The Very Long Wednesday

Daya needs government ID since she will be flying to and back from Chicago by herself this summer.
So that means going to the DMV. I can't believe she's old enough already to be going to the DMV!  She could get her learners permit but we really don't have time to get her into driving lessons (bc dance). So I got her a non-driver ID which she can have for 8 years and we don't have to rush the driving thing.

It's a LOT faster to get a non-river ID! We were in and out of the DMV in a half hour!

Daya wants a new bank account with a debit card so we tried to do that, too, but we have to wait until she gets her ID in the mail. Then we went to her dr for all the medical forms for her working papers and also her summer dance intensive.

I did get the estimate for Isis.... ugh...
Branwen says it looks good, minus the CBC which we just did yesterday.
So they are taking that off.

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My friend Sharon asked if I want to go see The little Prince on Broadway with her tonight.  It is still in previews and someone at her job gets free tickets.  So we went.

It was...... well, I didn't really know what to think until the second act.
Once I figured it out I liked it a lot, but I had to adjust my perspective.  I guess that's in-keeping with The Little Prince, come to think of it.

When you think Broadway, you think singing, musical theater, and a play.

There was almost no singing in this show and it most certainly was not a play.
It was all dance. With a narrator.

The dancers were superb.  There was also a lot of aerial acrobatics which was pretty incredible.  Visually it was really beautiful, stunning actually.  But it was more along the lines of going to the ballet than going to see a broadway show. Also, I forgot most of the first half of the book after the sheep drawing, so it was a bit harder to follow.

The second act was all about being on Earth and I remembered almost all of it from the book and that honestly made it more enjoyable.  Sharon's recollection of the book was a lot hazier than mine and she was totally lost.

So, for The Little Prince, if you have in your mind that you are going to see dance theater, you'll love it.  If you are looking for musical theater or a play, you'll hate it. If you remember the book (and like the book), you'll love it.  If you never read the book or forgot it, you won't get it at all.  The people right in front of me left during intermission, which was fine with me because I got a better view!