Weekend Away

Had a fun weekend at the Alma Mater :) It was weird to be back, but really nice, and so much fun to run into old friends and catch up with some professors, too. The main point of the weekend was to spend time with my other half, and I got some other bonus things from the weekend, too. For example, I bought a saxophone from Doc so now I actually have something to model on for the kiddos! I was also amazed at how many people were there that had graduated, I hadn't expected to see that many! Granted it was only five or six but still, it was more than I anticipated. It's so neat to see what everyone's up to and how they're doing. Lots of fun to catch up with Dana, too, I loved talking through how things are going and what's been working, what hasn't, and what things about our jobs are similar and different.
On top of this, I got to see two great recitals. One was a joint trombone and trumpet recital, the other a trombone/mandolin recital. It was refreshing to have a reminder of what excellent playing sounds like. Plus, the trombone/mandolin recital was so funny I was nearly on the floor in tears I was laughing so hard. It was a mixture of "tunes and tales from Old New England", and has to be one of the best recitals I've been to.
All said, fun weekend, and now to a new week of lessons. Thankfully there's not a lot going on this week, and no marching this weekend, so I can decompress a little (this weekend helped a lot with that but it was just too short, not enough time out there :( ) and hope that the fixing up in my apartment gets finished.