{"id":1554,"date":"2019-08-03T22:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T22:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ladybassmusic.net\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2021-06-05T18:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T18:11:09","slug":"the-week-in-review-oh-wait-its-only-been-4-days-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ladybassmusic.net\/?p=1554","title":{"rendered":"The week in review. Oh, wait…it’s only been 4 days….WOW."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maybe there’s a reason I’m nicknamed the Red Tornado. Here’s the week so far. Hang on folks…it’s a ride.

\nMonday – taught lessons, dealt with major construction on the street outside Lady Bass Music that caused major, major delays for students.

Tuesday – got stung by a wasp, 5 minutes before my first lesson. Yeah, really. I had a moderate allergic reaction that \u201csome people\u201d apparently have. I still taught a double shift of lessons – the morning in FXBG, the afternoon and evening in RVA. I figured out how to strap an ice pack to my leg so I could be mobile and keep my hands free. It is also day two of dealing with construction delays.

\nOh yeah, and I adopted a Dean 12 string bass that needs love. Thank you Andy. And thanks to Lee for offering me his bass, Lola, another Dean 12 string, to use as a visual template in the rebuild. I always wondered how these Dean 12 string basses would fare with different pickups. I just didn\u2019t want to spend $500-ish (used) to $900-ish (new) to find out. Looking forward to trying out some ideas on this…

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\nI come home and collapse on the couch. Somewhere in all that, I tried goat cheese macaroni and cheese for the first time. Not too shabby. Thank you Aldi…we will do that again! \n

\nAnd that\u2019s Tuesday…I\u2019m done. Paper wasps really are a 4.0 out 5.0 on the pain sting index. The description in the pain index was \u201chydrochloric acid poured on a paper cut\u201d. I\u2019ll go with \u201cshard of glass stabbed into your leg, followed by the feeling of a cattle prod randomly jabbed into your muscle when you attempt walking.\u201d Follow that with the acid comment, but more like acid poured on a razor burn. That\u2019s more accurate. But I also had swelling.

\nWednesday – Swelling is down from the wasp sting. It\u2019s the last day of lessons at Forte. I need to finish moving out. I move some of my things into Pickers Supply to make that studio nicer. It\u2019s an emotional day; lots of folks had their last day on Wednesday. People are looking forward, but there is the realization we are parting ways. I took many SuperVan loads of gear out of the building. While I worked, I could hear another studio upstairs from me getting torn down and packed up. I found an abandoned boom box from a previous teacher and spin Incendio\u2019s \u201cSummoning the Muse\u201d while I work. #soundtrackfortheday

\nAnd…adopted a stray marimba. Because. Marimbas. They need love too. Plus being single means you never have to say you are sorry that a stray marimba \u201cjumped\u201d into your car. My percussion class at RSMC just got more interesting. Thank you John and Young. And Ben Titus for texting back \u201cDamn, that\u2019s a nice haul.\u201d #friendsenablefriendslol

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\\\"\"<\/p>\nThursday – Local reaction is now gone from the wasp. So is the construction.

\nI put things away from the Wednesday night move, took a phone call from a friend in Nashville about Spector basses. Go to work early. Leave work early and take two students on a \u201cfield trip\u201d to Herndon to see Incendio play.

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