Sorry for the long break!

Sorry for the weeks without posting, but choir camps pretty much saturated the past couple of weeks for me. I worked Baylor's All-State camp as the head male dorm counselor and had an amazing week. Some of you may not think that living in a university dorm and eating university cafeteria food is enthralling, but I have to say it was great kids and a great counselor staff that made the week for me. On a side note - the future of the choral music program is in great hands!

Saturday night after camp, a group of counselors and other friends got together to hang out. I have to say, so much richness to be enjoyed amongst the company of friends! After initial games, a group went to go swimming, and, spontaneously, the living room was transformed into a salsa dancing lesson. Again, one of my favorite things about camp was getting to know the counselors and the primary reason is this: music people seem to have an affinity for great personalities and a love of culture. In any case - Thank you Debbie Hernandez for a brilliant evening and being so willing to share yourself and your culture with the rest of us not just on that night but the entire week!

We could learn so much about hospitality and celebration from hispanic cultures!

The next week I did choir camp all over again! This time we commuted our students via school bus to UNT for their camp. It was great to see some of our students again and find out how their summer was going - but - can I just say - WAY TOO EARLY!

Oh shoot - I forgot to mention - Harry Potter opened on Tuesday... camp started Wednesday morning... and you can't see the premier of Harry Potter alone.... soooo obviously the best decision is to drive to Waco Tuesday afternoon, watch the midnight showing, and then drive back to north Dallas at 3:30 in the morning so that you can nap and load a bus for UNT at 9 am! Totally exhausted, but totally worth it (plus, absolutely no traffic on the way back up)!

Jonathan and Tammy came back into town from their Baltic adventure and I got to spend a lovely evening with them including one of my favorite Waco past times - Bahama Bucks (only this time in Sachse)!

I spent the early parts of this week shopping for new school clothes! Thanks to the help of a couple of wonderful friends a RIDICULOUS amount of damage was done to my credit card balance! Ok - I have to say that I'm to blame for the biggest portion - I decided that if I was going to buy nice new clothes I shouldn't tear them up in a commercial washer and dryer sooo.... I bought myself a set! It was delivered and installed on Wednesday (Thank the Lord! Can you imagine me fighting a washer and dryer up three flights of stairs)! In any case, the credit card company called me on Monday night to make sure that it was me buying all the stuff! OUCH.

Top 5 things about really getting to know someone:

1) Thinking and remembering things you haven't thought about in years
2) Wierd things you have in common
3) Rediscovering the reasons why you are where you are, and where you are going
4) Finding humor in the smallest of things
5) Funny/mildly embarassing stories that make you, you.