Enchiladas and Singing Jews
Friday, November 10, 2006
The oak leaves flew in the cooler winds that morning. Rain seemed inevitable.
At home that morning, the hot water was not working; there was no shower. While Collette tried to decide whether she wanted a cold shower or no shower, OLeif went off to Bible study with the boys and had a chocolate milk at Paul’s Donuts.
At the office, Rose was present for part of the day, as well as was Linnea for a few hours. Collette was the last babysitter available for the day because Mom was meeting Mrs. English and Denae for their annual birthday lunch, Carrie was at lunch with Eve, Joe was at work, and Rose was being shuttled over later to the South’s house for an extra choir rehearsal.
Before Rose left, she and Linnea giggled over Linnea’s dolls and made themselves Charlie Chaplin mustaches out of sticky notes and black markers.
Right before Mom picked up Linnea for her piano lesson, Judah called to say that he had run out of gas on the side of the road. So Jimmy took off to bring him a can of gas before the rain hit. They both made it back in good time.
Come 3:30, the sky suddenly turned ashen blue, far darker than any 3:30 sky should be – a globe of flying leaves. The biggest winds since spring.
And when Rose was returned to the office to aid in some last tasks for the day, she found that a wave of sleepiness had overcome her. She spent the last twenty minutes trying to catch some winks in the conference room before OLeif picked them up.
The thunder began to rumble in the now-black evening. And the rain burst out shortly later. So Rose’s nap was interrupted in order for her to take pictures of the lightening across the fields.
But OLeif was late coming back from work, and Rose was getting grumpy.
“Tell him I’m angry,” she said, crossing her arms, as the lightening continued to flash.
Finally, in a short lull of the rain, after six o’clock, OLeif pulled up to drive all three of them over to the Silverspoon’s. Once in the car, Rose showed him the castle bowl (another creation from ceramics) that she had made for them.
At the Silverspoon’s the rain was still coming down, and Denae had the kitchen window open to the cool of the evening breeze.
After enchiladas, sauces, sour cream, and chips, Denae, OLeif, Collette, Curly, Rose, and Izzy were on their way over to Missouri Baptist University to see Mr. Sing perform as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
The production went well. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. South, Lolli, Jan Gunn, Ariel and Mrs. Ernie, Wally and Starr. Bing also played in the pit orchestra, although the program committee spelled his name incorrectly. And Betty and Judy were also in the play, Judy receiving the role of the second-eldest daughter, Hodel.
Later, as everyone congratulated Mr. Sing, Collette noticed in the hall, the mother who she had led around at church the week before. Sinai had just given her daughter permission to be married there. The mother was soon chatting with Mr. Sing; she seemed to be one of his biggest fans.
So the evening was ended at 10:30 – it had been a long day.