At about 1:30 or 2:00 today, I felt that I was finally up for air. I broke through the surface and started sucking in big gulps of air. With my mom here house-hunting last weekend (Friday through Tuesday), with work at a manic end-of-fiscal year pace, marching band rehearsal, marching band music organization, lesson, house-buying paperwork and meetings ... I could only just move through it minute by minute. Kind of hanging on by my fingernails.
Finally today I got home from signing another offer paperwork, ate lunch, laid down and took a brief but oh-so-delicious nap ... and woke as if waking from being underwater for the last two weeks. I ignored my messy house (I really need to vacuum) and opted to play. But today, I decided that there was no time pressure. I cleaned my slide very carefully. Even cleaned the inside of the inner slide. It was really grody! Ewww. But it was lovely taking as much time as I wanted to cleaning the slide. I wanted it to be perfect when I played. It was.
I worked a lot on Stars & Stripes, and some on Washington Post. When we practice marched at rehearsal on Wednesday, National Emblem went pretty well but Stars & Stripes and Washington Post were rougher. I am so pleased that I want to giggle, that I can play these marches as well as I can this year. It's my fourth year of playing in the marching band and my first year of feeling confident playing the marches.
My mouth started to wear out on a G in Washington Post so I am taking a break.
Oh, and I had just a great lesson last Thursday.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
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