Today has been up and down. I think the leading story of today would probably be, were I to publish a summary for all of those eager readers who for unfathomable reasons wish to know what exactly I'm doing when not behind a trumpet mouthpiece or chasing a toddler, that I locked my keys in my car during rehearsal. In many ways it's been exactly a "locked the keys in the car" sort of day.
I woke up slightly sick from two nights of draft party food, fought traffic and parking to get to the public marking, negotiated a chaotic mass of humanity with James on my shoulders (begging to get down) within the public market, received a text message that I needed to have a flugelhorn for rehearsal, made multiple panicked phone calls to try to get one, had a spirited debate with J about the merits of buying the cheapest available instrument on the way to rehearsal (given the financial drubbing we took in April), located an instrument available to borrow, drove off without my phone, missed the exit on the way to rehearsal, arrived just in time, came in without a pencil, locked said keys in said car while retrieving a pencil during break, and then was stuck in construction on the way up to Wegmans. (Since I didn't have time to pack a dinner.)
On the other hand...
My beloved brother and his wife are getting a beautiful house very much on the terms that they'd like, I sat by a campfire with my parents last night, there's plenty of reason to be excited for the football season this year and I'm even enjoying the final day of the draft in downtown Buffalo, I have three hours to read a book that I'm absolutely loving (I, Claudius), getting locked out of the car didn't actually cost me anything, we have a refrigerator full of fresh produce, I'm wearing a brand-new shirt today, the sun is out, and I have a tall cup of Wegmans coffee.
And do you know what? I'm going to get some pretty sweet doubling for the flugelhorn.
That's right. Don't let the keys get you down, especially since it sounds like you have such an awesome life. Besides the fact that it's definitely not worth the stress, the yellow pages is crawling with locksmiths. It's so easy to have one at your car to open your it quickly without damage.
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