Year 3 - Day 179 - June 27

Last Monday, my mom mailed a box of books and cookies to us. She tried to time it so it would arrive on a day when my brother was here so all 3 of us could share. We have been wondering for a week where it might be, and today it appeared. Now we feel a little bad that we blamed the post office in our minds, because the address was a little tweaked from ours. :) Since the box sat in the hot sun all day, the cookies were actually soft when we opened them.

Then we drove down to Columbia for my friend's final Columbia Orchestra concert in the park. Good times!

Year 3 - Day 120 - April 29

Today we drove down to DC to listen to the Gamer Symphony Orchestra. The concert went along with the Art of Video Games exhibit at the art museum. While I didn't know most of the music (lots from Final Fantasy which are games I am not that familiar with), there were a couple I recognized. My favorite was a medley from the Sonic games, complete with the chorus harmonized "Seeeeeeeeeeeeggggggggaaaaaaaaa" chant ahead of time!

We didn't spend much time in the museum, but I saw this piece and I loved it. (I love license plates! I always play the license plate game on car trips.)

It spells out the preamble of the Constitution phonetically and the states are in ABC order. That's pretty cool!

Year 3 - Day 113 - April 22

Four of us headed up to Wilmington, DE (Dela-where?!?) tonight to see Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp perform at the Grand Opera House. It was a cute, old, theater, but sadly it was not very full at all. Those of us who were there enjoyed the show, I think. I did! They both did original things, but I did enjoy the Rent songs the most. I'm sure that's not what they intend, but oh well for them. :)

Year 2 - Day 126 - May 7

Today was a big day!  My best friend played a cello concerto with a symphony that another of my friends conducts.  We drove over to see it and had a lovely afternoon of the arts – followed by some crazy TV footage of the Kentucky Derby complete with Jimmy Fallon rapping.