he bought me a flute for my birthday! it arrived last night at 7:30 by FedEx, and it's beautiful.

i had been lamenting the fact that i sold my old flute several years ago. i played from 4th grade all the way through 12th grade and admittedly, never became really good at it. i wasn't challenged by the band teachers in school (i didn't take private lessons) nor did i really care about challenging myself (i was more obsessed with "fitting in" than learning in junior high and high school [another thing i guess i lament]).

and kenny, being the natural musician he is, has been playing piano, banjo, accordian (another ebay purchase), low D and high D whistle and the uillean pipe chanter for a while now and the boys have their fun percussion instruments, i needed something to play along with them. and "chop sticks" and "heart and soul" on the piano get really old, really fast.

i can still play the B-flat scale!

tonight was the third dinner out for me in a row as well (what a gift!). mom took me out monday night with some friends to the "church brew works" and treated me...kenny suggested we go out for thai last night...and tonight we shared dinner with our church for a lenten course that is taking place each wednesday in lent. i'm a bit afraid that i won't know how to make dinner again tomorrow night!