These next 2 months are relatively crazy, even by my standards, so I feel the need to recap them for myself and perhaps think to make adjustments when I can.
This past week - Sunday was a night of minor turmoil. Amongst the usual weekend scurry to catch up on house maintenance, we had a family birthday party for my son and I had promised a student I would attend a non school musical performance. In the mid afternoon of this day, we went back to a furniture store where I had seen a couch that I liked and a desk that Christian liked. In the span of 30 minutes ( timed on my phone, as we had to leave in order to be to his grandparents house on time) we found the desk that he wants for the apartment and a small bookcase. We arrived to the party in time to meet and greet, eat pizza and cake, and open presents. After a time there I left for the performance and explained to the people who invited us why Christian was not there. They, as always, were very gracious. I left the concert to return to the furniture store to actually purchase the desk bookcase and........... the couch.
Monday - a school day of normal 7:30 am - 4:40 pm. At the end of the day, listening to bands and soloists the entire ( and I mean the entire) day, I had a migraine for which I bailed on a rehearsal I was supposed to attend that evening.
Tuesday - 7am jazz rehearsal. Christian's actual birthday. We dined at Chuck E Cheese and played video games. Christian announced that it was his birthday to any who would listen :-) It was a fun night.
Wednesday - There was something early am this day, but I can't remember was it was. The weather was pretty interesting this day, so upon getting home, I stayed there and read a book :-)
Thursday - GREAT jazz band rehearsal. And the day went down from there. My 6th hour class got way under my skin. Band t and Irish Tune..... remember that. Pueblo Symphony rehearsal this night from 7-9:30. This went pretty well, but the second horn player needs to look at their part a little more. Long day from 7am-11:00pm
Friday - The Annual Chili Dinner. This is a 2 part fundraiser we do. Part A - Chili Cookoff with judges and prizes. Part B - small ensemble performances. Thank goodness for the parents who helped out with this event as we had over 300 people in attendance. Kids and parents alike helped to set up which took roughly 2.5 hours with over 15 people. The dinner began at 5:30 and concluded at 8:30. It was a pretty good time. Ken's folks dropped little C off. He had a great time with the band kids and helping me draw the numbers for the door prizes. He left with his dad at 8pm with only a minor scene.
As for clean up, that was a different matter. We didn't get out of there until 10:30. Remember to review custodial contracts before the night of the event. At the end of the night I headed to Boulder for the CU Honor Band clinics and rehearsals that were already in session. One of our students made this band and it's only right ( and expected) that directors support their students. I arrived at the hotel in Boulder at 11:50. Thankfully it had the softest pillow known to man :-)
Saturday - Day on Boulder. My first time on CU campus. It was very nice. The formal activities didn't begin until 9am, so that was nice. The bands have a nice rehearsal facility and the performance hall is awesome. The guest conductors were very informative and enjoyable. That and I came to discover the town of Boulder deserves a little more time for exploration. The concert ended at 9:15 and then I headed back home.
Sunday - Housework - AND.... the couch got delivered. They wouldn't hold in until I got the apartment so Ken agreed to let me keep it here until then. Having a couch is a BIG relief. One less thing to worry about on moving day. Christian headed to a play date with an awesomely nice family with 4 6-7 year olds. These people are amazing. The printer was being a true ass as there was an empty ink cartridge and I couldn't remove it. After great frustration and a little teamwork? the cartridge came out so that I could actually replace it. I had called/emailed someone to come over and help me with that, but in retrospect it's a good thing that wasn't actually needed as a) I looked like crap today b) my house looked like crap today c) there was too much crap to do today to be any sort of pleasant company to mostly anyone. Presently, after finishing drying the sheets and watching Peter Pan with my son ( not in that order), I finish the night here with a "weekly" nightcap.
It's funny that as this week went by, I thought several times of something great to put here, but I was either too tired or busy to put in down on paper or here. When I actually got here to the computer, all I can do is summarize. Go Figure.
Round 1 down 7 to go.
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