Friday, September 12, 2008

I'm penning today's entry a bit after the fact.

I made a rather messy miscalculation regarding my vacation! It turns out I kept thinking I needed to arrive in St. George, UT by mid-day Sunday. Totally clever, considering the actual date for the shuttle was Saturday. For some reason, I never bothered to actually read the stupid bike tour itinerary and made the foolish assumption that they would schedule it the same way as every other tour: giving the happy campers an open Saturday to arrive. Stupid!

So that meant I had to call my boss at the last minute Thursday and explain I had to take today as vacation and hurriedly pack (OK not as quickly as I shoulda)--then drive to Utah! By the time I actually got organized, I was starting a 14-hour drive at 2 in the afternoon... I imagine the drive would have been shorter if I hadn't had to stop and buy a towel when I remembered I hadn't brought one, a better choice than forgetting it entirely! So I got to St. George at 3 AM, barely conscious (I would have got there sooner if I hadn't felt the need to pull over a couple of times and doze), but I'm ready to ride!

CDs listened to today:

  • David Finko: Viola Concerto
  • Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery: Bags Meets Wes!
  • Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: Consummation
  • Meyer Kupferman: Concerto For Cello, Tape And Orchestra, disk 2
  • Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Let's Face It
  • Edison Denisov: Choral Varié
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
  • The Zutons: Tired Of Hanging Around
  • Olivier Messiaen: Des Canyons Aux Etoiles, disk 1

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