Falling into Fall

Great pictures, Waddoups! I can remember that first day of school excitement mixed with trepidation. Who will I sit by? Will the teacher like me? Am I smart? Why do I have to wear these blasted thick long brown stockings held up with a garter belt? (Seriously.) I'm sure I have told you before that I grew up attending school, from kindergarten(belt) to college, wearing a skirt (no, not the same skirt, come on - that would have been a real problem! I would have been asked to go home and change into something longer, like a full length gown, by the time I was in junior high). Such oppression - such nonsense. Remember the story about Susie, when she was about 10 and my ma and pa took her to a movie playing at the Varsity Movie Theatre at BYU? It was winter, and she had on pants under her winter coat, but when they got to the ticket counter the cashier told them that she wouldn't be allowed in because she had pants on. Mom took her hand and they went into the restroom close by in the hall. Susie removed her pants, showed up at the counter again and was welcomed into the theatre. But enough of that. All water under the bridge, or wet pants in the dryer.
We went down to SLC Friday. I went to Day Murray music and spent a blissful unrushed 2 1/2 hours perusing choir music. I had a list of songs for Thanksgiving and Christmas that I had one copy of, hoping to find a dozen of them there, but found some great arrangements and surprises while I tried out several on their muted piano. Our theme this year for Christmas program will be "Let Every Nation Welcome Him" - a global Christmas carol program. I have always wanted to do The Carol of the Birds, taken from the Pablo Casals melody, and this is the year. Then we will sing a Welsh carol, a French carol (Ile ne la divin enfant (sp?), Silent Night woven with a contemporary song Carol Him Softly and some others I am waiting to see if they have in publication. We went out to dinner at Monsoon Thai (very good) and to see Junebug the movie (very good). And, of course, I did stop off at Xocolate for our usual small box of chocolates. Duh.
We are watching the Emmys tonight, although I don't watch Lost or Desparate Housewives. But we enjoyed the Johnny Carson tribute alot. And Jon Stewart's show won several awards, which we applaud. We don't get HBO, so we will have to rent Huff, Empire Falls, Warm Springs, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
You may not know that Sarah McGee's wedding is off. Her boyfriend Chris called it off and went back to his former girlfriend. I feel for Sarah, such a heartbreak. Mary says she is handling is fairly well, but, oh, that hurts.
Also, Dad is doing well. (My dad, your grand/greatgrandfather.) He says he has a steady pulse, and they are putting him on a medication to regulate it. He wrote "I Got Rhythm, I got music. I got my gal, who could ask for anything more?" We are so relieved. They have bought their season tickets for every series of concerts, lectures, plays and bowling tournaments offered within 60 miles of Provo.
Well, that's the news. Love goes out to you all. Let's talk! Warm thoughts, Ma