Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set the example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity. I Timothy 4:12
May. 20, 2009
Current Events
For something new and different... :)
So LC aside, what’s been going on in my life RECENTLY? Of course, I still have to write about the Final Presentation… *sigh* But here’s what’s been happening since then:
The Cardinals have been losing most of their games. *sigh again* Sad day. However, they won last night. Joel Pinero pitched a total-game shutout, which was pretty sweet. Chris Carpenter is slated to start tonight after being out for the better part of two months. Maybe that means we’ll finally snap our losing streak. Now we just need Ludwick and Ankiel to come back off the DL.
I’ve been hanging out with friends a LOT! Last Monday (the 11th), Melissa, Madison and I went to Books a Million. We just browsed and enjoyed laughing at stupid book titles. Madison had a gift card and got to get a book bag, a book, and a reading light, all of which she was very excited about. We spent about an hour in there, then went to Wendy’s to grab Frosties (=D) and then we went out to the RecPlex and talked and swung on the swings. And threw ice at each other. It was quite a nice afternoon.
Then that Wednesday Melissa and I went to SDC! When I picked her up it was sprinkling, then it was pouring, but by the time we got there it had tapered off and once we got out of the Saloon show (which, I’m sorry to say, has severely deteriorated over the years), the weather was quite nice. We ate lunch at the show, spent some time down at the Great Exposition (including the teacups!), rode the Great Shootout (she beat me by more than 100 points!), Thunderation, and near the end, Wildfire. Melissa treated us to a funnel cake which we split between the two of us, sitting down in the woods behind the Taffy Shop and listening to a trio play old folk songs on a cello, guitar, banjo and harmonica. It was very peaceful and enjoyable.
Friday was the Grand Recital. The boys decided to go canoeing/kayaking that day, so they were gone when Mom and I left the house for the Methodist church (where the recital would be held) at ten till six. We met them halfway and picked up Andrew from them, while Jo and Dad went back home to shower and change. They were back to the church in less than twenty minutes, which is quite unbelievable.
Mom played four songs – two solos and two duets – and did very well with only minor complications in all of them. Andrew played a duet with Mom and two solos, in addition to being the Music Man who grabbed all the music off the piano after each performer. He looked quite sharp. Josiah was the Designated Bench Mover, and switched out benches before and after each duet, because the bench that went with the piano was too short to be used as a duet bench.
I played a duet with Mom and two solos. One of my solos was near the very end of the recital, followed by our duet, Maple Leaf Rag. It was fast (about a minute) and it was furious, and we actually played it well, with only two slips that I heard. It was quite delightful, although it was more fun to play Sonatina on that beautimous grand piano than the rag.
Mom and I both garnered Gold Medallions (highest studio award – lots of practice and work), as did all three of the Duncans. Yay! Also, all three Duncans made the top ten in points, and I ended up with first place. It was very satisfying and embarrassing.
(more tomorrow. Just trying to post some every day)
I'll be remembering / The dark night; the hard fight; the long climb up a hill knowing the cost / The brave death, the last breath, the silence whispering all hope is lost / The thunder, the wonder... the power that brings the dead back to life!
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