Concert week

I just sat through most of the Youth Symphony's dress rehearsal, which was fun, but I'm exhausted. And by the way, it turns out that the Shostakovich Cello Concerto isn't just difficult for the featured cello and the two clarinets - it's also difficult, in fact too difficult, for the french horn and the two oboists. The clarinets are doing well in comparison.

Tomorrow's the concert for the Little Symphony and Junior Orchestra, then Wednesday's the concert for the Youth Symphony, then Thursday is D's school band concert. If I'm tired now...

D's bad cold is finally improving, just in time for the second trimester of school to start. I've felt like I'm on the verge of coming down with it myself for a couple of days now, and I also aggravated my upper arm pain that I've been wondering about for the past year or so. The Internet tells me that biceps tendinitis is a good candidate. It keeps me awake at night in cold weather. And now we're having cold weather.