Good comments...I read all of them.

I don't take it so personal now. BUT.....it's NOT about moving on. It's about her lack of professionalism and maturity and just plain not doing the job properly that she's being paid to do. I've been going through this with her for a total of 15 years now and about 60-70 gigs. I have a perfect performance track record there so I'm really ticked over her lack of respect to an established performer. The residents told me they ask for me back every time I play there. Her job is supposed to be to accommodate the residents and she's not doing that.

I think what I'm going to do is....leave a message on her machine saying something like: "Hi, I've called a few times and didn't hear back from you. You're too professional and polite not to be returning my calls. I'm guessing they're not going through to you. If you happen to get this one, let me know. Otherwise, I'm going to turn to Administration or the Director to find out why my calls are not being returned." If she still doesn't respond, I AM going to do that and hope they come down on her for playing her games with the entertainers. Of course, I'll probably lose the account since I'm small potatoes in a big pot of stew! But nothing really to lose...I'm not working there as it is.

When I was 16 years old, a very wise and mature friend happened to say to me (out of the clear blue sky)...."You know, everything, good or bad, comes to an end!" Years later, reading the Ann Landers column, she said "don't think about the loss...think instead about how lucky you were to have had the many good experiences leading up to the loss." I think about that to this day every time I experience some kind of a loss. And how everything, EVERYTHING, tangible and intangible, is on loan from God! It helps cushion the blow for a hot-head like me!

Mark