Sunday Update

The party last night was o.k. The most fun I had was acting as bartender. I originally signed up to work from 6:00 to 7:30 but I didn't leave to eat until around 8:00. There was only one person signed up for the second time slot and I didn't want to leave them shorthanded. I had my steak dinner which was pretty good, but since I ate so late, I didn't get any steak sauce. I don't know if they originally had sour cream for the baked potatoes, but I didn't get any of that either. I only had one drink all night and that was a margarita. After I ate, I went back and helped bartend for about 30 minutes until the next shift came at 9:00. Then I sat with my friend Carol for about two hours. I didn't dance and all I did was watch the names in the reverse drawing. (Last person left won $10,000). My name came up before the the halfway point. Oh well. I left the party at 11:00. I couldn't stop yawning and I was starting to sprout a headache. The band was good, but a bit on the loud side for me. I guess I am getting to be an old fogy.

This morning I enjoyed getting my extra hour of sleep. I went to the adult Sunday school class and then the 11:15 Mass. I came home and had a quick lunch and watched t.v. for about 30 minutes. I then went to work on some rosaries. By the time I'm finished, I'll have about 30 to sell. At 2:20 I was getting ready to go to Josh's orchestra concert. I checked the oil in my car and it was low so I had to make a quick stop to get more. I made it to the concert with about 10 minutes to spare. I had to sit through two other groups before Josh's concert. Once again, it was extremely frustrating. I know that the audience is made up of a lot of parents, but I still can't stand such horrible concert etiquette. I know it can be difficult to find babysitters and of course your perfect little angel doesn't normally act that way, blah, blah, blah, but a concert really isn't a place for young children. If you absolutely insist on bringing a child to a concert, you should always sit on the aisle in a location near an exit door and the moment your little one starts to fuss, you should immediately take them outside. Don't keep shushing because it usually doesn't work. Concert halls can be scary especially when the lights go down.
Then there are the adults. I know that coughing is often unavoidable, but there are cough drops. If you happen to have a miserable could, you really shouldn't be at a concert infecting everyone around you and disturbing the performance. Also, one should only enter and leave between numbers. (The only exception is when you must take a child out.) If you really have something you must say, it should be in a very quiet whisper. A concert is not the right place to speak above a whisper. I was sitting in the concert enjoying a lovely clarinet duet played by my son and his friend John when the people behind me made a comment that completely took away my attention. I know I have high expectations and many parents don't understand the basic rules, but I feel that it's really common sense.

Regardless of my frustrations, I thought the concert was amazing. I love that Josh is able to have the experience of playing in a symphony. They announced that this is the 20th year of the youth symphony and I realized that I was in the very first one. I played in it my senior year of high school which was in 1987-1988. Like mother, like son.

On the way home, I stopped at the store to pick up a few things and then heated a t.v. dinner for supper. Josh went out with the woodwind players to Chili's after the concert. I changed into my p.j.'s and have been sitting in this chair for the past hour and half or so. I need to research some books this evening for my librarian to order. I also need to finish the rosaries I have started.

Well, I'm going to veg for a little longer before I get started on everything else. I'm not ready for school tomorrow. I'm ready for Thanksgiving break actually.