It’s almost August, can you believe it?

July has been a whirlwind. Mostly good stuff, with a small amount of COVID in it (mild illness, on a whim took a test and tested positive, but a few days later tested negative again).

I played the whole season with the Gateway Festival Orchestra this year, and it was a lot. It was fun to play so much orchestral music, but man I did not want to wake up on some of the Saturday mornings for rehearsal, haha. I also had some other random gigs: weddings and concerts, including some viola stuff.

I taught a bunch of students, and I have four more days of summer teaching left. I enjoyed having some students for just the summer, and I have set up my fall schedule, mostly.

And we did a few things with friends, though we also had to cancel some things. The most picturesque thing was going to see the Chihuly Exhibition at the Botanical Gardens.

We sadly attended a goodbye party for two friends, Michael and Heather, who are moving a few hours away. It was a wonderful party, but a sad occasion, though we are very happy for them!

We didn’t accomplish as much at the old house as we originally thought we would, but we have done a bunch of stuff at the new house. One thing we’ve been waiting on is putting stuff on the walls, but we did a little more of that this month too.

I read a ton of books this month. Highlights included Demon Copperfield by Barbara Kingsolver, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld and Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson.

I’ve got a lot to do this morning too, so I’ll leave you with that picture of Muriel and Miles sharing a hammock.