Today we finished packing for our cruise. We leave on Monday, so I think we're doing pretty well to be packed this far in advance. Even better, the bags to be checked are not overweight. There have been times in my life when I was still packing at midnight for a flight leaving at 7:00am. But not this time. We are ready to go, except for the inevitable last minute stuff that will go in our carry-on bags. While I was packing, the phrase that kept running through my head was "You can't take it with you." And my response "But I want to. I need it all." Eventually, I was forced to admit that I really couldn't take it all. My good old well-traveled blue, green and white checkered soft side suitcase was stuffed to the gills (whatever that means). However, I did not unzip the zipper that gives me an extra two inches of depth. I will save that for the trip home. Things never seem to fit quite the same way coming home. Thinking about what I could and could not take with me inevitably led me to remember the play I was in at Arena Dinner Theater three years ago. The play was, as you might have guessed, "You Can't Take it With You." One of my most enjoyable roles ever. I played Gay Wellington, a drunk over the hill actress, and spent about a third of the play 'passed out' on the sofa, after my memorable line "When I see snakes I know it's time to lie down." This was also the only play in which I sang a solo.
"There was a young lady from Wheeling,
who had an incredible feeling.
She wasn't quite sure his intentions were pure,
As she lay gazing up at the ceiling."
Maybe you had to be there to really appreciate it.
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