But, I'm not. I'm, in fact, sitting on my bed, ok, in my bed, watching TV. Have you seen the Hallmark movie, See Jane Date? It's just the thing for a lazy Sunday morning...
This week included four days off. During those four days I went to two water parks, got little to no sleep, and had a blast with my friends (and actually did some practicing and some serious laundry), especially those who are moving away.
Sunday and Monday were our water park days. Susie and Minna were fantastic sports in coddling my neurotic fears of getting out of control on the water slides. We had a great time, and I couldn't ask for better water park buddies.
Tuesday and Wednesday flew by in a blur. I can't remember what exactly I did but I know I had lunch with Darcy (yay!), got stuck in a rain storm, went to breakfast with Kathy and Jackie, and had fun at Chuck E Cheese with Allen, Andrea, their kids, and Susie. I did a lot of laundry those days too. I really miss my days with a full size washer and dryer...sigh.
Thursday and Friday were spent rehearsing for our Flint Hills concert. AND my birthday. On Friday afternoon, I gathered with some sweet friends for happy hour at La Bodega and then we went to see Up at the new downtown movie theater. $13 is a little expensive for a movie, in my opinion, but maybe I'm just spoiled by the $4 before 6pm movie theater in Merriam. The downtown theater is fun; has a great bar, and you're allowed to bring the drinks into the theater. It is also all leather seating, and they rumble and shake when things "happen" in the movie! $10 for a normal movie, and $13 for 3-D. Can't go there everyday...
(people at concert site)
(sunset on the prairie)Yesterday, 7 of us piled into a cargo van en route to the Flint Hills. This area is basically the entire middle of Kansas (since there is nothing in Kansas anyways), and is quite a beautiful prairie. The symphony goes out once a year to do a concert out there in conjunction with their festival. Lots of nature trails, food, tents and "events" (?) accompany the $60 ticket...but the 6,000 people who come every year (it sells out in about 4 hours!!) love it. We had a great (3 hour!!) ride down in the van, along with the other 12 vans that took our symphony members, but not uneventful. As you would imagine, my van was filled with lively friends, and we had the best food! The 2 1/2 hours up until the "back roads" part was fine, but after we hit the gravel roads that took us out to a ranch, the bumpy-ness was out of control. In all seriousness, it was great fun, but at one point I did think the van was going to tip over as we were driving over one particular bump at about a 70 degree angle.
Going back to the still in bed part....it's now almost noon, the movie was great, and I think I'm going to get up and start my day. Love you you all and I hope to see you soon!
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