Next week, same as the last.
Dec. 6th, 2018 04:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkStill in the thumb splint. Doc has agreed with an MRI, so that's ordered for this weekend (xrays showed no damage to bone and only minimal joint degeneration, so there's that). Still waiting for the specialist to call back WRT scheduling an appointment with him. Small neoprene splint not sufficient for everyday wear, but okay(ish) for rehearsal/concert. The S word has been mentioned, by both OT and doc.
DB working Nutcracker, now at a different venue. No uber-annoying auditorium manager, which is a plus. He has submitted his 2 week notice, with an addendum that it's entirely the new auditorium manager's fault, and that he'll be more than willing to come back when the AM is replaced. He says he just can*not* work with the new guy. (and it's not because he's new, it's because he's inappropriate for the job. He came from a university auditorium where he was the assistant, and is not suited for being the boss at a HS venue.) The outside clients don't like him, either, and have not been particularly shy about letting the administration know. DB came home from the Nutcracker stage rehearsal absolutely incensed.
Concert Sunday with bonus change in soloist, as original soloist has a family emergency to deal with. {sarcastic voice} Gosh, it's too bad there's not a university with a strong music program anywhere nearby, nor one where the band administration knows people {end sarcasm} The new soloist is an associate professor at UMich, playing mostly jazz and contemporary small-group music. I hear that they have cancelled the last two rehearsals for December -- which is good, because I was going to skip them anyway.
I've been filling the birdfeeders, although not as much as I might expect -- despite being cold, we've not had a lot of snow or wind, so the birds can get to the grains and seeds in the fields and on trees/shrubberies. The pond has frozen over (again), so the birdbath has been getting emptied.
DB working Nutcracker, now at a different venue. No uber-annoying auditorium manager, which is a plus. He has submitted his 2 week notice, with an addendum that it's entirely the new auditorium manager's fault, and that he'll be more than willing to come back when the AM is replaced. He says he just can*not* work with the new guy. (and it's not because he's new, it's because he's inappropriate for the job. He came from a university auditorium where he was the assistant, and is not suited for being the boss at a HS venue.) The outside clients don't like him, either, and have not been particularly shy about letting the administration know. DB came home from the Nutcracker stage rehearsal absolutely incensed.
Concert Sunday with bonus change in soloist, as original soloist has a family emergency to deal with. {sarcastic voice} Gosh, it's too bad there's not a university with a strong music program anywhere nearby, nor one where the band administration knows people {end sarcasm} The new soloist is an associate professor at UMich, playing mostly jazz and contemporary small-group music. I hear that they have cancelled the last two rehearsals for December -- which is good, because I was going to skip them anyway.
I've been filling the birdfeeders, although not as much as I might expect -- despite being cold, we've not had a lot of snow or wind, so the birds can get to the grains and seeds in the fields and on trees/shrubberies. The pond has frozen over (again), so the birdbath has been getting emptied.
