Three weeks in one.

Yeah, I know I was supposed to send an e mail a couple of weeks back, but things have been a little busy here. Reports were sent on Friday so this week looks to be pretty quiet, and I’ll be able to catch up on other stuff. Nice.

Some of the highlights from a couple of weeks ago. Anna, Joel, Kathy and I attended a concert at Drake. The pianist, Olga Kern was a gold medal winner at the Van Cliburn Festival. She’s definitely one of the most amazing pianist of her generation, and she proved it. Drake announced a partnership with Yamaha and there’s a piano that was debuted in February where it’s the world’s one and only. There’s a lot written about it and this sucker was outstanding. So, Drake got this outstanding pianist to play on this out of this world piano. Needless to say, ALL of us in attendance were just blown away by the concert. It’s sad that the place was not packed, but it’s their loss. Definitely one of the best classical concerts I’ve heard by a long shot.

Remember how I said a couple of weeks back that I now have a life insurance policy? Well, a nurse needed to come by to get all my vitals and draw some blood to make sure that I’m truly insurable. So, the person came by the office and got it taken care of. She said that the report will take a couple of weeks and I’ll receive a copy of it too. I’ll be curious to read it.

Anna had a gig two Saturdays ago, and it just so happen that John’s church had their annual fall festival. That’s where I ended up. I went to Mass there prior to the festival, and met a couple of people from the year when I taught there. It was a fun evening with some really good food.

Now, we’re back to this week. Anna’s fall concert was on Monday, but I could not make it since I was working. I am planning on going to her winter concert though. That will be on Monday, the week of Christmas and she said that they’ll be singing a song in Mandarin! Should be lot of fun. Our young adults group made it to a newly opened Cuban/Cajun restaurant that used to be a dinner theater. I’ve never been in the theater before so I was more curious to look inside. It was pretty interesting. The food was OK, but since it opened just two weeks ago, there were still some kinks that needed to be worked out.

On Saturday, we went to the DSM Symphony performance. The soloist is this 16 year old violinist that’s truly a prodigy. He played my all time favorite classical piece, and it definitely blew my mind. The way he played reminded me a lot of Itzhak Perlman who is a living legend. In fact, during the intermission, I told his mom that since she was sitting in the same row as us. This little kid will be going VERY far in the coming years. The concert was truly outstanding to say the least, and I was just giddy with joy listening to it. Everyone was talking about him during the intermission. The best part about it is that he’s so humble and laid back. It was a concert that will live in my memory for a long time.

That’s pretty much three weeks in a nutshell. Enjoy!

Quite a busy and eventful weekend.

So, it was a pretty busy and eventful week for me. I staffed a table at a job fair located in one of the local universities on Tuesday. My friend through the organization our agency is a part of was the coordinator, and she was hired in that position just a couple of weeks back. It was good to see her and catch up. There were quite a lot of students who came to visit, but I only had one person come by our agency’s table. You win and lose some. Oh well.

On Wednesday, right after work Anna and I met with our insurance agent and there’s now a life insurance policy worth $500,000. I told Anna that if something were to happen to me, all fingers will be pointed towards her! Both of us now have life insurance, and it’s really something that you want to have. The rates were not bad at all, and now we both have peace of mind. Later that evening, we went to a concert by this world renown new age pianist, George Winston. He’s amazing, and I thought the concert was really good. Anna did not have the same feelings as I did, and she left during the intermission. Her leg was really bugging her, and since she was not enjoying herself, I figured why force her to stay.

There was an all day conference downtown on Thursday, and it was a very enlightening conference. There were people from all over the country who were the presenters. I even won a book that was signed by the author when they had a random drawing.

I decided to take Friday off from work since I had some comp time. Gretchen and Travis were in town because Gretchen had a Drake meeting. It was nice to see them. That night Joel, Anna and I went to a concert a Drake by the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. Wow, they were awesome and definitely a very good concert.

I worked at Paradise both Saturday and Sunday evening. After church on Sunday, Anna left with something of her students and a couple of adult chaperones for a Choir festival. She’ll be back later tonight.

That’s all from me.