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taz_39 WEDNESDAY
Before going to bed last night I placed an Instacart order for dinner ingredients. Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything this time!
Jameson was up at 7:30 for Disney. He typically works from home on Wednesdays with a combo of teaching online and Disney remote work, but today he had meetings on-site for upcoming projects and then a doctor appointment. I got up with him so that I could knock out a big chunk of Boston Foodie Finds, prep some of my meals for tomorrow, eat breakfast, and then clean the bathrooms and floors.
All cleaning right now is considered part of Dust Battle, but since this is the second go-round the dust has been much reduced and it doesn't have to be as intense of a scrub as the initial dust removal was. I can pretty much clean as normal but keeping an eye out for any grey powder or residue anywhere. As such, cleaning both bathrooms probably took about 45 minutes, and dry-Swiffering and mopping the floors took another 20 or so.
WHY am I doing all of this?
I leave on Monday and will be gone for three months.
During that entire time Jameson is unlikely to clean more than once, and then only a cursory brush-up.
I'm working hard to remove as much silica dust as possible AND doubling down on the regular cleaning.
Jameson may not care about breathing in all that dust, but *I* care!!
I want to do all I can to make it a safer and healthier environment for him, you know?
A break for lunch, and I had planned to painstakingly scan my Epic Universe music and script page by page to my iPad. Thankfully one of the other trombone ladies already has a digital copy and was willing to share it with me! That saved me a lot of time :) My next layoff will be two months long. If I'm offered work at Epic I'll need the money, and will want to review all the materials before that layoff starts. Same with my Main Street Phil stuff.
After a little mindless YouTube time I practiced trombone, focusing on music for the upcoming Easter gig. After that Jameson was wrapping up his Dr appt so I had a small snack and tried to knock out more of Boston Foodie Finds until it was time to make dinner.
Cheeseburger Fusilli from The Dude Diet. One of our favorites.
(stock image from the site)
We watched an episode of Top Chef and then went for a walk. I hadn't planned on going for walks two days in a row and was delighted: more calories burned = more dessert! Heehee! Jameson's meeting at Disney had gone well. He has a new project to be excited about. I enjoyed listening to him talk enthusiastically about it, and will hope that it pans out well for him. Back home I ate my last Tokyo Banana and some Drizzilicious while he got a shower, then it was time to chill.
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THURSDAY
I got up with Jameson at 7:30 only because I felt hungry. Breakfast and seeing him off to work, then I put in a big effort to finish Boston Foodie Finds. Yay! But I may still make a "Golden Day" list with eats near points of interest. We'll see if I drum up energy for that.
I spent significant time practicing both bass and tenor today. The horrible thing about switching from the SMALL tenor to the bass, is that it really is too much of an adjustment. If I play bass first and switch to small tenor it sounds wobbly for a while until I find my pitch center. If I start with small tenor a lot of notes on the bass won't come out at all for the first several minutes. THAT'S no gouda!! My plan going forward into the weekend is to make a bass sandwich with tenor filling. Start always with the bass, then tenor, then end with the bass. Keeping my bass playing consistent and good is way more important than whether I sound wibbly or not for just one church gig. Of course I will do my very best regardless, but Priorities.
Ordered a new fridge water filter for us, brought the trash can back in, did a load of laundry, packed some more, updated my iPad software, had lunch and a snack. That's about it. This was one of those "purgatory" days where I find myself in limbo between Home Life and Tour Life. Wrapping up my home projects to the point where I've done most of 'em; beginning to plan and pack for return to tour but unable to act on any of it until I'm actually back with the tour. Purgatory.
Jameson got home 10 minutes before the DoorDasher bringing our crunchy taco salads for dinner. We ate and talked as usual. Jameson needed a break from the evening walk and it was drizzling on and off anyway. We watched The Traitors and had a quiet night.
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Friday: Sharing Hartford Foodie Finds with the tour chat. Possibly cooking dinner for us. Practice.
Saturday: Packing for tour, picking up rental car for Easter, shopping for Easter dinner ingredients, any other running around that I need to do before Easter Sunday.
Sunday: VERY early morning Easter gig, back home to check in for my flight and finish packing and make an Easter feast for Jameson and I!
