December 5, 2012

• So yesterday just before I picked up Logan from school, Emma told me she had put something in her nose and that it hurt.  I couldn’t see anything, and thinking it was food I tried to squeeze her nose to crunch it up and then had her blow her nose.  Nothing came out and she seemed ok so I went to pick up Logan.  When we picked up Logan she said, “My nose still hurts.”  Knowing that I don’t have nose squeegees anymore in my house, I ran to CVS to buy one… they were out.  So, I ran to Walgreens… they were out.  So, I ran to HEB… they were out.  What is going on that all of the nose squeegees are sold out?!!  I finally went to Walmart and bought one and ran back to the car to help Emma.  I tried to squeegee her nose but she kept freaking out and nothing came out.  So, I went home but could keep hearing her sniff in through her nose like something was in it.  I tried to have her blow her nose really good at home and she stopped complaining.  I told Mike about the incident and then went to the dress rehearsal for my Symphony.  He said that right before he put Emma to bed, she told him her nose still hurt.  He got our otoscope out that we use for the kids’ ears and tried to look up her nose but it was so congested he couldn’t see anything.  Remembering that my doctor always would shoot Afrin in my nose before putting anything up it, he sprayed some Afrin in her nose and it opened right up.  (Normally we wouldn’t give our 2 year old Afrin, but desperate times call for desperate measures.)  He could see what he thought was a bead so he got a q-tip and tried to fish it out.  It wouldn’t come, so he got some tweezers and was able to grab it.  It was a small but really long lego piece that she had jammed up her nose and was stuck!  The poor girl!!  I am so glad my husband was able to get it out!  And so glad my 2 year is able to communicate with us when something is wrong!  After Mike got out the lego, she headed for bed and said, “Thank you Daddy.”  Then she paused again and blew him a kiss and said thank you again.  You could tell she was so relieved to get that thing out.

  On another note, now that I’ve conducted the Messiah for four years and know it so well, it is not as enjoyable to play the violin in someone else’s Messiah performance.  I don’t want to bag my Symphony, because the actual orchestra is really great!  But, my Messiah choir is SO much better than the choir we’re playing with!  And although their paid soloists are good, my soloists are SO much better.  It’s difficult taking tempos I don’t agree with, but I just bite my tongue and follow.  Also, one of the soloists messed up a couple of times and I would start singing softly to myself what she was supposed to be singing… because I know every solo.  Anytime the violas or clarinets or another instrument was off… I could hear it, and so wanted to say something… but I was not in charge.  Lol.  

  My Messiah people say that they enjoy watching me conduct, when they aren’t playing, not just because they like the way I conduct, but because anytime any section plays or sings a wrong note I immediately glare in that direction.  I can’t stop during a performance like I can during a rehearsal so I always stare until they fix what needs to be fixed.  Anyway, it’s still fun to play the choruses with my Symphony because they have fun violin parts, but it makes me appreciate my Messiah volunteers so much more… because they are great!  And the performances are phenomenal!  Not only is the quality of music great, but they sing with the Spirit, and that makes such a big difference.  It’s not just notes on a page, it is beautiful music.

  I got a 100 on my final exam in my Mass Communications class and finished my film analysis for ”Good Night and Good Luck.”  My group was originally assigned an R-rated movie to evaluate, but I e-mailed the teacher and told him that I had never seen an R-rated movie before and could not now, so he gave us a different movie.  Although not a very adventurous movie, I found the whole McCarthy/ Communism/ Murrow storyline interesting.  I have a group Powerpoint Project due next week on the movie and a final in my Criminal Justice class to take and then I’m done… yea.

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