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A Mish-Mash of Standards

January 28, 2007 at 3:07 PM

Events of the past week:

Tuesday:
The gas bill issued was resolved at our former residence. The new owner claimed alternately that he was having trouble switching it over to their name and/or he didn't know he had to do it (how come nobody contacted us then?), it's amazing how quickly it could be fixed when the shut-off notice was arranged.

Thursday: Zoe's 5th birthday. Lots of emotional angst. Lots of frogs and Sponge Bob.

Saturday: Pops concert with the Four Freshmen (not the orginals). Now, they sing and play their instruments very well, but their audience chit-chat was of the lounge lizard variety. And even if the audience is getting sloshed, you are not supposed to be sarcastically bashing the people who came to hear you. The arrangements were mostly of the handwritten manuscript form-easy to turn smooth harmonies into horribly out of tune notes when its unreadable (the worst manuscript had the copyist's name stamped on it in very large capital letters).

Today: Just saw Veggie Tales version of Mikado ("We are vegetables of Japan"?!). After church, it is open house at our daughter's school. We get to meet next year's kindergarten teacher. Then naps, do a few hours of work for school, and practice a little.

Preview of the week:
Tuesday: recruit students for the middle school half of my job. For some students it's their home school. For others, they (or usually parents) choose to go there to specialize in the arts. And although an application is filled out, it is not a selective process, more of an arbitrary lottery (and you guess how well that works...).

Time for coffee!
Patty

From Emily Grossman
Posted on January 29, 2007 at 9:39 AM
Yes. Time for coffee.

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