Sitting in a Wegmans on a Saturday afternoon with a computer set up beside an empty coffee cup and a bag of cookies can only mean one thing: It's orchestra season again!
Saturday afternoons at Wegmans are the best way to kill the long stretch between the end of Saturday morning dress rehearsal and the concert that evening. I've gradually become efficient at the practice, learning how to pack dress clothes in a messenger bag, find an empty locker room in the subterranean levels below the hall, pace out the consumption of snacks and food, and pack long-lasting thick books.
In a lot of ways this sort of day is like a vacation. I usually have some pleasant company from various other out-of-town brass players, there's nothing I can get done around the house, and the only "naptime" I'd need to consider would be possibly dozing off in my chair for a few minutes if my book isn't holding my attention.
On the other hand, I do feel like I'm missing out on seeing James and Owen every time I have one of these long double days. Today I left the house before James was awake (I did get to briefly peek in on Owen) and I won't get back until they're asleep. It's the price of living in one city and routinely working in two others. And it means that I won't take playing with RPO next week for granted, even though I have many more services there than this week.
This is the time, though, when I can get back on top of life. I can research exactly what I'll need to do to install a drywall access panel or to hang a pegboard in my garage--I can even type up a short blog.
I'm very much out of practice with this after a few weeks off. But if you haven't discovered it already, rest assured that the Smith house has not been entirely silent--J has started blogging again.
And now that it's orchestra season again and I'll have long Saturdays at Wegmans, I hope to write a little more often as well.
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