Friday again?
Jun. 7th, 2024 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkLotsa driving this week. (and I didn't really GO anywhere!) I will be very glad to stay home (FSVO) this weekend.
Saturday was a concert in South Lyon, 45 minutes away, followed by a gathering in Ann Arbor which I went directly to and then drove home, so that was another hour-plus.
Monday was Farmington rehearsal, in an alternate space, because there was not room for us at the high school --we were in the stage space of a largish church not far from the first home of the FCB. Due to road construction and associated closures and detours, that drive is now over an hour one way, and the route home is different than the route to get there.
Tuesday was TimeFail day. I had a work-related training in Saline in the afternoon, and was scheduled to be in Brighton at 6:30 pm. Training was *supposed* to be over at 4:30, but we didn't get out of the building until after 5, and it took extra time to get out of the parking lot because construction had the road out front down to one lane in each direction. I came home surface streets and it wasn't bad at all (marked speeds all the way, for the most part) -- coworkers said they went freeway and it was also clear. (we went separately because we all had other places to go after the training, and wouldn't have time to go back to the office and disperse.) I changed clothes, packed instrument/chair/music/music stand, and went off to Brighton for a concert. Usually, that drive is just over 30 minutes, but with the road construction between here and there, it was more like 45 minutes. Then I had to park over half a mile from the venue, and trundle all that stuff. (concert in the park downtown, limited parking for performers was full by the time I got there.)
Wednesday it rained, hard, and stormed. There was also a Farmington band board meeting. The *best* route to get to the meeting was "avoid this area due to tornadic activity and the debris/damage field"; and the secondary routes go through large construction zones, so another hour plus each way.
I've been able to do a little bit of weeding, though - filled the garden cart a few times, but I really need to do more. One of the gardens I was going to weed yesterday has been bypassed for a few days because of the seven different species of pollinators I saw at the flowers. I'll not disturb them -- there are other spaces I can work on.
Saturday was a concert in South Lyon, 45 minutes away, followed by a gathering in Ann Arbor which I went directly to and then drove home, so that was another hour-plus.
Monday was Farmington rehearsal, in an alternate space, because there was not room for us at the high school --we were in the stage space of a largish church not far from the first home of the FCB. Due to road construction and associated closures and detours, that drive is now over an hour one way, and the route home is different than the route to get there.
Tuesday was TimeFail day. I had a work-related training in Saline in the afternoon, and was scheduled to be in Brighton at 6:30 pm. Training was *supposed* to be over at 4:30, but we didn't get out of the building until after 5, and it took extra time to get out of the parking lot because construction had the road out front down to one lane in each direction. I came home surface streets and it wasn't bad at all (marked speeds all the way, for the most part) -- coworkers said they went freeway and it was also clear. (we went separately because we all had other places to go after the training, and wouldn't have time to go back to the office and disperse.) I changed clothes, packed instrument/chair/music/music stand, and went off to Brighton for a concert. Usually, that drive is just over 30 minutes, but with the road construction between here and there, it was more like 45 minutes. Then I had to park over half a mile from the venue, and trundle all that stuff. (concert in the park downtown, limited parking for performers was full by the time I got there.)
Wednesday it rained, hard, and stormed. There was also a Farmington band board meeting. The *best* route to get to the meeting was "avoid this area due to tornadic activity and the debris/damage field"; and the secondary routes go through large construction zones, so another hour plus each way.
I've been able to do a little bit of weeding, though - filled the garden cart a few times, but I really need to do more. One of the gardens I was going to weed yesterday has been bypassed for a few days because of the seven different species of pollinators I saw at the flowers. I'll not disturb them -- there are other spaces I can work on.
