Laptop Talk

Well it’s 7:45 am and Simon is off to school. This month Simon gets paid more than usual for his extra work he did over the holiday. With his money we decided we wanted to buy both of us a laptop. Mine is already bought and I am loving it and Simon already has his picked out. So this morning after I get some bank figures I get to set a budget for food for the rest of the month. I think it will be fun to be able to decide what to eat this month and how much to spend each week. The only fear I have is that we will be short and run out of food. I don’t want to buy our luxuries and force others to feed us, that doesn’t make any sense. So I really hope everything go according to plan and there are no unintended surprises that come our way.

We are discussing what we plan on doing for this month.

(…now past midnight) We looked through all the figures and talked to the bank and came to a decision. We bought his laptop. He is ecstatic. Its makes me happy to see him so happy. I can’t wait to see it on Tuesday or Wednesday or whenever it comes.

Branch Chorister

Okay, so I got called as Branch Chorister. Simon had just come home from work. Before he took off his tie though he said he had some church business and would like to talk to me. We sat down on the couch and he asked me to be branch chorister starting the following Sunday. I was happy and a little surprised at the notion but nonetheless, I accepted. That Sunday I looked at the songs to be sung (of course all in Danish) and they had to pick hard songs for my first day. The first song started as a six beat and changed to a four beat in the middle. I got through the verses and sat down. But something was not right. No one got up to say the prayer and everyone was looking up at the pulpit. What I didn't know at the time was that they sang all the verses of the song, even the extra ones. I was practically mortified. Luckily, Joachim was asked to say the prayer so he (sitting at the Sacrament table) turned and asked Simon if he should just go up and say the prayer. He came up and said the prayer and after that Simon, luckily for me, took the blame for not telling me that they sing ALL the verses. The next song was a 6/4 song and I conducted it as a 2/2 song which made it hard to keep the tempo up. Oops. But it all worked out. The last song was a song I knew (but not like I would know The Spirit of God or anything). lol. The meeting ended and my first day task was complete. The next week went much much much better than the previous one. lol. It is quite fun to be the branch chorister. I'm loving singing in Danish. I find it easier to sing Danish hymns than to read Danish. I think it's because the words are sometimes divided with a hyphen (depending on the song) so I can seperate the syllable much more easily. I can't wait for next week where I will get to lead the congregation again in song.