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Disney Adventure, Work Begins
Apr. 24th, 2024 08:48 pmMonday was a quiet day.
Jameson worked, I worked on court reporting stuff and did get help from my teacher...via a live Zoom class which was incredibly embarrassing because in front of 15-ish people she was able to fix the problem quickly, and once again I felt like an idiot. Though, there WAS actually a problem, so at least I wasn't just completely inept. I had my microphone plugged into a USB hub, and you can't do that, but in addition my computer wasn't recognizing the mic when it should have and that needed fixing.
Anyway, after that I ran some small errands including the store for an ID card holder and to Michaels for a standing desk. I am tired of my work-from-home options being either shoulder pain and headaches from typing all day at the too-high dining room table, or back pain from being hunched over the guest bedroom bureau drawer as a "desk" while sitting in a folding chair that's crammed between the drawers and the bed. It's just stupid and not healthy, especially if I'm stuck doing this every summer.
I did a bunch of research last year (when I thought I'd get to enjoy a transcription job) and had picked THIS DESK because A) no assembly required, B) you can raise and lower it manually, and C) it's the only one I could find that you could fold flat and store. You can buy it at Michaels or Wayfair but not on Amazon. It was a 20-minute drive to the nearest Michaels but they had it. There was indeed no setup required, just removed the packing materials, unfolded it, locked the parts in place, and that was that.
It's still in a cramped little corner of the guest bedroom, but at least I'm standing and can stretch and look out the window. If I want to sit all I have to do is slide it to the right about a foot and then there's room for the folding chair. I think it'll do well.
After lunch Jameson went to the gym and I gathered some things for my Disney Day tomorrow. Sunscreen, snacks, headphones, charger, practice mute, stuff like that. Someone pointed out to me today that the Main Street Philharmonic has never had female members. Female substitute musicians, sure, but not members. I'm not a member either so not breaking any ground here, but it was a reminder that I'll be walking into a room full of men, who have held this gig for years, and who will be hearing me play their music for the first time. Naturally, no matter what anyone's intentions are, that's just plain intimidating. I am nervous, but will do my best and will just have to hope that it is enough.
Then I practiced through the music, playing each song twice. It is not perfect, but in my defense I've only had the music for 48 hours. There is not supposed to be any pressure yet; tomorrow is just for costume fitting, for seeing the workplace and meeting the people I'd be working with, for shadowing on the job, and for personal practice between sets. Nothing has to be perfect or memorized yet. I gotta remember that. Deep breaths.
For dinner we had Greek and watched the last two Fallout episodes. What a cool, well done show. Excited for the next part (no spoilers!)
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DISNEY ADVENTURE
( CLICK HERE for Disney Stuff )
After dinner I spent a lot of time reorganizing my music on my iPad, now that I'm learning the lead book instead of Trombone 2. Got everything set up for memorization, stat. I'll work on organizing my videos later.
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Wednesday I woke up anxious with what felt like a LOT to do. After breakfast Jameson went to physical therapy, and I worked on this blog post and had my first day back with TSOLife (nursing home data entry.) All of my stuff and accounts are just as I left them so it was like riding a bike: get back in there and relearn it. I did that for about two hours, then lunch, then Jameson and I went grocery shopping. I'll make us a HelloFresh meatloaf with potatoes and broccoli tomorrow (did you know, most HelloFresh recipes are free online and you can make them without using their delivery service?)
Back home I spent a good hour working on MSP music memorization, and for all my effort only memorized two pieces, of which I'll certainly forget some tomorrow. But that's how memorization goes: it's time + repetition + muscle memory, and eventually it's just there in your head. About that time Mike (MSP manager) texted to ask if I could do my next costume fitting and rehearsal next Wednesday. Of course I said yes. So we can look forward to another Disney adventure next week :)
For dinner we had Target sushi, Jameson watched baseball and I did a little more work before switching to anime to wind down.
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Tomorrow more TSOLife, memorization, some small errands, making dinner.
Nothing really lined up for the weekend except workworkwork, hopefully some exercise, memorization...and setting the court reporting aside because I'm not smart enough to memorize 20 pieces of music AND 100+ legal terms at the same time, sorry. This is why I'm poor haha.
I am still under the weather and don't know what this is...it feels like someone put a towel in my lungs, it feels hard to breathe but there's not a lot of mucus, more like tissue in my throat and lungs is swollen or irritated. I feel tired all the time too. Maybe it really IS covid, but I don't have any urge to cough and no headaches any more. Meh. Since I don't have health care I'll have to wait and hope that it goes away.
