so, THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM.
WHY HAVEN’T YOU BEEN THERE YET?
IT IS FABULOUS.
we got there, and first of all i got a discount because i’m a student. and then when we got into the main hall, there was my friend phil f., KING OF THE MUSEUM.
if i knew his real actual title, i’d write that down. well, i guess i would. KING OF THE MUSEUM sounds so good, though, doesn’t it? he might as well be K of the M.
He sat with us as we watched the BEST thing there at the museum in my opinion, the “ghost of the library” show. i’m not sure if this is the actual official title, but it’s surely close. P. (Performer Man) was performing the show, and it was great to see it again. i haven’t been to the museum since last march, and i don’t know why it’s taken me so long to get back.
after the show we got to GO UP ON THE STAGE. this was quite exciting, except that P. said “don’t bump into that light.” this is exactly like randy handing me his VERY VERY EXPENSIVE AND FANCY XMAS ORNAMENT and saying “be careful with this because it’s very expensive and fancy,” and i proceeded to drop it and SMASH IT INTO SMITHEREENS.
i didn’t actually smash anything on the stage in the library (i wonder if they’d have thrown me out of the museum then and there if i did?) but i did manage to bump a light. but they didn’t yell at me. not too much.
we got to see all the backstage behind the scenes area there in back of the show, which included a “green room” that was actually blue, and a room for snacks where there were actually LOTS OF SNACKS sitting around. so that the various ghosts don’t faint from hunger. it can be pretty tiring and exhausting being a ghost, what with all the vaporizing and stuff.
after that we went all around to the other FABULOUS THINGS in the museum. they were just as great as they were the first time, and it’s really moving and stirring to read the stuff about the soldiers, and to watch the timeline of war on a big map and i love that museum.
christine is sitting around here in my living room right now, and she’s drinking a cup of hot water.
yeah, i go to great pains to treat my guests right. i spare no expense.
i told her she could put a tea bag in the hot water, but she demurred.
we’re going to go to the MCL cafeteria with mom and dad pretty soon. why? because we’re VERY VERY EXCITING here in spfld illinois.
and then we’re going to randy’s and i’m going to do the show for christine, who will be a fabulous and willing audience member, and randy’s neighbors might come over to watch, too, which would be great, the more the merrier.
and then, probably, we’ll be forced to play a little boggle so christine can totally beat randy at it, even though he thinks he’s going to beat her.
friday night, and things are hoppin’.
ok then,
grace SO CLOSE to the end of the year…