Hi all!

Just thought I'd let you know what's been going on lately.  I made a 
significant step forward in the music business last week!  I had to get what 
is called an Instrument Definition file.  This file contains the list of 
banks, (folders), and patches, (instrument sounds on a keyboard), which are 
inside the banks.  I've e-mailed back and forth with some people and 
eventually I got the file, apparently already made.  then someone from 
canada offered to call me, which he did.  He walked me through the process 
of making my computer recognize the banks and patches on my keyboard, using 
that file!  Now I'm able to arrow through the banks and patches, and even 
type in the name or part of the name of a type of patch or a specific one, 
and my keyboard responds accordingly!  I think the only thing I have left to 
set up, if need be, is what is called a soft synth, which should give me 
some pretty realistic orchestral sounds.  I plan to see if I can learn how 
tomorrow!  Isn't it something that we can give and get help from people all 
over the world?

Another thing that's happened is that, 2 Saturdays ago, my housemate George, 
who is 86, I believe, but has the mind of a 1-3-year-old and has been in a 
wheelchair for some time, had a seisure.  Horror of horrors, Jose and Blanca 
had to call 911!  I asked Blanca if the firemen who came said anything about 
it, relating to my 911 calls.  She said no, but they checked!  For some 
reason the firemen came toward my room yelling, "hello!  Hello!" instead of 
looking for the caregivers in the other direction, which I think was closest 
to the front door.  I was sitting at the kitchen table, and I said hello. 
Anyway, they took George to the hospital, where they ran him through tests. 
As far as I know, they still don't know what caused the seisure.  He was 
doing well, but they discovered that his hip was broken!  when I talked with 
my prayer partner Phil, whose wife is a medical transcriptionist, he said 
that one's bones can be so brittle that just moving around in bed can break 
the hip.  Sometimes when we think that a fall has broken it, the hip can 
actually break before the person falls!  He had to have surgery to hold the 
bones in place.  Poor George doesn't seem to be happy there, which I can 
understand.  when Blanca tried to visit with him he'd say, "Never mind!"  He 
might come back tomorrow or Tuesday.

what are all your plans for Easter?  I don't know yet what we're doing. 
We'll have a party at Daybreak, and we decided to have a bunny gift 
exchange.  I drew the name of someone I really like.  He's a caring, fun guy 
in his fourties who loves to go fishing.  I hope we can go together someday. 
I think he's one of the most high-functioning members of our group.  It'll 
be fun to go Easter shopping for friends and family!

Sharon

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