I hope my readers had a good weekend. Sorry for not blogging
in so long – I have just been so busy at work that my desire to sit in front of
a computer and blog in the evening is much reduced. Also, I was busy most
evenings: Tuesday we went to Taco Night, and Wednesday I actually went to choir
practice for the first time in eons. Thursday I had to pick Travalon up from
the car dealer; his satellite radio had stopped working, and the people who
installed it couldn’t figure out what was wrong, so they told him to take the
car into the dealer.
Friday Travalon and I went down to campus, and we went to
Mass for Immaculate Conception at the new St. Paul’s chapel. It is so
beautiful! Then we read in the Periodicals Room, and then Tiffy came to town.
She and I drove Travalon to pick up his car; the dealer couldn’t find a problem
with the car to explain his satellite radio issues, but at least they didn’t
charge Travalon anything. The three of us went to Bahn Thai for dinner, then
Tiffy and I met Rich at the Handbell Choir Christmas Concert, and Travalon sent
a text saying he had tried plugging in a wire to his satellite radio, and now
it works! How funny that the people who installed it couldn’t figure it out.
Saturday I met Tiffy and Rich for coffee, then we went to
the Capital to see the State Christmas Tree, and then we had lunch at Himal
Chuli. Tiffy and I went to a free Horn Choir Christmas Concert at the art
museum, and we saw a protest with a giant inflatable chicken that looked a
little like Trump. We did some Christmas shopping on State Street and then met
some Slow Food people for dinner at an Italian place on Wilson Street. We were
a little early, so we looked at furniture at Rubins – in the lower part they
have swanky stuff, but up in the loft they have all sorts of random things, so
that was fun. After dinner Tiffy and I went to the Madison Bach Musicians’
Christmas Concert, which was wonderful as always. They did Vivaldi’s “Winter” and
a Bach cantata for the First Sunday after Epiphany, among other things.
Yesterday after Mass Travalon, Tiffy, and I had brunch at
the Peruvian restaurant on State Street, and that was really good. They gave us
free samples of their supercaffeinated coffee, so then I was totally wired
during that nail biter of a Packers game. Afterwards I felt kind of icky,
because while of course I wanted the Packers to win, the Browns fans must have
been so devastated to be up two touchdowns, only to lose in overtime. They
really thought they were going to get their first win of the season, and the
Browns really did play better than the Packers. How sad to think that we are
now evenly matched with the worst team in the league! I would have felt better
if we had decisively beaten them and not given them so much hope. It seems
weird to think that our playoff hopes are still faintly alive, when we have
barely won the last couple of games. However, they say Rodgers might be back
next week, so maybe then we will do better. The problem is that our defense is
so weak that we need to score a lot of points to win, because we can’t stop the
other team from scoring. I don’t think we are Super Bowl bound this year…
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