The Usual Sunday
I got home from the trip to Athens at something like 4 AM, unloaded the truck, and went to bed around 4:30 AM. Ouch. I was up three hours later to chug some coffee and head out to church gig number one.
Church gig number one was the typical circus that I've described in the past few weeks.
The service began a half hour later (10 AM), and last week I asked if rehearsal would be a half hour later. Yes was the answer I got. Of course, I showed up at 8:30 this week and they were knee deep in the music, making me look late.
Other than that, it was the typical one song of this, one song of that, one song with a choir I'd never seen before, one song with handbells. I didn't get any preparation emails earlier in the week this time, so there was nothing I could have done differently.
I've been wearing my glasses to this first gig so that I don't have to force my contacts into my face so early in the morning, and once again I noticed how much I need my peripheral visi…
Church gig number one was the typical circus that I've described in the past few weeks.
The service began a half hour later (10 AM), and last week I asked if rehearsal would be a half hour later. Yes was the answer I got. Of course, I showed up at 8:30 this week and they were knee deep in the music, making me look late.
Other than that, it was the typical one song of this, one song of that, one song with a choir I'd never seen before, one song with handbells. I didn't get any preparation emails earlier in the week this time, so there was nothing I could have done differently.
I've been wearing my glasses to this first gig so that I don't have to force my contacts into my face so early in the morning, and once again I noticed how much I need my peripheral visi…