On Thursday when I got into work, I had an e-mail from Cdub. It was forwarded from one of her co-workers, who was looking to get rid of tickets to Sweet Charity (starring Molly Ringwald!). I believe my answer to her was, "You should have called me! I didn't get this until today. I would have loved to go!" It turned out the tickets were still available. The seats were excellent, and the show was really funny. I wasn't actually very familiar with the show- it's funny and smart. You should see it.

It's a good thing that we enjoyed the show, because we went out to dinner beforehand and got some of the worst service we had ever gotten. The waiter took our drink orders, walked away, and didn't come back for our dinner orders until the drinks were ready, 10 minutes later. I even tried to stop him after he brought water over, but he ran off. We finally ordered, the food (as usual at this place) was excellent. We ate, our plates were cleared at 7:25. At 7:40 we still did not have our check. When I finally managed to flag the waiter down (he spent a good bit of time evading us), I told him to bring the check, as we had tickets to a show. He did not get a good tip. (He probably realized we weren't happy, as it was the manager who finally brought us the check.) I was not happy.

Saturday we volunteered at Operation Sharehouse. I love volunteering there- there's a tangible result to your work (we packaged over 5,000 meals). They also allow (and encourage) children as young as 5 to participate- we had several little ones working with us- which I also like.

Afterward was errands.

Today, I headed out to the Capital Dressage Show to volunteer as a ring steward. Ring steward keep track of the competitors and also get to check bits and spurs after the ride. (Translation: I stuck my hands (with gloves on) into the mouths of horses I'd never seen before.) It was a nasty rainy day today (and also the 3rd day of the show), so we had a lot of scratches. Most people went early- we can't force them to, but if they are ready, they may. Afterwards I went through the trade show- I needed new gloves and some boot socks. When I went to purchase them, I learned that the tack shop was giving 10% off to volunteers. Yay!

I was supposed to have a riding lesson at 3, but after standing out in the rain all morning, I wasn't feeling it.