I made it to school around 7:25 am, set-up the room and all the technology. Classes go well, in spite of the fact that the students don’t like the rhythmic reading we do every class. Several of them are really good. The students tell me that the orchestra club will be meeting today. We’ll see!

After lunch, Josie and I go find the travel agency that’s organizing our Tibet trip in three weeks. We paid a deposit, and got a better timeline on when the balance of our fees would be due. Back at school, I worked on my class lesson for tomorrow and waited to see if the Orchestra Club would actually meet.

Hooray! We actually had a rehearsal. The students read the piece fairly well (a Bach Bouree), and then we tried to fix a few of the problems. After rehearsal, we talked about next week, and they want to rehearse one more time. Unless something changes, next week will be the last chance we’ll have to meet. I finished up the class with a few card tricks. I’ve been practicing a little and decided they would be a receptive audience that would allow me to work out some performance issues. Close-up card magic is a blast, when it works, and it did today, thank goodness.

The train ride home on Thursday evenings is always interesting. I’m usually leaving during rush hour between 5:45 & 6:00. The crowds can get really packed. I don’t know how the shorter people stand it. If a person were claustrophobic, they’d be having issues.

As I’m traveling I notice a text Judy had sent after school about leaving immediately at the final bell and going to Dragonfly for a foot massage. It had been “one of those days”. She’d had all she could take from students and adults, and needed a break!!!!