A lot has happened since my last post so I'll summarize a little bit...
I played a nice concert with the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony at the beginning of the month. It was a JFK remembrance concert and I enjoyed playing the rep a lot! Also the venue was neat, it was in the Energy Center of Bismarck State College that has a wall of windows and you can see out over the river, it is quite beautiful!
At the end of that week I went home for the first time since August! Also, it was my first time flying alone which was fine but awkward because the plane from Fargo to Minneapolis is really small so there's no good way to not be touching the person next to you and I don't like that. Just as a general rule, I don't touch people I don't know well. The Minneapolis airport has a really nice delta terminal where you can like order food or drinks off an ipad and they bring it to you, so I ordered some loose leaf orange green tea and it was brought to me and the wifi was free so I got caught up on my Grey's Anatomy and Parenthood from the night before then I just watched 30 Rock on netflix (my go-to). The flight from MSP to ATL was bigger and less awkward touching of strangers. Oh! And the best part of Minneapolis, I found a Chick-fil-A like as soon as I got off the plane. So since I had a few hour layover I stopped and got me a number one with a diet coke and there was no shame to be had. It was delicious!
Then I got home and that was fun! We had Chipotle for dinner (also very missed in the arctic circle). Then the next day I GOT TO GO SEE MY WEDDING DRESS!!!! This was super exciting because I love my dress and it had been in for like a month and I finally got to go see it and try it on! Also, it is mine, like that's the one I'll wear on December 28 all day long! (Or at least from like 9:30-5ish) I did love it as much in person as I remembered. AND I GET TO SEE IT AGAIN IN A WEEK!
Then we met with the wedding coordinator at JFBC and that was nice. I like her and will like working with her!
Then we got to go to Christopher's junior recital and he played so well! It was really nice and I'm glad I was able to go see him! Also, I finally got to meet Rachel which was good, I really like her! Also we got caught up with Christopher's teacher, Kay who has been teaching him for almost his whole trumpet career and has one of the best trumpet studios in Atlanta. She's a boss. (I hope you're reading Kay :) )
Then on Sunday I had both my hair and make up trial. The lady who is doing my make up brought her baby to our house and she was so cute! Babies that aren't mine are awesome. Then later that day I went to Trader Joe's and was overwhelmed by how many people were there! Uffdah. Uffdah is one of my favorite words I've learned here it's kind of like "Oh brother". For example, "It's snowing, and it's -14 degrees, and I'm running late for work and haven't plugged in my car, uffdah!" (This scenario was created by Andrew J. Allen, DMA) Fresh Market was surprisingly empty so it was a much more pleasurable shopping experience.
The next day I flew home and was so exhausted, it was quite a long weekend! Work on Tuesday was not super fun, even though I love my kids.
So then some time passed, you know usual stuff... We are finally finishing up wedding plans. I apologize if I awkwardly have contacted you in the past week asking if you are coming... I hate doing that but I need to finalize numbers. So, my apologies.
The Christmas program is coming up at school! My third, fourth, and fifth graders will be performing "Crazy Carols" on December 12th at 7pm! A week or so ago I was a little worried about them learning everything in time, but we will be just fine! We're even doing some motions to some of the songs, it will be cute.
I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! Andrew and I had a very nice one! We did a turkey (and by we I mean Andrew) and mashed cauliflower (Andrew again) and dressing (me) and pumpkin bars with cream cheese icing (Andrew). So mainly Andrew cooked and I watched the parade and dog show and looked pretty. Just kidding, I did help but it was ok during the week I do most of the cooking. Tonight we had a delicious leftovers soup with the carcass using an Alton Brown recipe. Alton Brown is Andrew's (non saxophone) hero. I like that he goes to JFBC and has two corgis and dresses well. Really I just like that he has two corgis. They're cardigans and are that like blue merle color. Really pretty.
Anyways, we had a really nice Thanksgiving! We got to watch the parade and the dog show and facetime with my parents and Christopher and then later with my Mobile family. After dinner we watched the Lady Gaga and the Muppets special. It was not that special. (Just being honest.)
On Friday we started moving stuff out of Andrew's apartment and into mine and took some stuff to goodwill. That evening we went to the new Mexican restaurant that is actually really good then watched the Holiday Dazzle Parade! There were 44 floats and they all are done up with Christmas lights with different themes or whatever. Well 4 out of the 44 were Duck Dynasty themed so... It's everywhere. I really like the one that was like the Griswold Family Christmas, it had a model of a house on a trailer and it was like flashing the lights as a man stood outside dressed like Uncle Eddie plugging and unplugging it. I was impressed. I don't know that it has won anything? Also the local vet had some doggies in the back of their truck and one was a corgi! Ah! I was so excited. So when Andrew and I are ready to adopt our corgi we can talk to that vet and find out where they got theirs. Then I was kind of sad because they have a corgi and I love them so much and it was real and I couldn't pet it :( Lame, I know.
After the parade we put up our Christmas tree and decorated the house a bit! It's nice to have a cheery house all decorated for Christmas :)
This Thursday, if the weather allows, I will go to Fargo to be affiliated with the Alumnae chapter of SAI there!! Then on Friday I'll head back to May-retta for a final dress fitting and some more wedding planning!! Yay more awkward air travel :)
Here is Andrew and me after our Thanksgiving meal.
This was us being silly. My hair is really long.
More silly. We're cute.
The light is kind of weird but we're cute.
And yes, we did use photobooth. I know how freshman year of college that is, but we live alone and if my Iphone had a timer, someone please fill me in. We should invest in a decent camera. With all of the money we have, hahahaha! Uffdah. Just kidding. GO COCKS! BEAT CLEMSON!
