I just finished playing a game of Mahjongg. Now I’m going to write this post. Big whoop, you say? Tell us something we give two shakes about, Shelli. Well, I’m pretty excited because it is helping me pass the time in this boring concert until the stage comes alive when my daughter comes out.
The concert started at 7:30. There are 2 bands that play before hers–the Freshman Band and the Symphony Band. Then the big band, the Concert Band, come out in there very handsome concert suits and very plain concert dresses. When I was getting ready to hem Emily’s last night, I told her, “These may be the ugliest concert dresses ever, but you look beautiful. You could make a sack look beautiful.” And she will be beautiful. And she will sound awesome. I just widh I could only listen to her and the other floutists and not the rest of the band and all the other bands.
Like I said, the concert started at 7:30. Each band has 5 or 6 songs at roughly 5 minutes a piece. With time in between bands, we’ll be lucky if we get out of here before 9:30. It’s a long night. Especially for one little Peanut Girl.
Emily also plays for the pep band occasionally throughout the year. Just about everyone plays when one of their teams goes to state playoffs. As is the case this week. Their girls’ volleyball team is in the state playoffs. This means Emily had to get up early this morning and tomorrow morning so they can get to the center early for the first game. I’m proud of her and happy for her. These are the things that make high school memories that she will bring with her and cherish for the rest of her life.
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I had lunch with John today. Yesterday when I went to have lunch with him, he was watching the second season of Lost. I’ve never gotten into it and I told him so. He started trying to explain parts to me, but when it’s difficult to talk, well, it’s difficult to explain things. Especially a complicated story line like Lost. Today when I got there, he had restarted Lost the first season. When I got there, he went back to the first episode. It was nice sitting there and watching it with him while I helped him with lunch. After we had watched 2 full episodes (in addition to half of the one he was watching when I got there) I had to leave. (I still had to finish hemming Em’s dress for tonight.). He’s going with his Dad early tomorrow on their annual hunting trip, so he won’t need me for lunch again until Tuesday. We’ll pick up with episode 3 then. I asked him if there was anything I could get him and when he said no, I told him that Sabrina would be home soon anyway. He was surprised that it had gotten so late already. I told him I would come earlier on Tuesday so we could watch more. I think he just needs/wants someone to help him pass the time.
I’ve been trying to think of games I could play with him when I go there on my days off. If any of you have any suggestions, I’m open to them. He doesn’t have very good use of his hands, so anything that requires fine motor control would be out. We did figure out a way for him to hold cards, so we could play card games. Anyone got anything else?
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Well, Sam called me in the middle of all this posting and concert listening, so I had to go out for awhile. It’s almost time for them to switch bands and for Em to come on, so I’ll wrap this up.
This post was brought to you by tbe letter “B”, for Band and Blackberry.
