Steel Drums at the Rainbow Shelter

 

Today I worked on campus, and we had another meeting, this time about the ticketing system. I was surprised how few people showed up, but one guy who rarely comes to other meetings was there. Afterwards he wanted to talk to me about some funds at the Foundation that I have long thought should be combined into one, but our previous chair said we couldn't do that. This guy said we really should combine them because as one fund we would get so much more interest, and now that we have a new chair for the next three years, maybe we can get somewhere with this. I also submitted an expense report for a credit card charge, and the woman above me returned it because she said I hadn't attached the receipt. I was confused because I could clearly see the receipt, so she showed me what she was seeing, and it was so non-intuitive on her view - the receipt was there, but it wasn't clear what it was, just a weird little symbol, not an obvious PDF with a name. This new system is so weird.

After work Travalon and I went to Warner Park to hear the local steel drum band. They have these concerts on Monday evenings in the summer, but in all these years we have never been to one. However, I'm a big fan of the steel drum band, and when I saw they were playing at this concert, I said, "We have to go!" Also, one of my Brazilian drumming teachers is in the band, but I didn't see him tonight - maybe still recovering from playing Brazilian and bluegrass music last week. The steel drum band does have a lot of members, so it's entirely possible that he was there and I just didn't see him. We were way back in the crowd. We had a very light dinner beforehand, but there were food carts there, so we could have just eaten there. We did get Thai tea (Travalon's was green tea and mine was the classic orange one) and crab rangoons to top things off. It was a perfect night, not too hot and with a breeze as we sat in the shade of the Rainbow Shelter listening to the steel drums. I love summer! At least when it's not too hot. The next few days are supposed to be scorchers...

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