Before going to bed last night I placed an Instacart order for dinner ingredients. Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything this time!
Jameson was up at 7:30 for Disney. He typically works from home on Wednesdays with a combo of teaching online and Disney remote work, but today he had meetings on-site for upcoming projects and then a doctor appointment. I got up with him so that I could knock out a big chunk of Boston Foodie Finds, prep some of my meals for tomorrow, eat breakfast, and then clean the bathrooms and floors.
All cleaning right now is considered part of Dust Battle, but since this is the second go-round the dust has been much reduced and it doesn't have to be as intense of a scrub as the initial dust removal was. I can pretty much clean as normal but keeping an eye out for any grey powder or residue anywhere. As such, cleaning both bathrooms probably took about 45 minutes, and dry-Swiffering and mopping the floors took another 20 or so.
WHY am I doing all of this?
I leave on Monday and will be gone for three months.
During that entire time Jameson is unlikely to clean more than once, and then only a cursory brush-up.
I'm working hard to remove as much silica dust as possible AND doubling down on the regular cleaning.
Jameson may not care about breathing in all that dust, but *I* care!!
I want to do all I can to make it a safer and healthier environment for him, you know?
A break for lunch, and I had planned to painstakingly scan my Epic Universe music and script page by page to my iPad. Thankfully one of the other trombone ladies already has a digital copy and was willing to share it with me! That saved me a lot of time :) My next layoff will be two months long. If I'm offered work at Epic I'll need the money, and will want to review all the materials before that layoff starts. Same with my Main Street Phil stuff.
After a little mindless YouTube time I practiced trombone, focusing on music for the upcoming Easter gig. After that Jameson was wrapping up his Dr appt so I had a small snack and tried to knock out more of Boston Foodie Finds until it was time to make dinner.
Cheeseburger Fusilli from The Dude Diet. One of our favorites.
(stock image from the site)
We watched an episode of Top Chef and then went for a walk. I hadn't planned on going for walks two days in a row and was delighted: more calories burned = more dessert! Heehee! Jameson's meeting at Disney had gone well. He has a new project to be excited about. I enjoyed listening to him talk enthusiastically about it, and will hope that it pans out well for him. Back home I ate my last Tokyo Banana and some Drizzilicious while he got a shower, then it was time to chill.
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THURSDAY
I got up with Jameson at 7:30 only because I felt hungry. Breakfast and seeing him off to work, then I put in a big effort to finish Boston Foodie Finds. Yay! But I may still make a "Golden Day" list with eats near points of interest. We'll see if I drum up energy for that.
I spent significant time practicing both bass and tenor today. The horrible thing about switching from the SMALL tenor to the bass, is that it really is too much of an adjustment. If I play bass first and switch to small tenor it sounds wobbly for a while until I find my pitch center. If I start with small tenor a lot of notes on the bass won't come out at all for the first several minutes. THAT'S no gouda!! My plan going forward into the weekend is to make a bass sandwich with tenor filling. Start always with the bass, then tenor, then end with the bass. Keeping my bass playing consistent and good is way more important than whether I sound wibbly or not for just one church gig. Of course I will do my very best regardless, but Priorities.
Ordered a new fridge water filter for us, brought the trash can back in, did a load of laundry, packed some more, updated my iPad software, had lunch and a snack. That's about it. This was one of those "purgatory" days where I find myself in limbo between Home Life and Tour Life. Wrapping up my home projects to the point where I've done most of 'em; beginning to plan and pack for return to tour but unable to act on any of it until I'm actually back with the tour. Purgatory.
Jameson got home 10 minutes before the DoorDasher bringing our crunchy taco salads for dinner. We ate and talked as usual. Jameson needed a break from the evening walk and it was drizzling on and off anyway. We watched The Traitors and had a quiet night.
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Friday: Sharing Hartford Foodie Finds with the tour chat. Possibly cooking dinner for us. Practice.
Saturday: Packing for tour, picking up rental car for Easter, shopping for Easter dinner ingredients, any other running around that I need to do before Easter Sunday.
Sunday: VERY early morning Easter gig, back home to check in for my flight and finish packing and make an Easter feast for Jameson and I!
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Date: 2026-04-03 12:33 pm (UTC)But it is not MY house.