On Tuesday, Dr. K sent out an email with dates for our Carnegie Hall rehearsals. This was one of the pluses for being off this week--I saw it pretty quickly, texted him about it, then when he mentioned he was working from home, I gave him a call. The issue is that while the May dates should be fine, the June dates conflict with summer concert ( Read more... )

I talked to Dr. K last night. It's been a few months since we've really talked. I've been wondering how school was going, and as I told him last night, I've had a lot of negative thoughts about him leaving, but the more I talk to him, the better I feel. His new city has really taken to him. He had a guest conducting gig Monday night with an older ( Read more... )

A lot happened today and basically ate my day away ( Read more... )

I mentioned that we'd gotten a band email from Dr. K the other day. I responded, keeping it light; I'd been wanting to check in on him, but my personal feelings about the situation were precluding me from doing so. Also, anxiety, specifically in the form of chest tightness. When I feel that, it's like a sign that I shouldn't do something, lest I do ( Read more... )

On Monday, I got off work and saw that I had a missed call from an unusual number; it had an area code I didn't recognize. They'd also left a voicemail. Turns out someone named Charles is supposed to have a colonoscopy today at 11 AM local time and one of the nurses was calling to leave instructions. Well, I'm not Charles, and I definitely do not ( Read more... )

It's been weeks since I've heard from Dr. K. I got a kind of bizarre text from him the day before the championship game, and I reached out to him several times on game day, and I never got a response. He has sent out a couple of band emails since then, so I knew he was alive, but it's all been general, nothing personal ( Read more... )

What a strange few days I've had ( Read more... )

The grandma saga came to a positive conclusion, thankfully, but the trip to getting there was certainly bumpy ( Read more... )

My parents went to a party today and I got the house to myself. I had all sorts of plans and wrote up a list of things I wanted to do. Then, about 3:30 PM, the phone rings and it's my older uncle, the one we hardly talk to. I let it go to voicemail and he's saying he tried to call grandma but her phone wasn't working. Great. I then tried to call ( Read more... )

On the phone call with grandma yesterday, after giving her my big vaccination news, she went into her latest harrumph: My uncle's roommate told her she's going senile. Now, they don't talk often, in part because the roommate tends to raise grandma's blood pressure, but they saw each other a couple weeks ago because of my uncle's birthday. It just ( Read more... )