im off work today – well, im not in the office – someone scheduled a 10 am meeting that i had to dial into.  and then there were emails about stuff … and soon it was 12. 

however, at least i had TANNHAUSER in the background – and it was interesting hearing the" office speak" and the dynamics over a phone while at home listening with one ear to Wagner – puts some things in a new light.  however the bottm line is that i am desperately miserable in my current situation – can’t say much more due to the public nature of a blog.

anyway the first "real" days off i have had since – December really – i had an really bad reaction and abcess with a root canal procedure which meant a week off in may – but that was not free time – full of pain and sleep.  i had a scheduled week off in april but was called in to work it due to scheduling issues.

over these four days i have a TON of things i need/want to do – for one thing all of my IDS are expiring.  stupidly i let my driver’s license expire and now my passport (which I got ten years ago to go and sing in Spoleto – ah where are those days!) is expiring this month – yikes!  and i cant find my social security card… sigh – what a mess.  so i have to go and get the SScard replacement while i have some valid form of id (the passport) and then i can renew the passport and then start the DL process .  Unfortunately I have to start from scratch – yes, the test and the class and the driving test .  Living in NYC it hadnt been on the top of my list.  But now with 9/11 security failout…

of course i may just get a plain ID card and not a driver’s license for now and then deal with the Drivers License later.  that may be the easiest thing.  i will have to do the driving test outside nyc anywaywith my sister’s car as i dont make enough to afford the luxury of a car in NYC.

ah. me. im going to drown my miseries in act iii of TANNHAUSER.
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