Jill organized a night out to see Austin's Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Handel's Messiah at Riverbend Centre. Jill, Cyndi, Jayne, FEMA Dan, and I went to be holiday festivized. “Messiah” was first performed in spring of 1742 in Dublin and chronicles the story of Jesus Christ. It is divided into three sections: Part I explores the ancient prophesy of the coming of a Messiah and Christ's birth. Part II deals with Christ's suffering and death. Part III is an affirmation of Christian faith.
Earlier that day, FEMA Dan and I were touring the Hurricane Ike damages at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, one of our clients. We got the insiders tour through the research labs and patient care areas. We ate lunch in the well-furbished hospital cafeteria where I learned that my client Jan was taking care of his daughter's dog named Jack for so long that he created an adoption certificate claiming custody of the dog. I found it so humorous given my parents' guardianship of Jack for the past year and a half that I modified the certificate and gifted temporary custody of my dog Jack to my dad at Christmas (only for so long as it behooves my phrenetic lifestyle). I don't think he found it quite as funny as I did. On the way home from our site visit, we saw some crazy weather, including this rain storm happening a few miles away from where we were driving.
