Randomness

I should be doing something useful, but I just ate lunch and feel lazy. What a week this has been. I had symphony rehearsals Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights. Getting ready for a concert tomorrow night. They called me last Thursday about playing second harp in this piece by Ralph Vaughan Williams called Symphony of the Sea. I said sure. Then I got this 40 page book of music. Gulp. Hard music. So I've been spending extra time practicing for that and the other stuff I'm working on. My school's spring program is tonight, so we've had a couple rehearsals for that this week. I'm so ready for a vacation from teaching. I love the little darlings, but my patience seems to be getting stretched more than usual lately.

I'm sure Craig will be green with envy to learn that we have a Krispy Kreme 10 minutes from our house. I've only been there a few times, though. My conscience smites me every time I think about going. BUT, I've stopped there a couple times to pick up a dozen fresh doughnuts on Thursday mornings, then passing them out to students throughout the day. Amazing the gratifying response I behold when people see that red and white box! I confess I had three doughnuts yesterday. Marvelous. :-)

I'm trying to pick up a little Hebrew before I go to Israel. What an impossible language!! My respect for you Hebrew speakers has jumped several stories. Okay, it's not impossible, but it's a whole different ball game than French, which I consider fairly easy. I guess it's because we have the same alphabet and many similar roots. But Hebrew is not only read right to left, but uses weird symbols and totally foreign sounds to my American ear. So I figure if I at least know thank you, please, hello, good-bye, and a few other simple words, I'll be okay. But beyond that, I'm not feeling much motivation to twist my brain into learning the language more completely. Maybe Lisa can inspire me when I'm there!