I got the cello back from the repair shop yesterday. Now I get to re-learn how to play, or maybe I should say UN-learn all the habits I’ve developed. I’ll keep you posted.

Also, to make practicing said cello even more delightful–and much easier–I got a nice music stand and stand light today. It took a couple of trips to the store to get a better bulb for it, but now it’s very nice.

And here’s the rest of the stuff I did today:

–washed my car

–fed and hung out with Lady Jane, Alyssa’s cat

–went to the store to buy some food

–bought a CD player and speakers for my car. Nothing fancy,
but at least now I can listen to whatever I want, and it
doesn’t sound BoomyDistortedAndFuzzy.

–took a load of CD’s, books, computer software, clothes, and
a few other things to Goodwill. I’m taking my old Pentium
computer there tomorrow.

–went to Barnes & Noble while my car was at the audio place,
and got a copy of Haruki Murakami’s new book, called “After
Dark”, which I didn’t even know existed. Yippee!

–went to Bed, Bath & Beyond and got a new pad cover for my
futon. This was not the most exciting thing I did today.

–looked around a bit at Old Navy, but didn’t find anything
I liked or needed.

–ate dinner at a really crappy Chinese ‘restaurant’ in the
food court at Jantzen Beach mall. My stomach hasn’t felt
right since then. Put it this way; Panda Express is frickin’
gourmet compared to that. Yeesh.

–took my old computer next door to Susan’s, so I could format
the hard drive before I take it to Goodwill. Why did I have
to take it to Susan’s? Because the monitor I use with my Mac
doesn’t have the same kind of connection as my old computer does.
Again. . .this was not the most exciting thing I did today.

What a day. I got a ton of stuff done that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. The only down side is that now I’m too tired and queasy (from that crappy Chinese place) to go to the Portland Cello Project show at the Doug Fir tonight. I wish I could’ve gone, but I’m feeling way too ragged. Well, at least I’ve seen them two or three times before. If you get a chance, you should definitely check them out. And who knows; with any luck, I may be playing with them before too long.

So. That was my day. And now it’s time to crash.