I'm With The Band

When I was in high school (late 80s, early 90s) the coolest girls were dating musicians.  I, of course, was one of these girls...every guy I dated was a tortured (and broke) musician, including the one I married, Mr. R. While I wouldn't consider myself a musician, I do actually love to sing and love all types of music.  I can also attend a concert and tell when one musician in an entire orchestra messes up.  So I guess I do have an ear for understanding and appreciating music.  So it is really no surprise to Mr. R or me that one of our kids is also a musician...and that is Tiger.

Here he is, playing alto sax for his first high school performance:

The performance was moved from the normal Friday to Wednesday due to a hurricane we didn't even get.  So their uniforms were not ready yet.  That's why they're all wearing tees and jeans.

The band this year is doing songs by The Beatles.  Tiger is not a fan.  But yet he learned all the songs...could not be prouder.

Getting ready for half time show, again no one was ready due to new students, and having to perform earlier than expected, so it was quite jumbled up.

I can't wait to see them actually marching, but that will be next week.

Tubas are heavy!

I haven't updated much in a while, so thought I'd fill you guys in on a few things:

1)  I've got a measly $50 saved up for the reversal.  That is only 1% of what I need.  Fail.
2)  For those who may have thought it, I'm setting the record straight now: Mr. R is not a bad parent for not wanting Bucket to be on the meds.  He is simply concerned about how these medications will impact his growth and how safe they really are; many of them have not been tested on children.  He is not wanting Bucket to suffer.
3)  I have applied for several jobs at the hospital and cannot even get an interview.  I have been personally quite discouraged lately.  I may take a break from applying, maybe until after the reversal in January.
4)  I have not done anything to my hair, mostly because my hospital is very conservative about what you do, and I wanted to wait until after I scored an interview to do my hair.  But now I may do it anyway.  I need a pick me up, and having a good cut and color could make me feel better.
5)  I have started doing Couch to 5K, and I am clearly going to need more than 2 months to teach myself to run 3 miles.  I can barely do the 60 seconds of jogging that the first week requires.  Luckily, I am not in a competition with anyone but myself, and don't mind doing the first week again next week.


So.  What's up with you guys?