Jill's Journal: Friday night delight is an evening at home

It was Friday morning, and while gathering up the weekly garbage at the office, I was making small talk with the newest member to the Brandon Valley Journal staff, Jezarae. She’s the talent behind the design of ads and other publications, like the soon-to-be-in-print, 2022 Destination Brandon, the guide to all-things Brandon.

Like many of you, by the time I get to Friday, I’m more than ready for the weekend. This week, like most, was a busy one. Long days. A series of no-supper nights. Toss in the fact that a mass was discovered in one of my best friends in life, all added up to something I would’ve never said in my 20’s: “I am so glad I get to stay home tonight.”

My mother told me time and time again that I would get to this stage in life someday.

Of course, as a 20-something-know-it-all, I scoffed at the very thought.

Turns out, my mama was right all along.

Plans for a social night out have fallen by the wayside, especially in the dead of winter. 

As for the busyness of the week, it comes with the territory of being in the news business. A new spring sports season constitutes evenings at the ballpark or the bulk of a Saturday on the sidelines at the local high school track meet. Glory be, Saturday started out as a great day for a track meet and a double-header at the ballpark, but as the day went on, the breeze came up.

I took in the entire day of the Lynx Invite, trampling from one event location to another, and by the end of it all, this ol’ gal had put on a significant number of miles without even entering a race. It only took a moment for me to surmise that I was ready for another Saturday night delight at home.

Although I had given some thought earlier in the week to taking in the BV Optimist’s bingo at Tailgator’s that night or the VFW’s family night bingo games, that thought blew right out of my brain as the April breeze grew stronger and stronger throughout the day.

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Bravo, to Brandon Valley’s spring musical cast and crew of Mary Poppins. What a spectacular production that had me and all who took in one of the four performances in awe. I honestly cannot fathom just where the directors of these massive undertakings even begin to bring it from words in a playbook to a full-fledged production that simply has us all saying, “Wow!”