We woke up to a beautiful, record-setting snow this morning. At 5:00 AM we received word that school would be two hours late, so once Carter and Rosalind were awake, they were dressing warmly and heading outside to play. Everyone spent a fun morning doing whatever they wanted, and everyone was on time for school except Bella.
In between school trips, I went to Walm@rt and bought a new business phone. Another step accomplished. Brennan made lunch. After bringing home Bella and her bass, I ran down to Best Buy and had the geeks test the netbook; its battery was fine, its charger was not. That was good, cheaper news.
Harrison went to the kids' club after school again. Carter has been learning "Silent Night" by ear and asked me to teach him the last part of it. Roz played with Leah. Bella napped. Brennan is doing all right, still hanging in there.
Hubby met Bella and me at Bella's school for her studen-led conference; she's doing okay but has fallen behind in a couple of classes, in which she will eventually bring her grades up. She registered for next year's classes (while I goofed around and looked up people on Ancestry on the computer next to her). We went home and Hubby and she went to soccer practice.
I picked up Harrison from the club, dropped him at home, and went to orchestra rehearsal. I hadn't touched my clarinet once this week, and with some songs it showed, but others were just fine. It was an especially fun night - my fellow clarinetist Jenn and I were cracking each other up. I think Conductor must be over whatever reservations he may have had (or I may have imagined) about me, because things with him feel a whole lot more comfortable. He praised Jenn and me for sounding so good together on one song, and he asked me to sight-read the piano part for another HUGE medley. That was exciting. Afterward, I asked Gail Po... for a couple of trombone pieces for Harrison to play with, and when she gave them to me, Conductor encouraged me to take home the piano music I'd played and work with it. I felt very happy.
Then I came home and enjoyed my sweet family, and we went to bed.