Five weeks down and five to go. It’s always somewhat astounding how quickly midterm break seems to come each term.

My parents came up for the day yesterday. We went to St. Paul for sushi and then went to a chamber orchestra. The food, music, and company were good, and I’m constantly impressed by the quality of the downtown area in St. Paul. There is a huge multi-part convention center that dominates the area, and it seems like there are a lot of neat cultural activities going on. We have a few minutes to walk around, and just by chance we happened across this big cultural fair that seemed to incorporate food and music from an astounding array of cultures. We didn’t have a chance to look around, since our concert was coming up, but it was pretty amazing to see the array of events that seem to be constantly occurring.

Anyway, enough gushing. Unfortunately, 6th week heralds a massive amount of work to accomplish in the coming days and weeks. I’d best get to it.