Dad in Town

Boy, I have been really putting the miles on my car, driving here, there, thither, and yon. I had rehearsals in NYC all last week for a gig (which was last Sunday, for which I had to zoom from church).

On Friday, I was invited to a party in Delaware (about an hour away from my house), and I traveled through a really scary thunderstorm to get there, only to find out that the electricity had been down in their neighborhood all day. We still had fun, though, and the electricity came back on while I was there.

My dad came into town on Saturday and I've been kind of busy cleaning up and hanging out with him. He flew into Philadelphia on Saturday night, and we went immediately from the airport to a restaurant, where I had an early birthday party. That was a lot of fun, but the restaurant was really crowded and noisy, so we all kind of had to shout to be heard.

My dad said that he wanted to come to church with me on Sunday, but since we ended up getting home around 11:30, I figured he wouldn't want to get up at 7:30 (4:30 California time!) to sit in church, and I didn't even have a solo. He agreed with me, and ended up sleeping in. Ray drove him to the train station so that my dad could go to DC and spend the night down there with some of his friends. He just got back this afternoon. Unfortunately, I have a rehearsal tonight, so we haven't really spent very much time together.

That will all change tomorrow, however, since we're driving up to Long Island and visiting relatives up there. I'll leave my dad in New York so he can spend time with friends up there for a night, and I have to drive back to Philly for another rehearsal tomorrow night. On Thursday, however, my dad is coming back to NJ to spend Thursday night with me, and then leaving early on Friday morning. It kind of sucks that he's actually leaving ON my birthday, but I'm sure I'll have spent enough time with him by then.