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 had a productive day, way more so than usual. That was because I got the house to myself for much of the afternoon and evening, and without anyone being nosy, I was able to get stuff done ( Read more... )

I went to Target before band yesterday. At the Warrenville Target recently, I'd picked up a card of earrings inexpensively, and I kept thinking about another card I'd considered getting but put back (and completely forgot that that *wasn't* the card I'd picked up and was disappointed the next morning when I unpacked the bag). The Warrenville store ( Read more... )

So, I have this trip I'm going on next year. It will be my first time flying in almost 10 years. It's been brought up to me that I should try to go carry-on-only, and while I'm not sure it's possible, I'm curious to try ( Read more... )

Now that I've put money down on this New York trip, I've started to think ahead. It's been a while since I've really gone anywhere for more than overnight, so I'm wondering what to pack and how to pack and what to bring et cetera. I'm trying to think back to the Texas trip and what luggage I brought then--was it just a garment bag? Or am I thinking ( Read more... )

Hoo boy. A lot has happened in the past couple days. I'll have to go through it later, though. I'm tired, but in a good way at the moment ( Read more... )

(Fun fact: This post is a palindrome--number 7997 ( Read more... )

I don't even know where to begin ( Read more... )

I need to vent ( Read more... )

Shortly after my parents returned from Las Vegas, my father came down with a cold. He took a covid test and it came back negative, at least. He'd been pretty adamant about making sure he had masks to bring along for the trip, but did he actually *wear* the masks? Nope. Just for show ( Read more... )