Bits of Brilliance

Today I worked very early and needed a nap when I got home. So I took a dark flannel sheet and nailed it into my west-facing window frame to make an instant shade. It still allows the breeze but not the sun. Now my room is a comfortable 74 degrees and dark enough for snoozing. Give me a hammer and I can do almost anything. Right now the Vaughn-Williams oboe concerto is playing from my record player (yes really) in the corner, and I'm well-napped and quite content.

Oh! And I heard yesterday that I passed last week's audition! I am hear by deemed "Musically Qualified" for the Navy. I got to tell Alex and Leah first since we were enjoying the beach at the time. Sara took me to happy hour dinner at WineSteals and I love how excited my friends and family are for my new adventures to be had.

Now the next step is passing the physical which requires running 1.5 miles in 12 minutes, which if you know me at all I'm not good at! So who wants to go jogging?

Then I move my ship out date, probably to the end of June, as I am excited to get started, hoping to be done with boot camp and music school in VA by Thanksgiving. Then I hope to fill the soon-to-be-vacant oboe seat in the Navy Southwest Fleet Band, right here in SD. I'm requesting it as my first choice of course, followed by the Pearl Harbor and Tokyo fleet bands...

God is Good! Baby Nate and Mama Kate are doing well, he is pretty precious. Tonight I'm playing with the College Ave. orchestra, should be fun. Peace.