The End of an Eventful Day

Aaahh! Today was the last day of school for Tanner. It was also the day that I cleaned the girls room, and Tanner worked on the shed. Then we went on a walk in the mall and took the kids to the play place for lunch. When it's 105 outside, I do mall walking rather than outside walking. It just doesn't get cool enough at night. We got home at about 3:00 and everyone went down for a nap except for Mommy. I went shopping. I got a high chair for Georgie, furikake for Jonathan, Li Hing Moi for me and Panda candy for Kate and Reagan. Then I came home, hustled everyone out of bed, got the girls and early dinner and loaded them in the car.

Tonight was our first choir rehearsal of the season, and we kicked it off with a catered dinner and the awarding of the music scholarships. We dropped the kids off at the nursery and walked over to the annex. Soft, Hawaiian music wafted across the air waves. I laughed because it sure didn't smell like Hawaiian food cooking. When we finally got to the buffet line, I discovered that they were serving mildly flavored char-sui pork, sweet potatoes with coconut milk and pineapple and a spinach salad with oranges. It was tasty, but not Hawaiian. We spent a comfortable evening chatting with friends and eating huge slices of chocolate cake, that part was Hawaiian. Light and fluffy like a dobash cake, but with Devil Food's icing. Made me think of Auntie Joanie's birthday parties. Must be the humidity that makes the cakes so light and fluffy.

Rehearsal after dinner was a little grueling. We went over 7 songs. All sight reading. My brain still hurts, especially since I'm singing 2nd soprano and we're doing a bunch of spirituals with 7ths and 2nds sprinkled liberally across the pages. There is a song that we are singing that I am especially partial to since it requires close 3rds for the sopranos. It reminds me of the Flower Song from the opera Lakme. My favorite duets are always those sung by a coloratura and a mezzo-soprano. If angels could sing, they would sound like that.

It's been a long, fulfilling day. Did I post that Tanner passed his exams? I think so, but just in case...