Districts, concert, and spring

Ah, 'tis the week of wearing of the green, which was Tuesday, and the wearing of the black, which was practically every other day of the week.  Districts time!  I had two private cello students play in their district music festival in Jefferson City on Thursday so I drove down to do their accompanying that morning.  On Saturday, I had one private cello student and nine Rock Bridge High students play in our district music festival at Mexico High School so I got up at the break of dawn to ride the yellow bus at 6:45 (yawn).  With the exception of just one of my Jefferson City students, ALL received a "one" rating.  Which makes me think that either the judges are becoming a wee bit lenient or the students are just getting better.  And, it is probably a little bit of column A (good thing I am not asked to be a judge) and a LOT of column B (which continues to prove that I have the BEST teaching job in the world).

That last statement was further proven Wednesday night at our post-festival concert where both orchestras performed extremely well.

The first day of spring came in gloriously.  Steve and I did a bit of yard work Wednesday morning.  Our old prune-plum tree in the front yard has been limping along these past few years and our new little Lodi apple tree we planted last year was really not in a good spot back by the aggressive native blackberries.  The solution was to dig up the plum tree and haul it off and dig up the apple tree and put in in the big hole we had from the plum.  Fortunately, the soil was still a bit damp so the task was not too difficult.

Steve and I watched his March movie - The Scarlet Pimpernel (sinc-me!)- Friday night and my Netflix movie - The Adjustment Bureau (could this explain why Steve wears hats????) - last night.   I am half-way through reading East of Eden.  It is hard to put down but also hard to read just before going to bed because some of the characters are rather unsettling.  When I finish, I am looking forward to conversations with both Emily and Beckie who put this book at the top of their favorite readings.

Flat Stanley has been enjoying his travels with us.  See where he has visited.....