Pumpkin's Positive Post: People, Pride and Plays

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Last night, I went to see a play. While I've been to other acts (comedy, music) over the past year or two, it has been some time since I'd seen a play. My two sons used to belong to a theatre group called Labyrinth. I had previously belonged to the same group. Sadly, the group had to disband (but that's a whole other story that doesn't belong in a positive post). My eldest son had already moved moved away for university anyway (he returned last year) but my youngest son, who has always wanted to be an actor, was left with no groups. He'd aged out of Scouts, and another performing arts group he'd been in had moved to a venue we couldn't get to. He did try another that we found, but he didn't like that one. He did, however, discover that one of the older local groups had found a new venue. My son joined while they were already rehearsing for something so he couldn't have a part. However, he did stand in for absentees at rehearsals. For the show, he was the sound tech. He'd not done that before. He had done a performing arts course at college, which had involved some backstage things, so he had knowledge as to what was involved other than the acting. I went to see the play with my other son, my husband, and my big sister. Even though the venue isn't far from us, I'd only been to it once while this was the first time for the others. It's quite a nice venue. They had a raffle during the interval, and I won some sort of men's cologne called L'Homme. There had been a few choices (chocolate, wine, smell things) but mine was the final winning ticket so I got what was left! My husband sems to like it. I'd said he could have it but, if he didn't like it, it could be my brother-in-law's birthday present After the show, both of my sons stayed behind. The youngest had stayed behind the night before to socialise. This is a good thing as he's not really one for doing such things! The eldest decided to stick around as he wanted to catch up with some friends from the old group who had come to see the show. I was very proud of the youngest for his contribution to the show. I was also pleased that he had chosen to spend time socialising. I am proud of both my boys. They are both looking for jobs. The youngest, as well as his theatre, is volunteering in a charity shop. He's also signed up to support the reopening of an important local venue when they're ready to do things. The eldest finished a Master's degree last year. He's had a few job interviews, although no success so far. He did have some feedback from the last interview (for a job teaching in a prison). It was simply that another candidate had specific experience of working in a prison. Son is also looking into voluntary work with the Canal and River Trust, and he's continuing to learn with various online courses and will be finding out about other opportunities to add skills. In other positive news, I took my dad into town on the bus yesterday. I mentioned in a previous post that he had broken his leg in December. He's recovering well. He'd managed to hobble to the shop that's near to him, but he hadn't been any further. My mum said she was worried about him going on a bus by himself so I offered to go with him. We were going to go into the city, but Dad didn't feel like it and the weather was being weird - I got soaked in the rain, then it brightened up, then there was hail, then it brightened up like the weather had just remembered it's supposed to be spring (we live in England, but this was weird even for us ). Anyway, we decided to just go into town. I live near the town centre but my parents live the other side. It's not that far, though. It's about 10 minutes on the bus. I needed to do some shopping and Dad needed to get a couple of things. We went to the main supermarket in town and then my dad treated me to lunch at the cafe that's inside the supermarket. I'd not been in that cafe before, but Dad likes it. We saw a friend in there (who works there) and my dad had a chat with another customer. Dad was happy, and said he'd had a good day. I know he was happy to get out and about. It's his birthday in a couple of weeks. I've got a day off during his birthday week, and I've hired a car. I've told my dad I can take him wherever he wants to go. He said one place that's not far away because they have a nice chip shop and a nice sweet shop! Then he said a couple of seaside places that are 2 to 3 hours away by car. I've told him we can do that if we start our early enough! That's my positive stuff for now. What's good in your life? Have you done/are you planning anything new/different/fun?