today is the....

beginning of my "being on my own" week, well you know what that means, don't you? will have to work though structure with movies, bars, plays, etc, and keep a solid eye on the money spent. To make it worse it is raining, which may inhibit my traveling on today, but since i want to visit Merlin at south fourth this evening, it could be a problem. Hate to be held in. Still, a decent amount to read (thank God for Brooklyn Noir that I got from gratitude yesterday) Maybe if Friday is a fairer day, will take a nice walk through Brooklyn, beginning at the Park and going East (I think) Of course you could also begin at the Park and walk south into Ditmas Park. Ah, choices, choices. well we will see.
Yesterday, after library returned home in preparation for the evening's long (and of course beautiful) opera, Die Meistersinger. Liked my seat, mid family circle, almost had row by myself, met Kim and Clint there, moved down for third act to orchestra, nice, expected the sound to be worse, but it was very good, still, happy to be in family circle, kind of like the distance---gives me a little more time to reflect, as the music soars upward.. Certainly it is a great opera, its most exciting moments are truly elevating, there are also some spots that I simply waited for to be over---it is very long, still Levine seemed to be completely in control last evening---the orchestra, of course, sounded great, and the singers were on a very high level. Want to get to the Met a little more, but for what...?  Could easily see a play every day during January, that is the problem I will be faced with.
Just received more time on the computer---good! Still trying to figure out whether any of my beer book bars will be open tomorrow, don't want to go trekking around Brooklyn in the cold, only to find out that every place I can get a free beer is closed---no poetic justice in that---anyway, should move on to other sites, will report on my "christmas alone" and how I handle it, on Friday....