Another year around the Sun
Mar 9, 2024 6:27:18 GMT -7
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Post by Ceorlmann on Mar 9, 2024 6:27:18 GMT -7
The 36th orbit in my case. So what am I doing today?
Partially work. I'm part of the bureaucratic checks and balances for some of the green side stuff this band does so whenever someone wants to do something green side I have to indirectly participate. I don't have a thing for getting up before the sun shows up, but the tasks are easy for me and I can have some coffee by the time the morning colors happen.
The morning coffee's already happened along with a "traditional" King Cake; something I've never had before despite being in Nawlins for a little bit. Instead of a brioche dough shaped into what looks like a giant baked doughnut it's a puff pastry of similar size and stuffed with almond filling. Advertised as being great with coffee. They're not wrong, and it's also very filling. This type of king cake is going to take me awhile to finish.
At some point I'm going back to work to practice for an upcoming audition. It's not the Prez Own this time but another premier band, and unlike other auditions where I had to travel a significant distance or submit recordings the live first round is happening reasonably close by. I don't know how they managed to make it happen, but the first round is happening about a two hour drive from me. I also started working with one of the senior members of the horn section and left quite a good impression on him yesterday. His words; not mine, "Sounded fantastic. You have a great, intelligent approach to what you're presenting. Well done!" Most obvious but knowing the impression I left was he wasn't sure about his schedule after yesterday and doing more sessions, but at the end of yesterday's he said whatever times/dates worked for me would work for him.
If I make it past the first round this'll be the first time that actually happened, and I'll get the invite to go to Maryland for the next/final round, but the really nice thing is the Army will put it entirely on their dime if I get invited.
Also helping my oldest daughter hustle with girl scout cookies as she wants to go to a camp that happens during summertime. As long as we keep having good sessions I think it'll happen.
Partially work. I'm part of the bureaucratic checks and balances for some of the green side stuff this band does so whenever someone wants to do something green side I have to indirectly participate. I don't have a thing for getting up before the sun shows up, but the tasks are easy for me and I can have some coffee by the time the morning colors happen.
The morning coffee's already happened along with a "traditional" King Cake; something I've never had before despite being in Nawlins for a little bit. Instead of a brioche dough shaped into what looks like a giant baked doughnut it's a puff pastry of similar size and stuffed with almond filling. Advertised as being great with coffee. They're not wrong, and it's also very filling. This type of king cake is going to take me awhile to finish.
At some point I'm going back to work to practice for an upcoming audition. It's not the Prez Own this time but another premier band, and unlike other auditions where I had to travel a significant distance or submit recordings the live first round is happening reasonably close by. I don't know how they managed to make it happen, but the first round is happening about a two hour drive from me. I also started working with one of the senior members of the horn section and left quite a good impression on him yesterday. His words; not mine, "Sounded fantastic. You have a great, intelligent approach to what you're presenting. Well done!" Most obvious but knowing the impression I left was he wasn't sure about his schedule after yesterday and doing more sessions, but at the end of yesterday's he said whatever times/dates worked for me would work for him.
If I make it past the first round this'll be the first time that actually happened, and I'll get the invite to go to Maryland for the next/final round, but the really nice thing is the Army will put it entirely on their dime if I get invited.
Also helping my oldest daughter hustle with girl scout cookies as she wants to go to a camp that happens during summertime. As long as we keep having good sessions I think it'll happen.