6/12/03

I forgot to mention that some of our veggies have sprouted!! Some of the green beans, some of my green onions, a pea and a corn!! My cat-grass and poppies are starting to sprout too, nothing out of the catnip yet, still waiting on it. It’s so exciting. I’ll have to get out there with the camera and take some pictures if it ever stops raining. Our Iris’s are doing really well too, when do iris’s not do well right? hehe We have lots of iris’s, anyone want some? We just had the light purple last time I took pictures but some dark purple have bloomed and I’m waiting for the peachy one’s to bloom. I love plants and really wish I could keep more, especially inside! 🙂 Our cats would just eat them. So even if I did pick non-poisonous one’s it’d be a waste of time. Matter of fact I had some dried flowers up on the beam upstairs over the balcony and our cat Sally actually climbed the beam and knocked them down. grrrrr.

I’ve been thinking more about this whole band thing and I’m feeling less and less like I want to go back. I’m going to though, at least once more, at least to return my music. Actually, I’m not 100% sure next week isn’t a dress rehearsal. The band director mumbled something about a dress rehearsal but he never made it clear. So if I show up and everyone is dressed uniformly I’m just going to go in, put my music down, and leave. Last night though I played the music he gave us, which I mostly abhor. Then I played some of the solo’s I’m working on for my own pleasure and something hit me. It’s not being in a group that I love, it’s being the center of attention in that group. 🙂 I didn’t really fall in love with band until I was first chair flute and on piccolo. I loved it because I had piccolo solo’s in concerts and at contests. I was out there, under pressure and visible. Being a part of a group isn’t what I want. I want to BE the performance. Granted being part of a group and working together can be great, especially in marching band. But my true love is soloing. I think I’ll keep working on those solo’s and make another CD, a better CD than last time, a well rehearsed CD with no flaws and lots of neat, difficult solo’s. They make awesome gifts for family members, especially for my mom. 🙂

Anyway, just a couple things I thought I’d add.