Greetings once again from Seattle! Things have been moving along as usual, which means that Brenda has been very busy with rehearsals for Semele. She's also been busy outside of rehearsals because the music has been following her home. When singers perform operas by George Frideric Handel, the composer of Semele, they often write their own musical embellishments to add to their arias. Brenda has been working on her embellishments lately, which is no small task considering she has nine arias. I love hearing Brenda sing, so it's been nice that she's been doing a little work at home.
On Sunday, Brenda took her mind off of music (at least for a few hours) to celebrate her birthday. To commemorate the occasion we met up with several of her castmates at a nearby bowling alley. It had been a long time since Brenda and I had gone bowling, which made it even more fun. We didn't break any personal records, but apparently we got a good workout because we both woke up a little sore the next day. Bowling counts as aerobic exercise, right?
The sassy birthday girl.
Brenda and Daniela
Mary, Amanda, Brenda and Deb
Alek, me, Brenda and Daniela
While Brenda's been busy rehearsing, I've been working on our taxes. It's been fun to put all our information into an Excel spreadsheet and to read various IRS tax guides on which forms to fill out and how to do so. I don't know when I became such a boring person, but I'm really embracing it.
IRS Form 1116 is calling out to me, so I'd better get going. I hope you all have a great week, and we'll talk to you next Tuesday!
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