Jameson worked, I worked on court reporting stuff and did get help from my teacher...via a live Zoom class which was incredibly embarrassing because in front of 15-ish people she was able to fix the problem quickly, and once again I felt like an idiot. Though, there WAS actually a problem, so at least I wasn't just completely inept. I had my microphone plugged into a USB hub, and you can't do that, but in addition my computer wasn't recognizing the mic when it should have and that needed fixing.
Anyway, after that I ran some small errands including the store for an ID card holder and to Michaels for a standing desk. I am tired of my work-from-home options being either shoulder pain and headaches from typing all day at the too-high dining room table, or back pain from being hunched over the guest bedroom bureau drawer as a "desk" while sitting in a folding chair that's crammed between the drawers and the bed. It's just stupid and not healthy, especially if I'm stuck doing this every summer.
I did a bunch of research last year (when I thought I'd get to enjoy a transcription job) and had picked THIS DESK because A) no assembly required, B) you can raise and lower it manually, and C) it's the only one I could find that you could fold flat and store. You can buy it at Michaels or Wayfair but not on Amazon. It was a 20-minute drive to the nearest Michaels but they had it. There was indeed no setup required, just removed the packing materials, unfolded it, locked the parts in place, and that was that.
It's still in a cramped little corner of the guest bedroom, but at least I'm standing and can stretch and look out the window. If I want to sit all I have to do is slide it to the right about a foot and then there's room for the folding chair. I think it'll do well.
After lunch Jameson went to the gym and I gathered some things for my Disney Day tomorrow. Sunscreen, snacks, headphones, charger, practice mute, stuff like that. Someone pointed out to me today that the Main Street Philharmonic has never had female members. Female substitute musicians, sure, but not members. I'm not a member either so not breaking any ground here, but it was a reminder that I'll be walking into a room full of men, who have held this gig for years, and who will be hearing me play their music for the first time. Naturally, no matter what anyone's intentions are, that's just plain intimidating. I am nervous, but will do my best and will just have to hope that it is enough.
Then I practiced through the music, playing each song twice. It is not perfect, but in my defense I've only had the music for 48 hours. There is not supposed to be any pressure yet; tomorrow is just for costume fitting, for seeing the workplace and meeting the people I'd be working with, for shadowing on the job, and for personal practice between sets. Nothing has to be perfect or memorized yet. I gotta remember that. Deep breaths.
For dinner we had Greek and watched the last two Fallout episodes. What a cool, well done show. Excited for the next part (no spoilers!)
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DISNEY ADVENTURE
( CLICK HERE for Disney Stuff )
After dinner I spent a lot of time reorganizing my music on my iPad, now that I'm learning the lead book instead of Trombone 2. Got everything set up for memorization, stat. I'll work on organizing my videos later.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday I woke up anxious with what felt like a LOT to do. After breakfast Jameson went to physical therapy, and I worked on this blog post and had my first day back with TSOLife (nursing home data entry.) All of my stuff and accounts are just as I left them so it was like riding a bike: get back in there and relearn it. I did that for about two hours, then lunch, then Jameson and I went grocery shopping. I'll make us a HelloFresh meatloaf with potatoes and broccoli tomorrow (did you know, most HelloFresh recipes are free online and you can make them without using their delivery service?)
Back home I spent a good hour working on MSP music memorization, and for all my effort only memorized two pieces, of which I'll certainly forget some tomorrow. But that's how memorization goes: it's time + repetition + muscle memory, and eventually it's just there in your head. About that time Mike (MSP manager) texted to ask if I could do my next costume fitting and rehearsal next Wednesday. Of course I said yes. So we can look forward to another Disney adventure next week :)
For dinner we had Target sushi, Jameson watched baseball and I did a little more work before switching to anime to wind down.
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Tomorrow more TSOLife, memorization, some small errands, making dinner.
Nothing really lined up for the weekend except workworkwork, hopefully some exercise, memorization...and setting the court reporting aside because I'm not smart enough to memorize 20 pieces of music AND 100+ legal terms at the same time, sorry. This is why I'm poor haha.
I am still under the weather and don't know what this is...it feels like someone put a towel in my lungs, it feels hard to breathe but there's not a lot of mucus, more like tissue in my throat and lungs is swollen or irritated. I feel tired all the time too. Maybe it really IS covid, but I don't have any urge to cough and no headaches any more. Meh. Since I don't have health care I'll have to wait and hope that it goes away.
