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| The NationsBank Building in Atlanta. Apparently it's now "Bank of America Plaza"...ok. Took the picture while stuck in traffic, using the retro camera app on my phone. |
Worked today at the repair shop--spent about four hours washing, polishing, pricing and re-stocking trumpet mouthpieces. I'm getting better at finding the prices, but that part takes forever. I don't know much about trumpet mouthpieces and what they cost--I know what's about normal for a decent student mouthpiece, but there are a million different models, some of which are rare, some of which are just expensive to begin with. I could spend hours looking them up. I hate to ask the boss about every single one of them, but it would probably be faster and I could get around to doing other stuff for him. As it is, I'm going to have to finish next time I go in.
I had to cut down to one day at the shop because of my teaching schedule. I am going to the university on two days instead of one, and staying overnight in between. That meant I had to switch my high school day to Tuesdays, which was one of my shop days. Now I go to band practice Tuesday, stay at the shop and then work there Wednesday, but I have to go home Wednesday so I can get to the college on Thursday. The shop is closed on Mondays, though I could probably work there anyway. It's not like I do a lot of customer service, just inventory and website stuff. I hate to make the drive another time, though, and I'm trying to stay at home more now that John's gone. I don't like leaving the cats alone that much.
Last night, I got to eat Purely Decadent coconut milk ice cream--the cookie dough flavor and also mint chip. Today I had eggs and hash browns for breakfast, both cooked in coconut oil. Lunch was a gigantic pile of vegetables: asparagus, brussels sprouts, spinach, broccoli and brown rice. Amazing. Lunch was late, so I didn't really eat dinner; I snacked on some "multigrain crisps"--they were basically rice cakes--with a blackberry pomegranate flavor. Sounds weird, but they weren't bad. I also had fresh dates and a few cashews, and my usual clementine, when I got home tonight.
Leaving tomorrow for the university, so I'll be eating out tomorrow night. I don't anticipate a lot of problems with dairy, since I usually eat at Atlanta Bread Company or Subway when I'm down there. There's an awesome little Indian restaurant in town, but it's not very convenient to campus, and I usually just do the soup/sandwich thing and buckle down to practicing.
I have a love/hate thing with my driving and staying away from home. I like my routine--staying home, then staying in hotels (Priceline is my bitch) or with friends; I like the private time in the hotels and in my car; I usually work harder with less distraction when I'm away from home, and I can relax when I DO stay at home. The little details are bothersome, though. I would still rather be home than on the road, so I'm always trying to wrangle the schedule around and get extra days at home. I don't like spending money on hotels, food or gas. I don't like packing up my clothes every other day. I always freak out about which horns I need on which days; I'm afraid of forgetting things. I like staying in Atlanta because I get to see my friends, but I miss my husband and my cats.
The gas is going to kill me. My car is a 2008 and has about 135k on it--I get good gas mileage, but $3/gallon is $3/gallon. I'm one of those green bastards who thinks that gasoline SHOULD be $5/gallon, and we should develop the technology and the public transportation to be able to live without gas. I have to move someplace where I can work closer to home, or commute by public transit. I've always wanted to live in a city where I could walk to work, and here I am driving 500+ miles a week. Two years ago I was driving 1000 miles a week, so I guess I'm improving. Sort of.
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