Up early to teach lesson, only to hear that it's been cancelled at the student is ill. Could have had a lie-in!
Great to be back with the WAS choir, starting rehearsals ahead of some shows in November/December. It's been about a year and a half since I last drummed for them but it was just a wonderful thing. Our illustrious musical director stopped the first song and jumped off her piano to hug me, explaining to the singers that she's "missed this". Glorious to be back.
Then it was our big engagement party. A went a bit crazy with the set-up for this one, SO MUCH food, SO MUCH booze, banners, lights, the full works. Clearly getting engaged means a lot to her. We had just the best party ever, friends old and new travelled up - by old I mean school mates I haven't seen for years, by new I mean musicians from Greg's band that I don't know socially until now. A brilliant mix of people all mingling, the weather held out, everything worked out. It was meant to be. A nice range of people, too, starting out with mates and other mates with their kids, and then a new batch seemed to turn up later on. Evening ended with us survivors sat by the fire pit, A and myself getting snuggly, with two of her mates, plus my friends Matt C, Paul M, Amanda and Josie (who is genuinely becoming one of my best friends) drinking fancy whisky into the early hours. Wonderful.
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