Story of the Day 7/ 16/ 2014

Aaron has his very first paid stand up gig.
Aaron does stand up comedy.
He drives all over tranation to do it. We liven Indianapolis and he has been to Dayton, Ohio and Lima, Ohio
and Cincinnati and Chicago and some other place in Illinois and....

This gig is for 15 minutes.
He is an opener for the headliner. It pays $50 .
Ad it is in Lima , Ohio.

Since he drives a Honday Civic, a 1997 Honda Civic, it does actually pay for the gas.
But, of course, he had to find someone to cover his shift at the theater, and it doesn't cover the lost wages.

As always, being a nervous Jewish mother, I told him to text me when he got there, and then when he leaves,
so I can stay awake worrying until he gets home.
You see, if he texts me before he leaves it makes it much better, because I do not start worrying too soon.

Well, he texted me , at about 11:15 PM.

He had been offered a room at the hotel- a Holiday Inn.
The headliner hadn't wanted it and Aaron was tired and.....

But, he has a project, tomorrow, and needs to be home by 11 AM.
And he didn't bring his alarm clock

Aaron is deaf, so the regular alarm clock in the hotel room, and the phone , if he requests a wake up call, will not be able to wake him.
I tell him to ask the front desk for the equipment they are supposed to have available when a deaf person stays at their hotel.
He asks, but they have no idea where it would be.
If they actually have it.

The woman at the desk tells him that there already is a flashing light on the phone.
You know, the little one that tells you there is a message.

Aaron decides it is not worth explaining to her that is not the same as a phone signal/flasher to alert a deaf person to a call.

And it is certainly not enough to wake someone with a wake up call.


But, he tells me, he has a strategy.
He will drink a lot of water before going to bed.