I meet with Patricia Hurley from Light Bringer Project to discuss Doo Dah plans and duties. Since I have dance practice tonight I splurge on a iced white chocolate mocha. Paddy is good and sticks with hot green tea.

I now have four women as my Official Entourage- Valerie, Angela, Linda and Louise. I am touting them as not only beautiful, but smart and – listen up boys – single. My entry will have two classic convertibles- my Jack Russell terrier Atticus and I will ride in one and my Entourage will ride in the other. We may even enlist a mini-legion of knights to protect us on the route. Not that Pasadena is all that dangerous, but it will add to the regalness (is that a word?) of the day.

We discuss appearances, photo shoots, the parade and more until my brain is totally full. I always worry that if I take in too much information, I’ll lose some gem I’ve been storing in my mind-files for my stint on “Jeopardy.” I haven’t been invited to be on the game show… I haven’t even auditioned. Now that I’m the Queen, though, how could Alex Trebek miss all the wonderful fame I could bring him? Hold on, I think my phone’s ringing….

It was my mother asking me to pick something up from the store for her. I tried to tell her I need to keep my line open for all the movie, television, recording and sweepstakes offers I should be getting any minute now, but she just laughed. Remember Susan Lucci, mom? Yeah, she finally won that Emmy, so why can’t I? I even have one up on her because Susan’s never been a Doo Dah Queen!