The last time NCC had a Homecoming Concert was back in 2019. There was no Homecoming, for all intents and purposes, back in 2020 (as well as no football season since we're DIII), and while there were some activities last year, there wasn't a concert. Three years later, though, they're dipping their toes back into the concert water and I was all ( Read more... )

After last week's emails from school, I was reminded that I hadn't heard from Avery in a while. We'd touched base back in April, but that was it. I reached out, and she admitted she'd been thinking of me, too. We decided to get together this past Monday afternoon at 3 PM and we met at the Naperville Riverwalk, since I have some familiarity with ( Read more... )

The post-game festivities ( Read more... )

It's been a long weekend, with good parts and not-so-good parts, but there's a lot to get through so I'd better plow ahead. Apologies now in case not everything is coherent; I've slept poorly for a couple days now. Oh, that will be part of the tale ( Read more... )

The jazz group performed last week, so we were off. Weird, because the jazz group is usually *after* our Fourth of July concert; it threw everyone off. I'm already exhausted by this summer, so I wasn't upset about the time away--I needed to chill pretty badly that week, to be honest--but now we go straight through 'til August. Phew ( Read more... )

Third in a series! Yes, if it's a Friday night, two weeks after the last time we got together, it must be a Friday night I'm spending with Avery. You know you have a routine down pat when you get to Chinese Kitchen and they ask if you even want a menu. No; we're good. (This would be why I grabbed a take-out menu last time. Now I can decide ( Read more... )

( This was the second of three Fridays where Avery and I would be getting together. )

We're two weeks out from Homecoming, and Avery sent me a subtle email a few weeks back to say, hey, were you planning to go this year? I quickly replied, yes, I've been meaning to get tickets but work has been hectic! I then buckled down, got the tickets (no choir loft this year! Woo-hoo!), and in subsequent emails realized we both had so much ( Read more... )

I keep saying I went out on Friday night; here you go. I had worked late that day since we had several work things going on, and people needed stuff, and it just took forever to get through it, and then someone ended up leaving early, meaning I had to stay since no one else was there aside from the intern and the boss' cousin. Neither can be left ( Read more... )

Or, guess who saw The Little Mermaid last night ( Read more... )