Well, what a week and weekend we had here in DSM! We had a blizzard on Tuesday and all day Wednesday and the average snow accumulation was the highest in 38 years. That tells you how much snow we got. I worked at the restaurant on Tuesday night, but we ended up closing at 7PM since we only had two tables and one to go order. People were asked to stay off the roads and the vast majority of people heeded the advice. The drive home was eerily serene because there was barely any vehicle on the roads. Wednesday was spent indoors pretty much all day since the wind chill was very low and a good number of places were closed. The news basically said that if you did not really have to be somewhere it’s best to just stay indoors. That’s what we both did. Anna’s school was cancelled on Wednesday and Thursday. We were open on Thursday and most everyone was able to make it into the office. For me personally, it was good to be outside. One can suffer from cabin fever for sure.
I worked at the restaurant on Friday and it was a nice steady busy. No one at the restaurant ever felt overwhelmed which is always a good thing, but we were all busy.
On Saturday we left to have breakfast with John at 8AM a French bakery. I was there with John roughly a month ago and we’ve both been extremely impressed with the place. John gave me a call and asked if Anna and I wanted to have breakfast, and that’s what we did. It was good to catch up with him. After breakfast, we signed the contract for the wedding cake. Looks like things are just tooting right along. Once that was taken care of, I spent give and take two hours in the library while Anna attended a Pampered Chef party. We both got to do what we wanted to do. When we were done, she had a piano practice with one of her students and while she was giving lessons, I walked around at Costco and got a couple of items for the holiday party at the agency this coming Friday. Anna’s high school presented the play, Get Smart and were had planned on going to it on Thursday, but because school was cancelled, the play took place on Saturday at 3:30PM. I thought it was a fun play and the students did a fine job.
We had dinner at a Russian restaurant that we’ve both been to before and the food did not disappoint. Anna’s band had a gig that night so I helped them set up and pretty much listened to them the entire night. I was a little concerned that there was not going to be that many people, but 30 minutes after the band started, the place was packed. Everyone had a good time and the band fed off the energy of the crowd. As much as Anna loves playing with the band, she really does not like the four hour long gigs because it makes for a very long night and by the time they get done and have to pack everything up, they would be done by 2AM.
On Sunday, Anna conducted her women’s choir at St. Kate’s and they sounded really good. I worked at the restaurant and we had a good number of people during brunch and I had a couple of tables for dinner. All in all, it was a good weekend for the both of us. This coming weekend is the last weekend before Christmas and something tells me that the malls are going to be packed. Friday is the last day of school, but I don’t think Anna will head up north for Christmas until the 21st or the 22nd. I’ll be leaving on the 22nd, but I’m still not quite sure what time. I do have three and a half hours of comp time and I could use it after the reports are sent on the 22nd. I’ll just have to play it by ear. I will be there till the 28th.
That’s all from me for now.
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