As usual, my Thursday classes are early. It’s really dark when I leave at 6:30 am. The trains are not too crowded this early, which is great. When I go in a little later on Fridays, it’s “prime time”, and there are always big crowds.

Classes go well, and I finish at 9:40 a.m. I work until lunchtime at 11:30 and visit with everyone until 12:30. Between 12:30 and 4:00, when the Orchestra Club meets, it’s tough to stay busy. I’ve got a lot of my materials collected for the semester, and it takes some time organizing it, but overall, I’m not that busy. I’m done with my arranging projects until after Xmas. If the internet were working better I could find a few things to do, but it’s so slow these days, even at school, it’s frustrating to try to use it.

I try out my new arrangement with the Orchestra Club students after school today. It’s been “forever” since we last met, so attendance is really poor, but the students who showed up had a good time. When we finished, they didn’t want to leave. I was trying to get out in a hurry to join some of the faculty for Thanksgiving Dinner. The main group left school about 45 minutes ahead of me.

I finally got out of the building and on the train, headed to Tim’s Texas BBQ. My destination is about 8 stops down Line 1, consistently the most crowded line I ride. I avoid it whenever possible. 13 or 14 BHSFIC faculty are already “chowing down” when I arrive. The restaurant has been advertising a traditional meal, and they don’t disappoint! It’s a huge plate of food (ham, turkey, dressing, green bean casserole, corn casserole, rolls, etc.). There’s even a choice of apple pie or pumpkin pie at the end. Judy had already decided it was too far from her school, and too late for her to join us. It’s a shame. She would have enjoyed it.