Saturday, December 21, 2024
Peter was not responding to my texts about the Austrian Club Dinner today. I mentioned it on Friday, and again this morning. Just on a hunch, I wondered if he knew it was today, so I called him. He thought it was tomorrow, like it had always been on a Sunday at Kegel's Inn. But since our last dinner, they changed their policy, and would not open on Sunday for us. Peter was grateful that I alerted him. I couldn't imaging the tongue lashing he would have gotten had he missed this event.
We sat with a very nice group of people and had a delicious dinner. Peter and I had beef rouladen, enough for extra meals. John Puchner entertained us on the keyboard with pre-dinner music and Christmas carols afterward.
I got some cash from the ECU ATM and we spent some time at my house until it was time to go to the Grafton Chorus.
We thought we were too early when we arrived at 6:20 p.m. for the 7:00 p.m. concert, but the parking spaces were full; Peter had to park some distance away. As I was getting in line to purchase our tickets, a man asked if I'd like his tickets. When I offered to pay, he said, "Merry Christmas". A lady motioned for me to take the seats on the aisle. We sat down, expecting Claude to come. When he said he wasn't coming, we sat together and Mark from Eagle River sat next to me. We had a pleasant conversation whenever the opportunity presented itself.
The concert was very enjoyable, really put me in the Christmas spirit. A lovely mix of secular and popular music, with children contributing with "Rudolph" and "The Holly and the Ivy". We met Janice afterward and she and Brad suggested following them to the Hard Rock Brewery. Peter noticed his air pressure tire light was lit and was concerned how we would get home. Brad had a tire pump in his garage and offered to fill Peter's tire after we had a beer. We had beers and pretzels and met Mark plus other chorus member at Hard Rock.
We drove into Brad's garage and got the tires filled. The caution light went off before we got to Green Bay Road.
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