Extra practice just for bells

 

Sunday

I got up at 8. It had been a rough night with RLS. I did the usual morning stuff. Then I read messages, made cheese squares, and got dressed. I made and ate breakfast. I put the cheese squares in a container and went to the chapel.

I left them in the back and went up front to assemble my trombone. I greeted people along the way. I warmed up a touch.

We sang three praise songs. The service commenced. At the end, the band played two hymns. Two men brought a table from the fellowship hall. I covered it with egg crate foam and a blanket. We set up bells, easels and music. I noticed people had left. We talked about Thanksgiving Eve. Rod asked for a different color blanket for the bell table, then we left as well.

I went home, and changed clothes. I put the purple blanket in the car. I put some cheese squares in the dehydrator. Chris was asleep in bed so I joined him. But I couldn't fall asleep. He got up at 4 to cook supper. I got up too. I ate a bag of frozen watermelon and read messages online. Then we signed into Discord. Chris finished the steaks. We ate while chatting online, then the game began. I kept one ear open to the game while cleaning up my blog notes and posting to my blog.

At 8, I went to the chapel for bells practice. Rod didn't make it so I was in charge. Erynne was late so I took her place and we practiced the first song. We changed out some of the bells to get more alignment in the octave. When Erynne arrived, we played the song again. Then we moved to the other song. We played it over and over. Directing made my arms really tired.

After half an hour, I dismissed them. We discussed one of the bells that Michele had which was in need of maintenance or repair. We didn't know where to take it.

So Keli turned off the lights and we all went home. I made tea and watched an episode of Criminal Minds with Chris. I put the cooler out with a jar for milk. Then I listened to a video on diet. I watered the indoor plants. I drank water with electrolytes in it. I went to bed hoping for a good night's sleep.