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I’m helping with the special music for Easter Sunday. I’m playing the recorder! Ha! The last time I did that was for Kathryn and Todd’s wedding! It’s a little nerve-wracking, and my instrument is one of those $3.99 plastic dealies, but I think it’ll be okay.

I’m also playing the organ for a couple of things. I’m playing one piece that’s a duet between organ and piano, and another piece that Judy is playing trumpet for.

The trumpet piece is “Jesus Christ is Risen Today”. I’ve said it before, but this is my favorite Easter hymn. The line that always gets me is “Now above the sky he’s king, where the angels ever sing”. It never fails to choke me up – even just playing it for practice yesterday before school… Sheesh, Brad! Pull yourself together, man!

I closed on my condo yesterday! Yay!

It happened while I was at school. Shortly after 9am, my realtor texted and said it was a done deal. I didn’t get back to the condo complex until later. The door was unlocked, and the keys were waiting on the counter top.

I have school today, and choir practice and church at night. Tomorrow I’ll have more time, because we’re off for Good Friday. Moving should be fairly simple. It’ll be so fun settling into a new place!

There’s a room at our school called “The Teacher Work Room”. It’s funny we call it that because I’ve never seen any teacher work in there. It’s like previous schools calling a room “The Teachers’ Lounge”. No lounging happened.

Anyway, I went into the teacher work room so I could get some cleaning wipes, and I saw a lovely sight:

They smelled good… mmm…

Easter lilies! Yay! Because of my move, Holy Week has been and will be so busy this year. I’m sad because I like Holy Week so much. Hopefully I’ll be able to enjoy Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services in between moving all my stuff and cleaning my apartment.

By Easter Sunday, the moving and cleaning will be done. I’ll definitely be enjoying that!

I have been going walking on the beach more often lately. I always do it at sunset, because then I don’t have to worry about sunscreen, and because it’s cooler.

The sun has really shifted its position from earlier this year. Over time, it has moved from setting over the ocean.
I suppose it will keep moving until the summer solstice, then move back again. How fun to watch! I saw the movement in Baltimore, but never so clearly, because the sun always set behind buildings.

Because I’ve posted so many pictures of the sunset this year, I actually have a record. I’ll post the pictures below, but I’m getting them from posts in January, February, and March.

JANUARY

Completely over the ocean.

FEBRUARY

See the land off to the right? The sun has moved north (to the right)

MARCH

Now the sun is almost touching the land.

APRIL

Now its completely over land.