It has been six years since I’ve had so much drum corps in one weekend. I was able to take some gratis time off from work on Friday, so I snuck out a few hours early and drove to Allentown for part one of the DCI East Championships. Although I went by myself, it didn’t take long for me to run into old friends and talkative strangers.
I took Amy with me back to Allentown on Saturday for part two of the Championships. It wasn’t her first drum corps show — we had gone last summer to a local show — but I was happy she found a couple of things to enjoy about it. I’m just working on accepting that it’s not her thing. We followed the show with some ice cream from the Friendly’s in town.
Despite this, I had earlier volunteered her to help out at Sunday’s show at Giants Stadium. Well, at least she doesn’t completely hate me right now. I think there were times she actually enjoyed parts of the show. Afterwards, we stopped for dinner at a local generic Friday’s-type restaurant (the organization we volunteered for isn’t the best when it comes to feeding volunteers, but that’s all right).
Now, all of my attention will be on our upcoming trip to Williamsburg… until tomorrow, when my next class begins and I have to split my attention yet again.