There and back again,
Dec. 23rd, 2024 04:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkwith music everywhere!
Last Sunday (the 15th) was the FCB concert. It went better than it really had any right to. The harpist fit onto the stage, and was terrific. The Snowman went really well, as did the rest of the music we played. Tear-down was easy, as lots of people helped.
Then we came home and finished packing for an almost weeklong trip to NC, to see Mum. She is doing really well for 93. Physically a bit slower than last year, but still on her own two feet. Met some new people, got reacquainted with people we met last year. Went carolling on two nights -- they are very glad to have J and me singing.
The drive was not nearly as fraught as last year. For one, we started off much earlier in the day (easier to drive in the dark in known environs), and it wasn't snowing and dark as we went through the mountains. Fog is somewhat easier to deal with. The Ohio DOT had opened the "outer ring" bypass of Columbus, which also made the trip easier -- we were able to pretty much bypass the Columbus traffic, except for a very small re-route because a ramp isn't completed yet (it was replaced by a well-signed surface level left turn with a long light).
We drove back on Saturday, and Sunday AM we trundled off to sing at church in single-digit temperatures. (it was 70F in Greensboro on Wednesday, 40F on Friday. Just a bit of difference!)
Tomorrow, we go back to church to sing and ring chimes. Today, it's rain/sleet/freezing rain/ick at temperatures right around freezing. *I* don't have to go anywhere tonight. This pleases me. :)
Last Sunday (the 15th) was the FCB concert. It went better than it really had any right to. The harpist fit onto the stage, and was terrific. The Snowman went really well, as did the rest of the music we played. Tear-down was easy, as lots of people helped.
Then we came home and finished packing for an almost weeklong trip to NC, to see Mum. She is doing really well for 93. Physically a bit slower than last year, but still on her own two feet. Met some new people, got reacquainted with people we met last year. Went carolling on two nights -- they are very glad to have J and me singing.
The drive was not nearly as fraught as last year. For one, we started off much earlier in the day (easier to drive in the dark in known environs), and it wasn't snowing and dark as we went through the mountains. Fog is somewhat easier to deal with. The Ohio DOT had opened the "outer ring" bypass of Columbus, which also made the trip easier -- we were able to pretty much bypass the Columbus traffic, except for a very small re-route because a ramp isn't completed yet (it was replaced by a well-signed surface level left turn with a long light).
We drove back on Saturday, and Sunday AM we trundled off to sing at church in single-digit temperatures. (it was 70F in Greensboro on Wednesday, 40F on Friday. Just a bit of difference!)
Tomorrow, we go back to church to sing and ring chimes. Today, it's rain/sleet/freezing rain/ick at temperatures right around freezing. *I* don't have to go anywhere tonight. This pleases me. :)
