Late night ramble
I am a TERRIBLE wife! Why? Ryan and I woke up on Sunday morning and just went about our business; while I was making coffee in the kitchen, I heard Ryan's phone ringing constantly and casually asked, "Who keeps calling you?" and he says "Just the moms..."
Me: "Mom..ss..plural?"
Ryan: "Yeah, your mom is calling me, too"
Me: "Uhh, why would my mom be calling you...she hardly ever does that!"
Ryan: "probably just wants to wish me a happy birthday"
Snap. I forgot my husband's birthday:( This is probably the first time this has happened. I felt so bad, even though Ryan shrugged it off. No worries, though. I made up for it by making him a Chocolate Lava Cake that evening and letting him invite his buddies over to play Battlefield into the wee hours of the morning (he's had the whole week off).
Still. I can't believe I forgot. I was thinking about it all week, too. I guess I just got preoccupied with other stuff over the weekend...I suppose it happens.
Anyways, not much happening around here other than normal, boring stuff. Gotta practice some music for different orchestras and gigs. Hilary Hahn is rolling into town in a few weeks to play the Korngold Concerto, so that should be exciting. On Saturday, I had a rehearsal for a baroque opera that's performing at the end of the month. I made sure to go through the entire thing and listen to the accompanying CD that was sent along, b/c even though it looked simple enough, I didn't want to risk making any stupid mistakes since this was a pretty small ensemble....and boy, am I glad I did! The director threw several dirty looks at the guy sitting next to me for making some silly mistakes (it was apparent he hadn't bothered to look at the music) and he really wasn't happy overall with the quality of the playing. Don't blame him--no one was playing in the baroque style (little or no vibrato, short bows, etc.) and didn't seem to want to, either. Very frustrating when you're playing with musicians who just want to be heard and not really honor the style of the music they're playing.
Anyway!
Busy month. Tomorrow, Ry and I are headed to Cincy to watch the Reds in the play-offs. I was not-so-secretly hoping that they would win tonight's game so I really wouldn't have to go tomorrow as that's my day off and I really have a lot to do around here. But we already had the tickets and it's best 3 out of 5 games for the Reds, so we're going tomorrow. Between having to drive up there for that and stick around in the morning to sign some docs for our re-fi, I won't be able to go shopping before our busy weekend the way I had hoped. On Saturday, I'm playing a wedding gig, and then attending another one as a guest on Sunday. Aaand, then the week starts all over again!
I just read somewhere that pumpkin is a super food!?!?! How did I not know that already? Bring on the pumpkin!!!
Goodnight:)
Me: "Mom..ss..plural?"
Ryan: "Yeah, your mom is calling me, too"
Me: "Uhh, why would my mom be calling you...she hardly ever does that!"
Ryan: "probably just wants to wish me a happy birthday"
Snap. I forgot my husband's birthday:( This is probably the first time this has happened. I felt so bad, even though Ryan shrugged it off. No worries, though. I made up for it by making him a Chocolate Lava Cake that evening and letting him invite his buddies over to play Battlefield into the wee hours of the morning (he's had the whole week off).
Still. I can't believe I forgot. I was thinking about it all week, too. I guess I just got preoccupied with other stuff over the weekend...I suppose it happens.
Anyways, not much happening around here other than normal, boring stuff. Gotta practice some music for different orchestras and gigs. Hilary Hahn is rolling into town in a few weeks to play the Korngold Concerto, so that should be exciting. On Saturday, I had a rehearsal for a baroque opera that's performing at the end of the month. I made sure to go through the entire thing and listen to the accompanying CD that was sent along, b/c even though it looked simple enough, I didn't want to risk making any stupid mistakes since this was a pretty small ensemble....and boy, am I glad I did! The director threw several dirty looks at the guy sitting next to me for making some silly mistakes (it was apparent he hadn't bothered to look at the music) and he really wasn't happy overall with the quality of the playing. Don't blame him--no one was playing in the baroque style (little or no vibrato, short bows, etc.) and didn't seem to want to, either. Very frustrating when you're playing with musicians who just want to be heard and not really honor the style of the music they're playing.
Anyway!
Busy month. Tomorrow, Ry and I are headed to Cincy to watch the Reds in the play-offs. I was not-so-secretly hoping that they would win tonight's game so I really wouldn't have to go tomorrow as that's my day off and I really have a lot to do around here. But we already had the tickets and it's best 3 out of 5 games for the Reds, so we're going tomorrow. Between having to drive up there for that and stick around in the morning to sign some docs for our re-fi, I won't be able to go shopping before our busy weekend the way I had hoped. On Saturday, I'm playing a wedding gig, and then attending another one as a guest on Sunday. Aaand, then the week starts all over again!
I just read somewhere that pumpkin is a super food!?!?! How did I not know that already? Bring on the pumpkin!!!
Goodnight:)
Comments
just wanted to say I'm with you on the baroque playing thing! I get bugged by people ignoring the wishes of both composer and conductor in that regard. I have come to the realization that I believe some people are truly incapable of playing without vibrato. I mean, of course they could stop vibrating all the time, but they'd have to PRACTICE it and think about it. You can tell someone not to vibrate and they nod and just keep vibrating. What's up with that? haha.
also -- try pumpkin oatmeal! It's the best.