Grace, Notes, and Grace Notes

I haven't been writing too much lately because I've gotten into a fairly regular routine which doesn't allow for too much outside of the mundane. Not great for blogging material. My routine looks like this:

Alarm goes off at 5:45. I turn it off every five minutes until 6:25. Sometimes I see a glorious sunrise, and then I remember why getting up this early is peaceful and calm and lovely, provided that I've gotten enough sleep the night before (unusual).


(This isn't at Gordon at all, but I woke up to one that looked a little like this today. It was gorgeous.)

By the time I finally get up, I have about 20 minutes with which to shower, get dressed, pamper(?), brush my teeth, gather all my junk (oboe, music, pursebag, huge binder, box of cereal, cell phone, computer, computer charger, flute, clarinet, occasional sax, keys, ID card), put on my coat, and run out the door. Then I remember why getting up early is only peaceful and calm and lovely if you get enough sleep the night before so that you get up on time.

I get to school between 7 and 7:30 - almost always much closer to 7:30 than 7 - and set up my stuff on my desk area. Once the bell rings, I go set up the band room.


Once I finish that, I go back to my desk area and catch up on a whole bunch of paperwork. Not so fun.


Sometimes I hang out with some cool band kids,

(I would insert a picture of them here, but I don't have one.)

and then I go and conduct some ensembles.


After that, it depends on the day.

Mondays include working at an office after school, then coming back to school until 7 or 8 for rehearsals.
Tuesdays I go from school to class at Gordon to Wind Ensemble to Orchestra.
Wednesdays I have the afternoon off, but I usually have a million things to do to catch up.
Thursdays I have Wind Ensemble and then church choir.
Fridays and Saturdays for the next few weekends I'm working at school for a festival thing.
Sundays are church and things.

Going to bed should happen around 10, but usually doesn't happen until at least 11.

All of that means that I drive the same route between 7 and 10 times every week, and I go that way at least six out of the seven days. Like I said. Routine extraordinaire.