Today has been somewhat surrealistic. I found out yesterday that Yaser's father died. In Islam, it is required that the body be buried by sundown the next day at the latest. Since Yaser is from Jordan, there is absolutely no way he would have been able to make it in time. He was very close to his father and is taking it hard.
That being said, work is just as frantic as it has been for the last few weeks. I spent a good part of Saturday at the office and had to come up Sunday night for a while to get some of the critical things off the list. We have a new customer who is driving us nuts, but has the potential to bring lots of money into the company.
Regardless of work, I had a good weekend. Saturday Desiree and I went to dinner with her mother's side of the family. We went to a Macaroni Grill where they had a wandering opera singer. Our table must have been a favorite of his since he kept coming back. When we were finished with the meal and getting ready to go, he started trying to get me to sing in an operatic fashion. I went along for a little while, but the idea of singing in a crowded restaurant with a good portion of Desiree's family got to me. I decided it was time for us to make our departure. I at least had a good reasoning. We were going to see X-Men 2. We made the movie in perfect timing, but the projector bulb was out so the movie started about 15 minutes late. However, the theatre manager came in and announced the situation and that they were going to comp us tickets for next time.
Sunday was busy all day. I went to church with Desiree and then helped set up for a piano recital she was holding for her students at 2:00. It was a little rushed, but everything turned out well. I have decided that I would like to learn how to play the piano. Desiree has promised to help me learn. I want to be able to play Disney tunes. That's probably pretty advanced and may take a while, but I want to be able to play fun things. Since I want to play, I'm going to get Desiree to go with me to pick out a keyboard.
