Reflection....

September 14, 2013
The house is quiet, very quiet.  Lends to thinking about...everything.  Last week I was so relieved to get another "undetectable" cancer level.  Today, we have several of Shelby's family staying with us so that they can get a visit in with his Dad because the cancer is spreading, quickly.  Shelby has reconnected with all of his siblings in the last few weeks, which is something that I never imagined would happen.  They have been at odds their whole lives.  I am not sure if I would call it fate or whatever, but I do think that things happen for a reason sometimes.  The hard things that we deal with in our lives are most often the things that bring us closer together and definitely shows you who will be there in the long run. 

My ramblings are done...time for me to have another cup of coffee and enjoy this gorgeous cool morning.

Camp Sabra Full Time....and I mean full time!

So, I took the Clinic Manager position with Camp Sabra this summer....WHEW!  I have basically been here for the last 5 weeks...full time round the clock.  I love the new clinic space and have had fun arranging the new clinic just the way I want it.  I think July will allow me to be home a lot more as I have more staff scheduled for the nights.  If you feel like driving down, I would be more than happy to give you a tour via golf kart.  Below is my new medication delivery window, and some of the ladies that have been helping me this summer!

So, I woke up at 2:00 this AM and could not go back to sleep...which gave me all sorts of time to get another video to load!  This is Savana singing her solo's at District Contest in Jefferson City. 

This young lady continues to show me so much inner strength and beauty.  I never know what she will say or do next.  She is so talented and can pretty much do anything that she puts her mind to.  She truly has no fear, in a healthy self assured kind of way.  AMAZING KID!  She received a II rating for this performance which is excellent for her first time singing a solo.

Oh yeah, and by the way, she just walked into a local establishment and got a job last week.  I tell you, people cannot tell her no.  She is a hostess for L.O. Crabshack and loving it so far!  All I did was wait outside for her to drop off her application and she walks back out in 10 minutes and says "I got a job!"  Geez!

Savana is the standing 2nd from the left. 

 

It took sooovery long to get even one video to load... I will work on the other 3 when time permits. 

I could not be more proud than I was of Lee and Savana when they performed for State Music Contest.

There is one more song for Lee and two that Savana's Ensemble sang...

Tri County Music Contest

The kids participated in their first music contest of this year.  It was held at School Of The Osage High School.  Between the 2 kids, Lee in band and choir and Savana in multiple choirs, I had 9 performances to get to yesterday.  Dad, Mom, Kim and I ran all over the school trying to get to everything we wanted to hear.  We had to miss Lee's Chamber Choir in order to hear Savana's vocal solo but we made it to the rest.  This is both kids first time to try solo's at contest, very scary and hard to stand up by yourself in front of a judge.  My final words to the kids were " just remember that the judge was once in your shoes and knows how scary it is...do your best!  And they both performed like professionals!  Savana commented after finishing her songs that "That was really fun"  It made her judge smile :) even after 9 hours of listening to endless teenage crooners!

I have tried to upload the kids vocal solo videos without success, so I guess I will just give you the verbal descriptions.  Savana was given a II+ rating, which is "very good".  Lee was given a I rating which is "excellent".  I could not have been more proud than I was on Saturday.  Looking forward to 2 weeks from now when they perform again on March 23rd in Jefferson City.  They both learned a lot from their judges comments and have new techniques to experiment with the next time.

Eldon band received a I,  Eldon Concert Choir a II-, Eldon Chamber Choir a II+,  Osage Concert Choir a II, Osage Womens Choir a I, Osage Girls Glee a II and Savana's ensemble of 6 girls received a II.  All of these are very good to excellent ratings for our schools!