A rainy evening

I was originally intending to meet some friends from high school in Boston this evening, which would have been great since I haven't seen them in probably over two years. However, it was raining and I wasn't feeling particularly fantastic, so I ended up canceling that plan and doing this instead:


I am a pretty terrible horn player, but perhaps compared to an average fifth-grade beginning band student, I'm doing ok. I'm well aware that my posture is utterly horrible and that I could have been sitting in a chair. Furthermore, I know that my air flow and diaphragm were undoubtedly affected, but hey, I'm on par with a fifth-grade band student, and I am conscious of the poor form. That's a step in the right direction, anyway. Today my babysitting kids came over and tried out all the instruments I have sitting in my room thanks to Instrumental Methods. These included the horn, a trumpet, trombone, drum pad, xylophone (perhaps not the best instrument to give a five and a three year old...), flute, and violin. They had a great time, and I had fun watching them try to get some notes out. It was, of course, very loud and to anyone listening it was probably extraordinarily obnoxious. Nevertheless, it was definitely a highlight of the day.

In any case, in order to continue the low-key rainy evening fun, Diana and I are going to watch a Redbox movie whilst sitting in our newly-redecorated living room. Yay quad break.