The Magical Land of Oz

Today was the day of All City Elementary's annual all-school musical. They have a series of 4 musicals that they do on a rotation. Last year was "Little Red Riding Hood" and this year was "the Magical Land of Oz" (same story as the Wizard of Oz, but with lamer songs).

The way they do it, is each grade gets assigned a role- so this year, the Kindergarteners were trees & flowers, 1st grade was munchkins, 2nd grade was the Citizens of Oz, 3rd grade was flying monkeys. The 4th and 5th graders get the speaking roles. I volunteered to help with makeup for both the dress rehearsal this morning and the evening performance, so I got to see it twice. Matt & Maia came for the morning performance as well, because matt led worship team practice in the evening.

It was fun. The kids did a great job. I might have to help direct in the future. I'm sure it's not an easy job, so I'll save my comments. :)

Here's the 2nd graders at an off-stage moment:


Xander, Alexis and Robert getting ready to go on stage this evening:

If You Don't Laugh You'll Cry

I try not to complain about the weather around here too often. Nobody wants to hear it, and everyone thinks they've got it worse where they live. But here it is 2 1/2 weeks until Easter, and it snowed last night, going to snow again tomorrow. Today we had a high of 16 degrees and it just doesn't look like spring will ever come.

Depression has set in. That SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)? Yeah, we all have it. And we're pasty white ghosts. We need some sunshine around here- the kind that warms things up, not the kind that means it's colder because there's no cloud cover.

I find Matt's approach to handling his attitude amusing. He blames the weatherman. Literally. Poor Jay Trobec! This evening as Matt watched the news, I heard the following things,

"Curse you, Jay Trobec!"

"Oh, now you did it."

"That's it, I'm never speaking to Jay Trobec again."

"Seriously, the only way he's going to get back on my good side is if he comes in and buys a Madone 5.5 full carbon frame..." and blah blah blah bike talk.

"Jay Trobec's off the Christmas Card list."

"Jay Trobec better hope I never see him, or I'm going to punch him in the face."

Now, if you know Matt, you know he's not a violent man. Jay Trobec, if you read this, you really have nothing to fear.

Interestingly, I saw Jay Trobec at a coffee shop a few weeks ago. Kind of weird seeing people from TV out in public. Matt seems to spot them all the time, including one Sunday morning at church when one of the local anchors attended Mercy (not Jay Trobec, thankfully, or there might have been some voilence done in the name of Jesus).

Anyway, I was glad Matt was not with me when I made the local celebrity sighting, or there could have been some serious damage done to his perfect hair and smile.

Jay Trobec, tell the truth. Will spring ever come to South Dakota?