I had a church gig this morning. It’s at a place that has a small orchestra that I sub with occasionally, and we have a rehearsal, a coffee break, and then the service. During the break I was sitting at a table with several other women, and a few of them started going on and on about how incompetent the Secretary of Transportation was an how the FAA stop was a nightmare and how this was just another example of the incompetence of the current admin, etc. The thing that struck me was I don’t ever recall people talking about politics at this job before. Maybe I have missed it, as I’m just a sub, but I think people are becoming MORE annoyed, and feeling more prone to talk about stuff, maybe feeling that they aren’t alone and don’t need to hide. Who knows though. It’s one example. Have you noticed a change?
After the church service I went home and did a few emails and stuff I needed to catch up on, and then Louie and I went for a walk in Forest Park. It was a gorgeous day and tons of people were out, many in coordinating outfits getting (likely) Christmas Card photos taken.
There are a ton of new trees being planted in Forest Park, and more and more of the houses along Lindell are getting their roofs replaced, finally, after the tornado last May. Same with the Visitor’s Center at Forest park.
After we got back we realized we had enough daylight left to do some leaf raking. If we rake our leaves into the street, there’s a truck that will come by this week and basically vacuum them up, so we did that. We have a nice electric leaf blower that works pretty well, so Louie used that while I used an old fashioned rake and we made good work of the leaves. Then I went inside and did some vegetable roasting: I’m getting some stuff ready for rice bowl lunches this week and doing laundry as well. If only there was another day off, haha!
Last night we had ramen at Nudo Ramen and then went to see the West End Players present “The Thanksgiving Play.” It was a lot of fun! Louie and I had seen the play a few years ago and we also loved this production, but probably wouldn’t see it for a third time. I ran into a woman who belongs to my book club (I belong to the neighborhood book club) and we chatted a bit. The West End Players had their theater in the basement of Union Avenue Church, which was also hit by the tornado and seems to be getting a lot of work done now, like new tiles on the roof? It’s a city wide thing, it seems. Perhaps the tiles finally made it over here from Italy. Anyway, the play is definitely worth seeing, and makes you think, and is also absolutely hilarious. Some people near us had…very unique laughs.
The play Friday night was great too, The Janeiad with Upstream Theater. I don’t know if I totally understood everything, but it was really well done. After that we went to get a late dinner at Black Mountain St Louis. When we go there (and we do fairly often as it’s open late and serves late food) we usually split the mac and cheese and the Nicoise Salad, along with a few other things, and Friday night was no exception. While I would be perfectly happy to eat my own mac and cheese, Louie loves sharing food (to a fault, honestly, but I have to compromise) so we shared. He will never understand my attitude towards food and I will never understand his, but we often enjoy the same things at least.
I’m finally done working for the day, and after I hit publish, I’ll even be done with my hobby requirements (this isn’t work, though sometimes feels like it), and then I am going to just chill. Louie is working this evening preparing this or that for tomorrow I will never understand how he lives his life by seat of his pants and rarely gets things done ahead, but it’s his career, not mine. I would die. I have my whole week planned out and everything that I need done for the next few days either done or planned, as well as having a pretty good start on next weekend. Opposites attract I suppose.