sandy's visit

My apologies for not updating sooner after the hurricane. But for those of you wondering about Sandy's effect on Baltimore, it was very minimal.

We were fortunate that the worst of the storm hit just north of us - so we didn't bear the brunt of it. Sure, there was some flooding, and many lost power, but it was nothing compared to those to the north of us.

I did have a leak or two, but nothing compared to all the tripping-over-buckets I did last year when Irene came to town. As we rode it out, I kept waiting for the winds to get worse, as they did with Irene, but they never really did.

So for us, Sandy was an excuse to take two days off of class...have a slumber party...make apple-cinnamon baked oatmeal...play a few board games....watch a few movies....and maybe study a little bit of Mozart.

The first day back to school was not a fun one - and losing 10 hours of rehearsal for Don Giovanni wasn't so fun either. But, overall, we were so thankful to have an unexpected, and much-needed break.