We had our first concert since the passing of the Director Emeritus this past Sunday. It also marked our first concert since our beloved emcee passed as well ( Read more... )

Just when my brain had calmed down regarding things that had happened in the past week, it's all riled up again. Let's see if getting stuff out of there helps me get back to sleep ( Read more... )

This was an odd mishmash of last cycle's songs and this cycle's songs. We've had two of the songs since December; the other three we've only had for a few weeks. One of the latter songs, we've only rehearsed once as a group--and never with Dr. K. This past Tuesday, he sent an email regarding what we'd be recording this week, as well as errata for ( Read more... )

My dad said “the girls” were busy today, wishing everyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Those would be his sisters and nieces on their text chain. My dad basically said, doesn’t matter to me; I’m not Irish. Given that they all share non-Irish DNA, it was kind of amusing. But my one cousin (the one with all the kids) married an Irishman with a ( Read more... )

I wore my new-from-Christmas dark green sweater today, plus my clover socks and a ring with a green gemstone. I'd already painted my toenails over the weekend; they're green and sparkly. I decided to do my hair, since curls are a staple of Irish dancers ( Read more... )

Happy St. Patrick's Day ( Read more... )

We're not used to having the phone ring just before 6 on a Saturday night. We're especially not used to it being my grandma. And when she says, hello, I have some news…don't worry, it's not bad, we kind of wonder ( Read more... )

Top o' the evening to you ( Read more... )

With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, Irishness came up as a topic at work recently. I was joking around that I was the token Irish girl. No, it's not what people automatically think I am, what with my Polish surname, but yeah, it's in there care of my grandfather's grandmother. (I also got asked what part of me is Irish. Well, my ( Read more... )

A drawback to this beautiful weather has popped up ( Read more... )