so to play mah jongg, drink copious amounts of cheap wine, and usually we include some other sort of fun adventure. Since this reunion was a birthday celebration for both of them, and since they are godmoms to Leilei and Libby, respectively (must point out that Leilei has two godmoms, Leilei's beloved Auntie Gail being the other), I thought it would be nice for us all to go to the Big Apple Circus.

Whoa, it was fantastic! Acrobats from China, a dog act, a French guy who rode a teeny little bicycle through a wheel of fire, cracking jokes as he rode . . . Run, friends in the Boston area, to the Big Apple Circus! (but get your tickets at Bostix. much more affordable than the box office)
http://http://www.bigapplecircus.org/

After we dropped the wee ones off chez moi, we went chez Sarah, and came up with the brillant concept of a themed nursing home complex. (We were contemplating our encroaching old age)
We envision a sort of compound, where old people can join communities based on shared interests--for example, there will be a music-themed house (Rock n Roll Heaven), a nineteenth century lit house, an old movies house, an international house, a sports house . . . and you have to commit to live in your house for a month, but then you can change, just to keep things interesting, y'know. The houses will be linked by some sort of Disney-like monorail.

At the end, when you just don't care anymore, you can go to the Napping House, where you can sleep uninteruppted, till you shake off your mortal coil. I hate the way they keep making Audrey get out of bed to wheel herself anxiously up and down the corridor all day, until she falls asleep uncomfortably in the chair again. I just want to sleep! Sass pointed out you can get bedsores that way, so we thought some sort of rotisserie thing could be developed so you can rotated comfortably.

Come to think of it, perhaps Disneyland itself could be converted to this nursing home of the future. They already have the movie park, Epcot, etc. Cinderella's castle could be the napping place!

Good night, sweet dreams!