Week of November 4, 2001
Hello all,
Wow, the fiftieth edition of the Reading Report. If there was time there should have been some special graphics. But, instead of spending hours in front of my computer...
I took a break from "studying" last night to watch Toy Story II and then the last game of the World Series for balance. I wasn't disappointed. The Pixar graphics were inspiring, and the baseball game was one of the first that held my attention through the entire nine inning process. I must admit, I was rooting for the Diamondbacks so the ninth inning was pretty intense.
Saturday was a whirlwind of activity for Nola and me. It all started Friday night when we had a practice for everpraise and moved all of our band equipment (which consists of two large conga drums, a drum stand, a keyboard, a bass guitar, a guitar stand, a bass amp, music stands, multiple cords, and music folders) and my entire computer over to the church. Soon, we will have to rent a U-haul to move all of our stuff each week. Then, Saturday morning at church I discovered just before going up to lead song service that I was also to be on the platform for the invocation and offering. Immediately following church, we practiced again for everpraise and then headed over to a local nursing home to sing songs and meet with the residents. After that, we went back to the church and had our everpraise program. Nola and I did a skit and then enjoyed playing the bass and congas in the band. The Bible says Sabbath is to be a day of rest. We certainly didn't feel very physically rested, but after meeting so many interesting people, and singing so many songs it was easy to forget about school, work, and all our other concerns. That is a rest worth the effort.
I have noticed in going back through some of my old Reading Reports that I haven't mentioned much about med. school lately. That is not because I am no longer attending as some (Mom) might fear. Instead, it is largely because there is not much to mention. I could bore you to tears with stories of long lectures, and random medical facts (we are chest deep in pulmonology right now), but none of us want to dwell on that (although, one of us has to). I am looking forward to my 3rd and 4th years, as should you the reader. That is when we stop spinning our wheels and the rubber meets the road, there are bound to be some good stories then.
Until then, have a great week,
Brenton Reading
