How comforting to be in a familiar place, eating at the same little restaurants we students always hang out in, like the Chancery and Highland House and Prime Minister and Panera's. I missed the annual trek to Organ Piper Pizza, a pizza place with live pipe organ music - the style of which is driven by requests and you get everything from Take Me Out to the Ballpark to Widor's Toccata!
We also take a field trip to Northwest Publishing House's bookstore, a dangerous place because you can drop $100 without blinking. I always come away with several CDs and handbell music and piano books - great material not available from elsewhere, not even from their website. Still, I wouldn't miss it!
I also discovered that there are brand new pianos in the practice rooms in Undercroft, the area beneath the chapel. Thank goodness! Organs you can find, but a good piano has been a challenge. Not that I plan to spend hours working on repertoire, but I usually need something with working keys and at least somewhat in tune when I am working on score study. Besides, I didn't bring a digital keyboard this year.
I quickly fall into a pleasant routine, taking into account the various aspects of life at Concordia in the summer. But this year I do not rush about rising. I have no morning class to drive me out early, so I rest long hours and take my leisure about appearing on campus. I join whatever group is going off campus for lunch, attend class all afternoon, join the dinner group, work on assignments, and retire early. What a life! Sometimes its great just to do the same old same old without all the hype. Definitely delightful.
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