Hump day and day 3/6 of Puccini Boot Camp ( Read more... )

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from rehearsal last night, but I certainly walked out feeling better about our performances this weekend. It helped that I know I wasn't the only one who reviewed their music this week, because the music was the most solid that it's been. It also helped that our guest conductor clearly knows this piece exceedingly ( Read more... )

I ended up doing a bonus shift distributing exams whilst covering for an ill colleague. Good thing my colleague didn't attempt that shift because I set a personal record for most number of students helped (147) in two hours, and loads of those students were picking up more than one exam. Alas, that did suck up a goodly amount of time that I'd ( Read more... )

Now that the on-the-ground search support is done, it's time to move on to making surveys (blech) and compiling results (double-blech). At least the responses that aren't N/A are somewhat interesting, but it's hard to muster much enthusiasm for copy-pasting stuff from cheap-as-free survey software and formatting it in a word processing program. ( Read more... )

It never ceases to amaze me how making music with friends lifts my mood ( Read more... )

That's the only explanation I can come up with ( Read more... )

...I probably shouldn't have mentally framed this as a light week because I don't have multiple performances this weekend. Because it isn't, not by any stretch, and it's not looking like I'm going to have much in the way of R&R this weekend, apart from my determined lie-in on Saturday morning. Because ( Read more... )

I'm pleased to report that my back felt much better by the end of the day yesterday, and last night's sleep made it no worse. There's still a ghost of a knot there that I may ask Mr. 42 to apply thumbs to later this evening, but it's nice to be able to breathe deeply without it hitching and me whining pathetically ( Read more... )

I may be fast approaching the age where the time one is most likely to get injured is whilst sleeping. Or I could already be there ( Read more... )

Happy Fat/Shrove Tuesday to all who observe such things ( Read more... )