Well, we ended up shifting the Superbowl party to Sunday afternoon, because some people couldn't come on Thursday and the weather was not so fun to be walking around in. Then I had plans to go for my second attempt at skiing on Saturday with a friend who is teaching me. Unfortunately Laure (the friend) sprained her ankle yesterday playing tennis at lunch time, and as she had already injured it not too long ago the doctors put her in a removable cast for a week. So that kind of knocked out the skiing plans. :-) But thats ok, I hope she recovers quickly and maybe we can go next weekend. But that will leave my Saturday free to clean my apartment and make the gumbo for Sunday. And to practice my clarinet.
Why do I need to practice my clarinet? Because I have decided to join the Stadtmusik Baden, which is the local concert band. I think I might be crazy to join a concert band where rehearsals are held in German and when I haven't played my clarinet regularly for 4 years! But it should be fun, and I've been assured by a couple people that the language won't be much of a problem. My first rehearsal is next Wednesday night, and the music is being mailed to me today, so I should get it tomorrow. That gives me a few days to practice and try to build up my embouchure as much as I can before jumping into a 2 hour rehearsal! Yikes.
Yesterday was my first trip to the gym in 2010. I decided to get into things slowly and just did about half an hour on the bike. (and went 17.3km!) I may or may not go again this evening...kind of depends on how I'm feeling. Between Christmas, just being back in LA, and my trips to Argentina and Hamburg, I definitely gained back the weight I'd managed to lose before Christmas. But thats ok, I'll get it off again.
That's awesome that you're playing your clarinet. Mine is an excellent dust-gatherer.
ReplyDeleteMine has been an excellent dust-gatherer for a few years too. But I thought it was time to take it out and give it something else to do.
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