\nFor the past three years, I’ve been following Nan’s oldest daughter around the northern half of Indiana, watching her high school marching band compete. It’s been an exciting three years for this proud auntie, because the band has been in the top five Class C bands at State all three years. I want to see them in mid-September so that I can determine how much the performance has changed when I see them again in October. We hope to return to Indiana for District contest, and if they make the cut, to State Contest, too. State Contest is held in the Hosier Dome in Indianapolis, October 20. For those involved, the marching season, from mid-July to mid-October, seems to go on forever, but for those watching from the sidelines, it goes by in a flash. I’m fortunate, and delighted, to have a niece who shares my love of band.
\nSoooo, we are trying to remember all the last minute things that have to be done. I have to water the containers at the front sidewalk, or the plants will be dead when we return. I need to feed the birds. Most of our things are packed. We could have just backed some kind of suction device up to the back door and directed everything in the house into the trunk of my car, and it would have been about as efficient.
\nThe house is clean, most of my office work is done, except for the dreaded filing. I’ve even put some of the fall\/Halloween decorations up! I won’t say that I’m going with a clear conscience, but I don’t have a LOT to be guilty about.
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\nI hope you all have a great weekend, and I’ll check in with you when I get back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"