Monday, October 23, we dropped my sister Juli off at her daughter's place and we headed west for Julina's in Indiana. It was Alex's birthday and we really wanted to make it for his birthday celebration / dinner that evening so we put pedal to the metal. We stopped only to get gasoline or change drivers (which was every hour). The autumn scenery through the Allegheny Mountains was just magnificent. In spite of our valiant efforts to make it, we didn't arrive until an hour later. Alex was still awake and downstairs and we had a short visit with him before he headed up to bed, all worn out from the festivities. He tires so quickly nowadays.
Tuesday we left Julina's at 8:00 am and got home to St. Louis a little after 11:00. After a short visit with Beckie, who was our dog-sitter, we ate, napped, and then jumped right in to life again - unpacking, doing laundry, watering. Steve and Beckie got to attend a chamber choir concert of Emily's that night at the Sheldon but I dared not miss a second orchestra rehearsal so I didn't go.
Wednesday was back to strings teaching, grocery shopping, and Steve had a dermatologist appointment. But, instead of getting to go to the Fenton office, which is about twenty minutes away, he had to go to the Wentzville office which is about fifty minutes away! This is because the Fenton building had a flood in August and is still being repaired! He had some tiny skin cancers on his head frozen off and another small one on the back of his neck cut off.
Thursday poor Steve had to drive AGAIN to another doctor appointment - this one to his nephrologist in Columbia! I keep suggesting he find one here in St. Louis and maybe some year that will happen. I couldn't go with him because I had an eye exam - I will get my new glasses in a week or so.
Friday, it was so nice to not have to hop in the car at the crack of dawn to teach string lessons. On Friday mornings, my students come to me either in person or by FaceTime. That night was our ward chili cook-off and Trunk or Treat but we could only stay for the food as I had an orchestra dress rehearsal to attend. Steve came along as he prefers them to the actual performance. He likes to stretch out, take his shoes off, and be comfortable as he listens and that is not really possible at the performance, as you can imagine.
Saturday morning we had the assignment to clean the church building and that lasted from 8:00 to about 10:00. Temperatures dropped so we had to turn on our heater. Good thing it had just been serviced on Friday. The only other big thing was the orchestra concert that night. It was a fun concert to play and, even though Steve was not in the audience, several ward members were. One of the percussionists is a teenager in our ward (I recruited him last year) and his mom took pictures. Not super great photos but you can see me under the conductor's left arm. We had a large crowd for the performance - maybe one of the largest we have had since Covid.
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