Down and Out

Feeling a bit down today. Maybe it was the midday trip to the local Veterans Affairs Hospital to play for Nurses Day. They do a weeklong celebration every year for their nurses, and it always culminates on May 12, Florence Nightengale's Birthday, with an awards ceremony. The nurse admin spoke, as did the head of the hospital, and there were quite a few plaques earned. S, guitar/vocals, worked as a VA nurse and B, mandolin/dulcimer/vocals, still does, so we played afterwards. Prine song, "Hello in There," sort of a sad song that moves to the 7th on the chorus and walks down from the relative minor of the root to the 4th. There was a slide show going, and S, B, and D (far from being silent and deadly) were harmonizing. We were up on the second floor of the hospital, the offices and such. Walking along the corridors on the first floor saw folks being wheeled in stretchers, amputees, wheelchair bound people. J didn't feel like seeing Arthur tonight but get to go to V's dog training class with her and Cetu. Looking forward to that!!