Visitors

We had visitors in our home for a few days this past week. My mom, sister, and one nephew arrived and stayed with us from Sunday evening until noon-ish Tuesday.

My nephew is currently in luthiery school and will be looking for a job this Spring. He and his mom came out to tour Fort Wayne's Sweetwater music company, which employs a couple thousand people as the leading online music retailer in the country. They stopped on their way from Minnesota and picked up my mom in Illinois and brought her along.

It was a nice visit. Monday morning was the tour at Sweetwater. I went along even though I've been there multiple times. It's an incredible place. Then I took everyone around Fort Wayne to see where we all work and some of the other sites of the city. Monday evening we all went out to Drew Carrie's so they could see their house, then everyone went to supper together at The Club Room at the Clyde Theatre.

Early Tuesday morning the power went out in our neighborhood, so from 4:30-10-ish am we had no power. We all just sat around in the dark and chit-chatted.

My nephew brought two of the instruments he has made. This acoustic and electric guitar were his school projects last year. They are artistically beautiful, and seem to be quite fine instruments as well. I am not easily impressed, but I was and am about these. He is currently working on a mandolin and something else (I can't remember at the moment).

Anyway, it was good to see them all, and I'm glad my mom got to come. She used to love to come visit, and probably would a lot more if not for my dad. I know the grand kids love seeing her, and she them.