Long overdue...
I realized I am due for a journal update. I didn't even post my traditional "first day of summer vacation" journal entry! Not too much exciting to report, but I'll see what I can come up with.
I have been working part-time at the church, filling in for my mom's music secretary, who resigned mid-June to move to Petersburg (lovely, lovely Petersburg) and her replacement started last week. So, for a few weeks, I was in charge of laying out and printing the bulletins and announcement insert for the church's 3 services, and some other random administrative tasks. I had no idea that the church printed 325 bulletins and 700 announcement inserts per week... but now I know AND know how it's done.
Other than that, I have been doing my typical summer stuff: sleeping, eating, watching some TV, shopping, running errands, playing on the internet(s). Margie, Kyle, and I went up to New York for a long weekend a couple weeks ago, and Margie and I saw Avenue Q, Rent, and Wicked. You should see Avenue Q and Wicked, definitely, if you have the time and money. Rent, not so much, it was hard to follow and a little... urban I guess. Margie did point out that it is a rock musical and that's why it is so loud and a little hard to understand the words. We rode the train to NYC, which worked out well, and going up, we sat on the quiet car, which meant no cell phones and no talking. On the way back, we rode the inquisitive two-year-old and intermittently crying baby car, which was a little louder. The train, I thought, stopped in DC and NYC, but silly me, there are stops along the way and people getting on and off at those stops! Who would want to go to Trenton, NJ or New Carrolton, MD? Apparently some people.
I watched Shall We Dance, and despite my general apprehension towards any movie "starring" Jennifer Lopez, it was actually good and I liked it a lot. True, it is about ballroom dancing and Richard Gere, but it was not too silly and I would recommend it.
Since it is now 11:12 AM and I haven't done anything yet today except eat breakfast, I am off to find something productive to do today.
I have been working part-time at the church, filling in for my mom's music secretary, who resigned mid-June to move to Petersburg (lovely, lovely Petersburg) and her replacement started last week. So, for a few weeks, I was in charge of laying out and printing the bulletins and announcement insert for the church's 3 services, and some other random administrative tasks. I had no idea that the church printed 325 bulletins and 700 announcement inserts per week... but now I know AND know how it's done.
Other than that, I have been doing my typical summer stuff: sleeping, eating, watching some TV, shopping, running errands, playing on the internet(s). Margie, Kyle, and I went up to New York for a long weekend a couple weeks ago, and Margie and I saw Avenue Q, Rent, and Wicked. You should see Avenue Q and Wicked, definitely, if you have the time and money. Rent, not so much, it was hard to follow and a little... urban I guess. Margie did point out that it is a rock musical and that's why it is so loud and a little hard to understand the words. We rode the train to NYC, which worked out well, and going up, we sat on the quiet car, which meant no cell phones and no talking. On the way back, we rode the inquisitive two-year-old and intermittently crying baby car, which was a little louder. The train, I thought, stopped in DC and NYC, but silly me, there are stops along the way and people getting on and off at those stops! Who would want to go to Trenton, NJ or New Carrolton, MD? Apparently some people.
I watched Shall We Dance, and despite my general apprehension towards any movie "starring" Jennifer Lopez, it was actually good and I liked it a lot. True, it is about ballroom dancing and Richard Gere, but it was not too silly and I would recommend it.
Since it is now 11:12 AM and I haven't done anything yet today except eat breakfast, I am off to find something productive to do today.