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Marching band season has officially started! On Tuesday night, the kids kicked off the season with the first full marching band session. Ava met all of the incoming freshman, and she's feeling very positive about the group. They are hoping for 16 trumpets in the section this year (we'll see how that shakes out.)

And coming right along with the start of RHSMB is the first big fundraiser of the year. I'm the lead for the Heggies fundraiser, and I've been working on it for months, but it finally came to fruition this past Wednesday - it was pizza delivery day. 1300 total pizzas were sold! The weather was decent, I had plenty of volunteers (Ava rounded up a bunch of her friends to help with sorting/counting, and they're not even in band), and we were only short one pizza at the end of the night. I am so pleased that everything went well, and that I'm officially wrapped up as the lead. I will be happy to train and hand-off this responsibility to someone else next year.

Our family (mostly Scott 😀) sold 81 pizzas, so after Ava loaded them up at school, she and Scott headed out to the local spots to drop them off. We are so grateful for all of the support!

As a reward for all of my hard work, I treated myself to a glass of wine with dinner, after the pizza delivery was all done


We also decided to get new phones last week, so it's been a busy week of tracking deliveries and ordering all of the extras (screen protectors, cases, etc.) Ava picked out her first iPhone and she loves it. Scott and I switched from Motorola phones (which we've had for many, many years) to Google Pixel Pros. I haven't had a chance to switch all of our stuff over yet, but I'm looking forward to a smaller phone that fits better in my hands. We've decided to give G one of our current phones once he's done with 5th grade. There's nothing wrong with them, and this will help us avoid any potential phone price hike that we might be looking at this fall (thanks, tariffs!)

I'm volunteering for another fundraiser on Sunday afternoon (helping to setup silent auction items) at a local brewery, and then several of my friends are coming to meet me there, and we're going to have a happy hour! The weather looks perfect for sitting outside and enjoying the company. 

This past Thursday, I went into the office for a product meeting, and we went out for a happy hour afterwards. At the end of the hh, it was just the women who were left and we had an amazing time talking and getting to know each other better. We had very open discussions about politics and the state of the world. And we all left feeling like we need to keep this going on a regular basis. I miss building relationships by not being in the office, so I do think it's a priority to make an effort to get together with coworkers regularly.

Looking forward to the spring-like weather we have coming up next week...it's so great to see the bright sun again!

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