August 15, 2000
There Is Such a Thing As a Free Lunch (Sort Of)
I keep meaning to do the Waning Poetic collab for this month, but as I have no desk drawers at home and I don't carry a purse, I need to write that particular entry at work. And work's been a little goofy lately. Various personal crises and people being sick and all that. Hopefully tomorrow. Really. My drawers are fascinating. I promise. (My desk drawers, you perverts!)
Despite being ridiculously busy at work, this has been a perfectly lovely day. This morning I got email from Eric (from three days ago) confirming that yes, I did indeed have the right Eric, and how the heck had I been? I sent a chatty reply then went on to nearly finish doing my manuscript editing. Yes, it's true! I would have finished tonight, but the file I emailed myself didn't make it home. Feh.
Theeeen, I got email from Momma (I shall hereafter be known as 'NOT the Momma!'), which made me smile enormously. She got confirmation of her pregnancy test results today. I guess she'll get a specific due date when she has her ultrasound next week. It was neat to listen to her tell me all about what the baby looks like now and what's going on developmentally. I admit, in my reply, I tried to subtly nudge her towards keeping a web journal during her pregnancy, or at least, a journal of some sort, so she can look back on all this later.
Also, as if that (and a free lunch -- well, because I worked through it) weren't enough, I got off my behind and called to schedule my audition for the UMS Choral Union tonight. August 29, 7:40 pm. I need a song prepared, music for an accompanist, and I need to be ready to sight read. Oy. Well, I know what I'm singing. That's the easy part. I have the entire score for The Pirates of Penzance from when I was in it, so why on earth shouldn't I use it? I'll be singing Ruth's big solo, "When Fredric Was a Little Lad". Ordinarily I wouldn't use something like that, because it's very much a character piece, but I think it's the only thing I could pull together on such short notice, and without being able to practice with the accompanist first. It's the sight reading I'm nervous about. I shouldn't be. I know it's not something I've just forgotten in the past five years. But I've always been nervous about sight reading. Very little confidence, and that's what kills you when you're doing it. You can be dead on pitch, but if you don't sound confident about it, you sound like you're off.
The woman I talked to said he'll have me read the alto part of some major choral work or another. That made me feel better. I've been singing alto for over fifteen years. If he actually plays the melody and lets me sight read with it, I'm golden. Harmonizing is not a problem.
And on top of all that, I ended up taking something like 380-something calls today. Now if I can just get a decent night's sleep tonight, I'll consider this a nigh-perfect day.
Posted by Lisa at August 15, 2000 09:35 PM
