A busy, busy week. The Exultate concert was Friday night, and as President I got nominated to give the opening speech, which concerned me greatly for most of the week. However, Steve Wadhams provided some excellent material for me to write the speech (largely concerned with a brief bio of Benjamin Britten and a discussion of some of the music we were singing) and it flowed out pretty quickly Tuesday night... And fear gave me reason enough to practice it pretty much continuously Wednesday and Thursday nights, which meant that by Friday I had most of the speech from memory. I took a written copy up with me to be sure, but basically it flowed very well and I was greatly relieved.

After that, the concert was a lot of fun -- though Britten takes a heck of a lot of concentration to sing -- and then the weekend stretched wide and stressfree ahead!

The other big event of Friday afternoon was that we got the keys for our new house in Riverdale. Saturday and Sunday we took Autoshare cars out to the Home Despot at O'Conner and St. Clair E. to get stuff: mainly towel racks and toilet paper holders, but also snow shovels, rakes for leaves, motion sensors for outdoor lights, and a couple of new locks. We're moving in my stuff next weekend and all of the stuff from Anne's apartment the weekend after, and then we'll be in unpacking and cleanup mode for, well, probably the rest of the year.
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