On Friday, Mer and I went out with our colleague, Don, and his wife, Donna. Mer had Don as a teacher back in the day, so she has known him for over twenty years. Don is an excellent musician, as is his wife, and Don helped launch the CVCA band program. Due to the demands of all the extra time for concerts, Don moved over to full-time Bible teaching about ten years ago. Don and Donna are both funny people, so it was good to get a chance to go out with them.

We met at Olive Garden. Don and Donna got there at about 4:45 and (happily) got a table. When we got there about twenty minutes later, there was a thirty-minute wait. We were pleased that we could just join Don and Donna at the table. We had a great time, with good food and much laughter, and we got to hear a little about Donna’s work in a hospital writing up studies for experimental cancer treatments, and we got to hear about how Don came to CVCA on a one-year contract, although he did not know that at the time. He was good, so the school has kept him around for thirty-three years now.

After supper, Mer and I went to CVCA’s home football game, although we missed my tradition of madly cheering the band as they marched onto the field. I felt bad about that since the kids seem to like it, but we got to the game about fifteen minutes too late to cheer. We did sit up next to the band in the bleachers, though, and Mer and I stayed through their halftime show.

At the game, we were happy that two alums found us – Whitney, a graduate of 2005, and Sarah, a graduate of 2011. Mer chatted mostly with Whitney, and I got to talk with Sarah, and it was a rather pleasant way to watch a football game. As for the game, CVCA looked to be in trouble during the first quarter, which included a botched punt for a safety, but they found their rhythm in the second quarter, and they were leading at the half, and went on to win 23-8.