Music, nothing but glorious music.

Yesterday evening, John and I went to the DM Symphony performance and the guest artists were Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway - both flutists. Now, I'm more of a oboe kind of guy, but to hear them play the flute was music to my ears. I may just have to rethink the oboe because the way the flute was played yesterday definitely gave the oboe a run for its money. A number of regular season subscribers did not show up as it had to do with the weather, but those of us who were in attendance thoroughly enjoyed the performance. The more I hear the DM Symphony perform, the more I'm amazed how good they sound. Thank God for student discount tickets! John and I have already signed up for next year's season and Joshua Bell will be opening the season. Talk about an upcoming amazing DM Symphony season.

The big news for the week had to be the weather. We had a blizzard on Thursday and it was kind of fun to say the least. Now, I don't have to worry about the traffic since I take the bus but I'm sure the rest of the people who were stuck in traffic did not share my sentiments. Joel let staff who lived in the outskirts of DM leave early. I had no reason to leave early. Moreover, the office needed someone to cover the phones. Initially, the weather really was not bad, but when I drove to church for Mass, within the hour, you could tell things were getting nasty. I made it back to my apartment fine and that's pretty much where I stayed the whole evening. Looking out my window, you could tell it was a blizzard.

On Friday, the agency functioned with a bare bone staff and Joel treated us all to lunch. There were maybe six or seven of us who were in the office and it was fine. I had more than enough work to keep me busy, but in a sense things were kind of eerie since the phone barely rang, and there were so few people in the office. Des Moines did not get the brunt of the snow as later that evening, watching the news you could see how high some of the snow drifts were in the different parts of the state. Two events that I had planned to go to were cancelled which was fine. One of the events, I had already gotten tickets for another performance so that was not a big deal. For the other performance, I'm not sure if they will be refunding us the money or rescheduling it. One way or another, it really does not matter to me.

That's kind of the news for the week really. The weather forecast for this week is warmer weather which means melting snow. I don't think we'll be getting any more snow, but this is Iowa and you can never tell when it comes to weather!