First day of spring, and this morning we had snow, turning to cold slushy rain. It was really nice over the weekend, however, and we did lots of stuff. Last Friday it got up to seventy degrees. On my lunch hour I went for a walk down the water where the Intrepid is parked. Felt great. Jeannie was home and raked out the flowerbeds, where the first bulbs are coming up, and uncovered the fig tree.
Saturday did a bit of car shopping. Checked out the Honda Pilot and Chevy Traverse. The Pilot seemed really nice to sit in, and had a bunch of things that I like about it. But they didn’t have one to test drive, and I’ve heard it’s underpowered, so I want to drive one and see for myself. The Traverse seemed nice too, but upon reflection it’s not the car for us. For one thing, it’s really long (over 17 feet!) and I know I’ll have to part it in Manhattan one day. For another, it’s not available without that annoying onstar thing. I don’t want a car that has to phone home to the mothership. Ever. No network computers! So it’s between the Explorer and the Pilot now, pending the test drive of the Honda. Since the Pilot has been around for years, getting a used one is potentially and option too.
The main thing that happened this weekend was Lizzy had her concert for Lower Hudson Valley Honor Band on Sunday, put on by the group that runs the band program at her school, the Paul Effman School of Music. It’s kids from all different middle schools in the area playing in one huge band. Mainly 7th and 8th graders but Lizzy was one of the 6th graders. I was really impressed with how good they sounded, and also how fast they got it together. Lizzy brought home a thick packet of music (nine songs I think) about three weeks ago and I spent an half hour or hour a couple evenings running the songs down with her. I thought it was fairly advanced music for middle school kids. From there she seemed to pretty much have it together. The group rehearsed two evenings a week for two weeks and the day before the show and that was it. They totally nailed it!
