A day off from work does not mean a day off from working. Or driving to my job. With the revised parade route in place, I opted to park in my normal spot and make the roughly 20-minute walk to the band building to drop off my stuff before heading down to the parade proper. I noticed two things on the way down. One, the marching band at the high ( Read more... )

Aside from going out with grandma on Saturday and the parade yesterday, my weekend was blissfully quiet. I did a lot of sitting. That was nice ( Read more... )

You never know what sort of a day you're going to get when you're supposed to march a parade. Hot? Cold? Rainy? Dry? This year's Memorial Day was sunny and warm, and this month is on track to be the second-driest May on record, so rain is but a memory at the moment ( Read more... )

(Or, we can march if we want to ( Read more... )

After the brouhaha from a few weeks ago, things have quieted down with band. They were able to have their first rehearsal a couple weeks ago. I don't really know how things went, but I've barely gotten any emails since, so I guess things are okay. Good. I don't care for the bickering ( Read more... )

We've reached Memorial Day. Normally I'd march a parade and play for a service afterward. This year, we got canceled, not due to heat, not due to storms, but due to a virus. I've been hoping the weather would be terrible today so that the festivities would be canceled regardless, and my hopes were up when I awoke after 5 AM to the sound of water ( Read more... )

Good news--I felt much better today. Phew. Because I needed the intestinal fortitude to get through the day ( Read more... )

I was in the middle of my morning routine and about to have breakfast when dad heard on the news that the parade I was to march had been canceled. I was going to check my email after eating, but immediately went and did so--sure enough, we had several more emails about the situation. In fact, the decision had been made to *not* march, even before ( Read more... )

The at-home portion of Memorial Day was pretty standard. Dad did some yard work, mom watched TV and napped, dad grilled hot dogs and made red, white, and blue salad for dinner, and I am in the process of making biscotti. I know, it's not the winter holidays, but I've wanted to try my hand at a lemon-blueberry biscotti for some time and bought the ( Read more... )

This post includes Sunday, 5-22; Monday, 5-23; and today (Monday, 5-30).

Sunday - ConcertAfter the week I'd just had, I kind of didn't care much about the concert. I mean, I wanted to do well, but it's not like I'd really practiced or anything in the meantime. Sunday's my normal time to practice, but with a concert, that wasn't going to happen ( Read more... )