: than in person,
: and how candid we are? (I guess we are like that at the
: beach, too). I
: think we should try to talk like this in person more often.
: You are VERY
: busy, though. eMAIL is wonderful for good conversation.
Yeah, I have noticed that we are much better at staying in touch when you are out of the country than we are when you're 20 miles away! It's hilarious. I think it's because we both enjoy talking to each other, and we're pretty good at being candid, open, and so on when given the chance (on beaches and stuff.) Maybe the trouble is we've both got the discipline to sit down and regularly check email, but we wait for the phone to ring before we pick it up. Hmm. Perhaps with concerted effort we could overcome that obstacle when you get back.
: I needed the break, and I
: probably wont
: have anohter one until I go home. But, I am glad to be
: traveling so much
: now, and people are being really generous wiht their time and
: gifts. I now
: have three yukata (summer kimono) and a beautiful laquered
: bamboo bowl.
It sounds like the next couple of weeks will be a long haul for you. Still, I suppose a schedule like that will make it all the nicer to come home in the end. I bet it won't be hard to sleep on the plane. (I know, the eternal optimist)
Anyway, in other news, I tested for Master Kim last night and got my 2nd degree brown belt in Taekwondo. It's been going really well for me, and I've been enjoying it very much. I think I may test for my black in a year's time or so, after some more sparring and teaching experience.
Mom and I are both ringing bells in a wedding this Saturday. We had our first rehearsal last night, and it was pretty rough, but I think it will come together well enough. All of the pieces have been in the Capitol City Ringers repertoire for a long time, and it's just a matter of shaking the dust off, and getting mom acclimated, since she's a substitute and hasn't played any of them before. We're playing about 12 pieces, and only one real tough one, but I guess an 'easy' piece for my choir is a 'challenging' one anywhere else, so mom boxed up all her bells and her music and took them home with her to practice. We have another rehearsal on Thursday.
I really love to ring bells. It's just so relaxing, but at the same time challenging, and I get to be expressive and musical without maintaining my own instrument. That sounds silly, but I'm no vocalist! Instruments are expensive to acquire and expensive to keep up, not to mention reeds, grease, pads, corks, strings, or whatever, storage and regular maintenance. Bells are just a nice way to slide into musicianship without a lot of the other hassles. Forest thinks that I'm pretty overcommitted, with the play going on and bell choir and taekwondo class, plus work and Kirstin's activities. He is right. I just don't know what to drop. I'm thinking of asking Jane to let me put in a sub for the first few CCR rehearsals, so I can finish up the play before joining. I know about half of the pieces in the fall folder pretty well already; but the choir rules say you can only miss 2 rehearsals, and that would be more than 2. It would also mean missing audition night and polishing night, and sets a bad example for a couple of new members we will have to add for fall.
Then I may have to drop choir altogether in Spring. They want to take a week-long tour of New York, and I want to go on a vacation.
We'll see. Forest and I are dreaming of a secluded sandy beach in the Carribean somewhere. To get there requires a flight to San Juan Puerto Rico, a hop to another island, and a ferry to a third, probably a couple days of just flying around. Heck, I might like to use my entire vacation plus my three personal days on such a trip! We want to stay gone long enough that we'll be glad to get back home, but not go broke in the meantime.
Mom has taken Kirstin to get her stitches removed today, so hopefully the first part of the orthodontic ordeal is over. I feel a little strange about letting mom take her to the appointment, but she offered, and I have already taken more time off for the teeth thing than I should have. Sometimes Kirstin acts less mature around mom than anyone else, I think because mom lets her be more of a little kid than a lot of people do. I don't have a problem with that in general, however it may present a problem for the oral surgeon!
This evening is my first full-length rehearsal for the Dining Room. It's strange how reluctant I am to throw myself into it. I'm taking time right after work to meet Forest for dinner, to try to get in a little quality time before rehearsal, then he and I are hanging out at Yeffy's for the rest of the evening. It's already hard to think about not seeing him so many nights this week. The only nights I had off from rehearsal got booked up by bell choir.
At least starting next week I have every Tuesday off, and they are his. At least he is vocal about wanting my time. If he misses me, he says so, and if he needs more or less of me, he lets me know right away. Today he made a plea for more, so I'm going to take a short lunch and cut out of here early. He deserves at least that much!
I love you, and hope your classes went well yesterday. If you would like me to write shorter novels, please let me know!
Love, Wendy
