Let it snow!
We received our first 'real' snowfall yesterday. I mean, we had two previous to that, but they were piddly, and didn't really stay on the ground. Eric and his dad actually had to shovel (and by shovel, I mean snowplow)last night. Good times. I need to move somewhere where it doesn't snow. I don't like the cold very much!!!! I also don't like the heat very much. Hmmmm, I think I should move to Hawaii! Maybe if I win the lottery........I forgot to mention one other good thing about Friday, other than the fact that I got paid. I also got to leave a half hour early! I was very pleased.....We had enough teachers to cover, so I left! Hooray!!! It was nice.
This weekend has been pretty quiet, as usual. Saturday I did my usual things, like going to the bank/walmart, and I also had to go to the dollar store. That place rocks! I got boxes of Christmas cards for $1!!!! Amazing. Anyhow, I also went to the gym, and got to hang out with Eric. I wanted to go to the mall in the evening, but it was snowing and people down here don't know how to drive in the snow, so I skipped the mall. We just hung out instead! Today I had another holiday concert. One of the other bassoon players was supposed to be late to this concert so I learned her solos in one of the pieces this morning. Turns out that she wasn't late afterall, but it's a good thing that I decided to pull out my bassoon this morning to practice her solos because if I didn't have those solos to practice, I wouldn't have practiced and I would have therefore not had had a good reed to play on. I went to take my reed out, and it was like, COVERED in mold. NASTY!!!!! I've never had a reed mold like that before. Sure, I've had an occasional black spot here and there. You can usually just scrape it off, soak it in peroxide or whatever. Not this reed. It was like, full blown almost FUZZY moldy!!! There is NO WAY that I am going to stick that thing in my mouth EVER! I even tried to scrape it a little bit, just to see. No go. It's trash!!! (Although I haven't thrown it away yet).
Fortunately, Carmen, one of the other bassoon players, gave me a reed last week at our other concert, so I soaked that reed up, adjusted it a little and it plays pretty well. I played on that reed today. THANK YOU CARMEN!!!!!! I don't know what it was that made that reed mold like that. Maybe it was just really waterlogged, or maybe it was my infectious disease? Or perhaps all the Halls that I was sucking on last week or something? It's REALLY weird. In all my time playing bassoon (9 years??) not once has that ever happened. Gross.
Anyhow, I can't believe that the weekend is almost over! I think I seriously need to get a job teaching in a school so that I can have two months vacation every year. Sigh.
posted by Jo @ Sunday, December 04, 2005
4 Comments:
Yay for reed mold!
The only time I've had reeds mold like that was when soaking cane and I accidentally put the cane away before it had dried out and a bunch of pieces got black mold all over them. Maybe your reed didn't dry out? I'd bet combination of that and the Halls. At least you had a spare reed!! :)
Yay for reeds. It's been super fun with the gigantic temperature drop here... brrr.
Reeds suck. I should play trumpet....oh wait, trumpets are evil:):):) I should play french horn......well.
My reed definitely didn't dry out, but I stored it the way I usually do. I blame illness, halls and waterloggness........blech!
Could it be the difference in the humidity? I know nothing about reeds except what they look like and what they are used for!!!
You must have gotten quite a snowfall if they had to 'plow'. We have a bit of snow (enough to cover the ground) but we have just had to sweep the walks. Today will be the first time I don't have to brush off my car. I put it in the garage on Saturday.
Love ya Lots and Lots
ps. Oscar is doing great!!! He's peeing good and is eating his food. He expects me to put it in the bathroom now!!! :) :) ;)
Hey Jo, I thought you have only been playing bassoon for 5 years....hahahahaha:) Reed mold (mould???) sounds gross....I can't stand mold, and this is why cleaning out my fridge is the worst chore ever. Ah, well.
It snowed lots last night...enough so that I will have to shovel (yes...shovel!) my way to my car. I hate winter. Aren't we going to get a house in Florida yet????
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