Thursday Evening
A strong wind preceded the brief thunderstorm this afternoon, washing out a scheduled group photo. Oh, well. tomorrow’s another day.
The big fun tonight was a trip to the university’s athletic center. Almost everyone wanted to head to the pool and stay there, but the lifeguard staff isn’t used to more than a handful of people in the big pool. So we had “pool time” in shifts of 15 to 25. Some of the chaperones quickly found the Jacuzzi and hopped in. About a dozen choristers did laps in the pool while the others played Marco Polo or just frolicked.
In the women’s locker room, the girls were totally fascinated by the “swimsuit spinner” that instantly dried their suits.
In the other part of the center, there were pick up games of basketball and volleyball. There is a huge indoor track that runs above the main floor and some of us gave that a try, too. One itty-bitty girl claimed she ran a mile. “7.5 laps is a mile, actually,” she said. “I ran 8 laps.”
The kids were dawg tired but headed for Worship in their jammies or sweats for a brief, memorable service. On their backs they “cleared the air” and made sounds of forest animals, wind in the trees and babbling brooks before heading up the stairs to slumberland.
The night wasn’t over before the Tooth Fairy paid a visit to one little girl. After biting on a Tootsie Roll, a baby tooth came out and was placed under the pillow. Somehow, the Tooth Fairy found out and exchanged the tiny milk tooth for a dollar.