Snow and Holiday Spectacular

I loved that it snowed today. Not than the snow stayed on the ground for any length of time, but the sky was white and snow was swirling around on and off this morning. It was not too cold and thus quite tolerable, and I was happy to be driving around, in the end rather aimlessly in fact. I missed my morning pilates class because I was expecting a patient at 9 who did not show up. The next one canceled, and I had no interest in doing any of the paperwork I ought to have done. My pilates teacher was ill and canceled her class ten minutes before it was to begin, but my phone died and so I did not get the message and showed up for the session anyway, only to be turned away. My yoga class was unheated, which turned out to be fine anyway.

It was time to pick Maya up before I got much accomplished. Maya had been bitten by the snake in her room and had two fang bites in her hand. We stopped at Walgreens on the way home for Neosporin and bandaids, and were just in time for ballet. I never in my wildest dreams expected Maya to be bitten by a snake in her classroom at school! I was relieved that it was not serious, clearly not venomous. But I was told that the snake was wound around her neck and chest and being a constrictor, that could be serious!

Our evening entertainment was the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Holiday Spectacular. I did not have any idea what to expect. It was quite perfect for Maya, very child oriented except that most of the audience was elderly! There were tap dancing santas (dancers from Baltimore School for the Arts) and trickster dogs and a Liberace impersonator and lovely music with lots of Christmas music (I love anything Christmassy, including Christmas carols). The event was a hoot, with a 'Christmas in Las Vegas' theme, which reminded me of Jon Waters' movies. Maya and I laughed throughout. Maureen McGovern hosted the evening and sang some delightful songs.

Eric was home with Maurice and Sarah and her boyfriend. They were celebrating a very successful day in the lab, drinking lots and lots of Amaretto after dinner at the Brewer's Art. The Christmas tree is looking great, so very festive and welcoming.