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This evening, I did something different for date night.

"Hold up!

What's this about 'date' night?

I thought you didn't 'date', girlfriend. "

Not with others, silly.

I have been having date night with myself for the past couple of weeks, you might recall.

"Oh, yeah, that's right, since about mid-September."

That's right, and I've been keeping that night of the week reserved for myself.

It's part of my groove thing, you understand.

"Ah, gotcha.

So, what movie was it this week? "

Oh, my.

As the bfrb would say, "Faustina attends class but doesn't pay attention."

You may want to scan back over that opening line up there.

"I can't even read that opening line!

It's all Greek to me! "

Hahahaha!  Hahaha!

You're absolutely correct!

The post title is all Greek!

But that wasn't the opening line of the post entry.

Try again, please.

"Oh, for love of Pete.

Okay, blah, blah...'something different for date night'.

Oh, you said 'something different'.

Out with it, then. "

I dared to eat a peach, so to speak.

The Players By The Sea presented a one-act interpretation of Sophocles' "Oedipus".

How perfect for a time of pandemic!

The play occurs during a time of plague, with all actors wearing masks...

and all audience members, as well.

This is one of the final scenes in "Oba Oedipus", in which the shepherd has just told the king of his true identity.

The classic Greek chorus echoes the woes of the tale, just as they did in 429 BC, almost two millinia ago.

 

"You went to a play???" 

 

Incredibly, I did.

Even more incredibly, I was 'seated' in the same social circle with two people from the past who share my last name!

Melanie and David, friends of the ex, were also out on 'date night' and had chosen this for their entertainment.

Small world, isn't it?

How wonderful to catch up with their lives and see them doing well!

They had opted for the play earlier today, like I had, but doing so in the morning...

not waiting until two hours before showtime, as I had.

How fortunate that they had been willing to share their space!

 

"Indeed, that was most fortunate, and even more so that the three of you seated together already knew each other and were comfortable with each other, too."

 

You're telling me.

I truly was blessed tonight.

Right place, right time.

I'm not just meaning with their company, either.

I found it quite reassuring to be at a play, on this campus where I had attended a play right before the COVID-19 washed ashore in this country.

That weekend of five plays seems like it was a dream, yet I know it was real -

I have plenty of photographs to prove it to myself.

 

"That sounds like you had a wonderful experience!"

 

Oh, I did!

Plus, Sue Gorecki flagged me down as I was taking the scenic route to my car!

She was there with Donna, a person I don't recall with the Boomers group, and had seen me walk in, intending to catch up with me after the play.

So glad we had the chance to talk!

I'll have to keep track of that fb page, watch for the next "first Friday" lunch announcement and maybe other events.

She mentioned a 'Happy Hour' meetup, but I don't think I'll do that one.

Know what I mean?

"I most certainly do, g'friend.

Booze and coronavirus are not compatible. "

 

For real.

Melanie Goldey keeps inviting me to a bar for karaoke, and I keep declining, of course.

Me, with my pneumonia-chewed lungs, touching and singing into the same microphone as the drunks who touched it before me?

Nope, not gonna happen.

But I tell you what is gonna happen...

I'm taking myself to see "Shrek"!

The play ended earlier than I expected -

so, I am off to movie number 23!

Gotta fly!

"Peace out, chica!

Have fun on the rest of your date night! "

 

Thanks!

(smile!)