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I guess it's supposed to rain a good chunk of today, too. At least until 10am, acccording to Gridpoint Forecast, all day according to weather.com. I'm prepared--I have knitting.

I have more things to plant, when it stops raining. Donna gave me a penstemon (seedling of Husker Red, which means it has white flowers and reddish foliage), a division of her green Arundo donax, and a pot of mystery mint (not sure what kind it is, and there's only one way to find out).

By didn't work yesterday, due to rain, and may not work today. We'll see. He did get odds and ends around the house done--thanks honey! And, he made me a nice little recorder stand, so set beside my chair and hold the 4 instruments I use at rehearsal and performances. It's very nice...100-yr-old oak (salvaged lumber, he said), with a rubbed-on reddish wax finish. Looks great with my wooden recorders.

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*sigh*

It's not the weekend yet.

I got home from rehearsal at 9:30 tonight. Whew. We ran through the whole program (both programs, actually) for the next two nights. With a few stops along the way, becuase our fearless leader is an old lady who's just not that organized. I chickened out, so we're not doing Washington Post March on Saturday...I can play the silly thing all day long (and have) at home, but it's hard to hear what's going where with the ensemble, and I always miss the important entrance, and on sopranino, that really shows. So, no squeaky march. Still doing Semper Fidelis...one Sousa piece is plenty. Sorry, Cat, we're still doing two Gilbert & Sullivan pieces ("I'm A Little Buttercup" and "Monarch Of The Sea"). They're not too bad. I'm brain-tired enough that I have mixed bits of Monarch and Chattanooga Choo Choo running in my head, which is weird.

Pretty much wrote off work today. It rained until 8:30, but things were really wet, so Courtney and I spent the rest of the morning walking on the tree trail and planning our next projects. Did get a few foliar fertilizer apps done, not as much as I wanted too, but the rain started again after lunch, and it rained just enough all afternoon to squash any activity I might have motivated myself for. Tomorrow will be equally hard, because we've 2.5" of rain at work in two days, and have standing water everywhere, and I'll be trying to stay halfway clean for the performance tomorrow night.

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