Amazing Days
I love days when you wake up, excited to live your life. I get to have one of those days today. 
I have rehearsal in the afternoon, for a beautiful piece of music I’ll be performing on Sunday night - John Corigliano’s Fern Hill, and the orchestra and chorus are going to be wonderful. I got to see some of the orchestra perform last night - wow. Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony has a fourth movement to die for.
Then, I get to go see my family in Harrisburg, PA. Oh, and this is not just any family engagement - it’s my nephew and neice’s birthday party, and one of my favorite people in the world, my grandfather, is coming up from Florida for the soiree. :)
The best thing about all of this? My grandfather, yes, Pop-Pop, almost died this fall because of his heart. Well, the doctors fixed him up as well as they could, and I’m just so excited that he’s actually well enough again to make the trip up to PA from Florida. My Pop-Pop’s the kind of grandfather who calls me devil and would always help me do backflips in the pool when I went to visit him as a kid. I know nobody lives forever, but I can’t tell you how happy I am that he’s still around. I can’t wait - I’ll have to post some pictures - wait until you see my niece and nephew - they are so cute!!!!!
