With Christmas coming, church choir is on again, their performance will be Dec. 18.
There was a staff Christmas lunch party at the River Cafe for the McDonald Wilson Dance Academy. We did a Christmas box gift exchange this year, instead of the gift shuffle we had done in previous years. For the Christmas box, we all had written out answers to a small questionaire and submitted them weeks before, to be collected. Each person got to pick one other submission and buy for that person. I got Michael, and one of the teachers, Tina got me.
Michael put many indications in his answers of being a devout Christian, which was a neat surprise. So, I bought him a calender with spiritual sayings in it.
With my fondness for Christmas music and preparations, Tina got me a cd set of Christmas music, and a home made Christmas ball for on the tree. It has my name written on it, in glitter!
I started out today at work, we’re working on Christmas demos. This year is especially cool, usually they use cds for their Christmas dances and live music for their exercises. This time, for every class, I’m playing the piano for their dances as well – how cool is that!?
So I got home, had a hot drink, checked out the net, then got ready for the lunch party.
Unfortunately everything happens at once, like my aunt – well, Mom’s cousin called, and at the same time, my niece came over, which was planned – to do some quilting. So it was difficult getting out of the house right when I had planned.
The drive down to the River Cafe was nice, but the walk across the bridge was not. It was cold! The first cold day in a long while, we have been so spoiled this year, that I figured no one would be prepared when the weather turned cold. Me included.
Going back over the bridge again after the party was just as cold. Brrrrrrr!
Then I crashed when I was home. I didn’t need supper anyway, since I’d had a quiche and a delicious chocolate Danish at the party.
So, all in all, a good day, despite my constant current sorrow of having to give up one of my chinchillas. Knowing that, plus the excitement about Christmas makes for an odd mix of feelings.
I know at least one person who will have a hard time this Christmas because of the loss of a loved one as well.
