As I’ve grown “older,” I’ve realized that a week is really not the best way to assess time spent.  Being a teacher makes me work within the school week and keep track of progress by making daily tick marks in grade books and attendance logs and lesson planners.  But the rest of my life takes so much more time than Monday-Friday.  It may as well not be on a calendar.   Instead of weekly events, I have monoliths of projects and parties and pies all trying to pass through the space of my life.  (What movie am I referencing?) If anything, events drag on in terms of months.  It’s true that while still in March, I made plans for May and July and I’m not even talking about this year’s slog of summer weddings–about which, I’m ever so happy, of course.

With that said, I want to share some upcoming dates that I’m excited about:

1. April 20 is Pie, Piano, and Poetry at Danica’s House.  Come and share your work!
2. April 24 is Easter!
2. April 26, I just may find myself listening to Celtic Woman live.  (I only wish T could be there.  I hope it works out.)
3. April 27, I’m taking a group of talented singers for their first Select Choir rehearsal.
4. April 28, I’ll be playing piano for a student singing Katy Perry’s “Firework” at a benefit for Japan; I’ll also be in a fashion show that night.  (I can’t even say how excited I was when the student placed this on the piano and said, “I was thinking of this one.”  I responded very calmly, but gave a generous dose of encouragement because inside I was already dancing.)
5. April 29-30 will find me at my first women’s conference ever, but only if our names get called off the waiting list.  (It’s part of my couch-made agreement with my sister to be more involved in women’s ministry events even though they seem scary to us.)
6. May 2 is my first official JM Choir concert.
7. May 6 is my first Big 9 Contest event.  (This is like solo-ensemble for those of you from Northern Minnesota.  It’s a competition for the “Big 9” high schools in southern Minnesota.  It’s a big deal and today I got a little nervous–not going to lie.)
8. May 13 is a worship team audition I have been waiting for since February.
9. May 19 is my birthday, so let’s be gearing up, folks.
10. May 25 is the final official JM Choir event of the year, not counting graduation.

You know what, I’m glad I don’t do everything on a weekly basis.