One More Week!

I'm really getting excited now knowing that in just one short week...only 7 days...Sara will have reached her official "due date" AND Holly, Zoe, and Ezra arrive that same day!  Sara sees her doctor next Tuesday so if the baby hasn't arrived by then, they will schedule a date for her to be induced.


Holly and the kids will arrive in the morning on the 10th and I think just Mark will be there at the airport to pick them up so that I can still do the rehearsal for our concert on the 11th!  Wish I could be there, too, but  somehow I think I would be missed greatly if no one was playing the parts I play (i.e., base drum, clave, tambourine, suspended cymbals, crash cymbals, and snare drum).  If they get in on time, Mark will bring them by our rehearsal hall.


Speaking of concert band, one of our members had a mild stroke over the weekend.  My thoughts and prayers go out to Jack and Shirley.  We just had dinner over their house a couple of weeks ago!  I wish Jack a speedy recovery!


I was also elected Secretary today for our concert band for the new year starting in the fall!  Should be fun!

Tough on Myself

Today was rough. I expect so much of myself when I go to concert band practice so that when I miss the measure counts or can't get the timing right away I get so upset with myself! I did really good on Tuesday but today...geez! I did worse in the beginning band rehearsal than I did in the bigger band one.

I realize I've only been with the beginning band a month and only a week with the bigger band; it's just that I keep thinking I should be farther along. I guess I just need to have patience and just keep practicing. It'll come.

I had my guitar practice an hour after finishing band rehearsal and I felt so "spent". My brain was so tired from concentrating so hard for 3 hours! I did the guitar lesson but decided to change the day starting next week so that the lesson is on a non-band rehearsal day. I think I'll get more out of the lesson then.