Day 89 - February 10th

IT'S FRIDAY! WOOOO WE MADE IT THROUGH WEEK 1!
Friday, the kids heard from a lady named Sharon, who was a property manager in Chicago, and also managed all of the parks! What a big responsibility! I asked her how she did it all (I wasn't in the kids' time, but I asked her on my own, cause that is a BIG job!) and she laughed and said she hired people! I would guess delegation would be the name of the game in Chi-town!
For our music career, we talked about Conductors. The older kids first finished their compositions from our "Composer" day, but then we talked about what a Conductor wears in concerts, and about their use of batons (and which types of conductors would and wouldn't likely use them).
Then we talked about conducting duple and four patterns, and all the kids practiced with us until they got it right! Then we conducted Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons, Op. 8/1, RV 269, "Spring" - Allegro and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, and the kids did a GREAT job, tired and sore arms and all!
Later in the afternoon, I walked to the nearby market with Debbie, one of the moms, and a fellow musician. We had a great time and no agenda, and found that we are much alike in our tastes in clothes and such. I was able to get a better feel for how to speak and act in market seeing her in action, too, since there are many idiomatic phrases in the pidgin English here that I need to learn better to make myself well understood. I have realized in these experiences how "southern" I speak sometimes! LOL
With our week closing, I was pretty tired, so I crashed at like 8, but woke back up at 2am! But I eventually managed to get back to sleep.