I'll try to type fast while Thelma naps. I'm in NYC, and will play at Djinn's weekly gig at Je'Bon tonight. My mom was going to babysit, but she's sick. Any volunteers (people I know of course) to keep Thelma entertained at the show while I play? The thing is, she likes dancing, but can't yet really do it herself, so someone has to pick her up and dance her around.

I took her out to The Cupping Room last night, and we both enjoyed the show, although Thelma fell asleep as I danced her around. She does that a lot.

I should do a more thorough blog than that. My new band, the Mitzfits, is getting gigs right and left. Ithaca apparently has been harboring a huge pent-up desire for a klezmer band for years. Oy, I need to update my website schedule! Thelma enjoys klezmer, and kvetches when we stop playing, so we have to keep playing.

Thelma has learned to roll over, and also is playing a new game called "Try to Catch the Stationary Object." You hold an object in front of her, and she looks at it very intently, then carefully swipes both her hands at it, usually missing it or knocking it away on her first several tries. But she perseveres, eventually grabs it, and rewards herself for this achievement by hitting herself on the head with it. I have to select objects for this game carefully.