This weekend of fun!

Saturday for the most part was uneventful. In the morning, we did our household chores (vacuuming the house and mowing the lawn). In the evening, we were to go to my concert held by my band (Indianapolis Symphonic Band, where I play the flute) that was supposed to be at Fort Harrison State Park. Since it was raining pretty hard, however, it was moved to a nearby Ivy Tech Community College. This was the second time the concert was moved over there. I was not able to attend the first one, as I was ill.

Our theme this time was a tribute to Sousa, TV shows and a little bit of patriotic music in preparation for the 4th of July concert. We played music from the TV show "Glee", as well as a medley of old shows, such as "Happy Days" and "I Love Lucy". My favorite one was the tribute to Spike Jones (I had never heard of him until we started playing his music). He liked to use different percussion instruments in his music, including rubber ducks, cymbals, and other odd things. Our band's version was hilarious, but you just have to be there to see it. RR told me that he enjoyed the concert, and I told him that he will have to come to the one on June 21 because he still needs to take pictures (we forgot the camera this time). That will be held on a field outside an elementary school. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate that day, so that we actually are able to play outside.

After attending church this morning, we gathered with A & Y for another round of rock climbing. Y had a Groupon for a rock climbing gym in Brownsburg, called The Crag. Since it was at a different place, we decided to buy gloves at Wal-Mart. We thought that it would be similar to Climb Time Indy, but it was not. Here, they provide you with shoe rentals and harnesses; however, each person has to learn how to tie the figure 8 knots. Also, the person who is belaying really needs to make sure that he/she is tied down to the ground so that he/she does not fly upward when the climber falls. I learned this the hard way. I did not tie myself low enough to the ground and was pulled upwards when RR let go of the wall. It was a hilarious sight, really. Perhaps if a video was taken when it happened a second time, I could have contributed it to America's Funniest Home Videos and won something. Regardless, I vowed that it will not happen again. In general, this place seems a little more suited for experts. There is less variety and most of them just seem more difficult than the ones at Climb Time Indy. It was fun, nonetheless.

After we were all sore from the climbing and belaying, we decided to go for sushi at Ginza Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar on west 38th Street. One waiter asked us if we wanted a table and we said yes. It was only later that by "table", he meant a table with a sizzling hot plate where the chef makes hot dishes right in front of you (we would have liked to try that sometime, but not today). Since we were going to be ordering and sharing among the four of us, we decided to switch to one of the regular tables right in front of the sushi bar. The sushi was quite decent though the price was a little bit on the expensive side.

Overall, despite all the rain we had, it was another fun weekend.