Okay, here I am on Friday night, D14 is having a small party, so the bass is pounding from her room next door as they all dance. S18 is at work (he'll be quitting his boxboy job soon, as it has been taking a little too much of his time - schoolwork has been okay but he's not left with time to exercise or socialize much, two things he really needs right now. He hopes to get rehired in the sunmmer though.) S13 is gone to a party, and H is flying home from a business trip.
And I am at the computer downloading S18's orchestra from our little portable digital recorder (I recorded them at their last rehearsal - S18 needs this for his senior project) and burning the songs onto CDs. Tough job for the Luddite in me, but I think I've got it now. They do sound great - it is a small community orchestra made up of high school students, only about 15 to 20 students - but they sure sound great! S18 really wants to continue playing in an orchestra when he goes to college, so that is one of our selection criteria, that the school have an orchestra that non-music majors can join (he plays Tenor and Alto sax.)
D is doing better, and tomorrow I get to go out of town overnite with H on a business jaunt - just one night, but boy, can we really use the time alone together right now!
I just finished reading a memoir called Just Checking by Emily Colas - a woman with OCD. Actually a very funny book about a very unfunny disease. I found myself wondering what happened to her since writing the book (published in 1996) but when I google her name, I just get a zillion references to the book. Anyone have any ideas about a better way to try to find current info on her?
