I'd wondered if your boss would "reject" your resignation and just put you on standby instead, given what you'd said about their experience with musicians on staff and how well you seemed to be doing! As you said, whether or not you end up going back, it's really nice to know that you're wanted back.

Those hat bands... I wonder if they decided it would be so much better to make the flowers and ribbons interchangeable and that's why they separated them? But I agree with you - not workable! Shame.