The Gala

Last Friday was the date of the annual Decatur General Foundation Gala. It's considered the biggest social event in town hands-down. I wish I could have taken better photos but all I brought was my pocket camera and not my big digital rig. The flash on the small cameras is pretty much useless if you get more than a couple of feet away from your subject. The picture of the group below would have turned out awesome otherwise. Oh well.

Dinner was delicious. The salad, the filet, the dessert... all very good. The best part was seeing so many friends and clients there. The tuxedos and evening gowns had everyone (for the most part) looking stunning! After all the formal honors were done, I danced with friends well into the night.

Woke up for the 2nd time Saturday around 1:00PM with a bit of a headache. Nice. Spent most of the day doing things around the house until around 4 when met up with Lesa as she was trying to take some photos of a friends decorated home in the older part of town. Once that was done, met up with Kyle and Jethro for some food at Hooters. Ran into Larry there from the gala the night before. I heard from him that one of our group had wiped out on her way from the bathroom and got all bruised up and chipped a tooth in the process! Yikes! This was after Ellen and I had left. I'll have to check on her tomorrow and see how she's doing. Kyle started making noises about needing to get in bed and Jeff pointed out how it wasn't even 9:00 yet. We did end up going to shoot pool for awhile which was a nice way to wind things down. Driving to Huntsville just to eat at Hooters and drive all the way back to Decatur would have been a waste. Even so, my wings there were good.

Today at church, all the band fun was exciting to watch. I wasn't drumming today so I got to smile at the stuff I'm usually involved in. One of the funniest parts was during one of Kyle's solos... he took off like a rocket and left the band behind... he was movin... I later found out that this was better than what happened at the earlier service where he finished his solo several measures in front of the rest of the band. See - church can be fun and exciting! Kerry had a mishap when the battery to his in-ear monitor died before one of the songs. He didn't get his battery changed out in time so when Kevin turned around to cue him to come in - as Yoda would say "ready not was he". LOL! Even so, it all came out good in the end. I've definitely had my share of mishaps too but I try to keep them to a minimum or COVER THEM UP really well. ;-)

Had lunch with a bunch at Applebees. Good times. Tried to return my tux today and found out the shop was closed on Sundays. Great. I'll have to do that tomorrow now I guess.

Oh, I made a dreaded trip to Wal-Mart tonight for supplies... water, dog food, detergent and softener (fabric, not stool) and light bulbs. Suprisingly, it wasn't crowded and I got through the checkout in like 3 minutes! Amazing I tell ya.