plumbing, of various sorts

[dchenes]

I missed Halloween by the simple expedient of going to a Messiah rehearsal from home, which meant I was gone from 5:30 to 10:00. So now I have two bags of peanut butter cups, which I bought partly because I considered them decent loot when I was a kid, and partly because Trader Joe's peanut butter cups are ambrosia, so I won't be tempted to eat the Halloween ones myself.

On Sunday I discovered that every time I did dishes, I ended up with water all over the kitchen floor. It turned out to be leaking from the connection between the sink and the garbage disposal, which I never use anyway, but that's beside the point. The point is, yesterday the plumber came and replaced the garbage disposal. Apparently the old one fell off when he touched it, so it certainly needed replacing. And I had "Under the sink lies Gabriel John" stuck in my head all day until I replaced it with the Messiah. (It's actually "Under this stone lies Gabriel John", but at some point in the past it mutated into "Under the stove", and I mangled it again for the garbage disposal situation.) The new disposal is considerably quieter than the old one, and I know that because the switch for the disposal is where you'd normally expect to find the kitchen light switch. So of course, I went to turn on the light about three days after I moved in here, and got the disposal instead, and scared myself half to death.

Hopefully the biological weirdness that's been going on for the last week is over with. I've had the worst PMS I've ever had, on top of a couple of other odd things. Today I feel much more like myself again. Good thing, too, because I don't know what would have happened with the interview tomorrow otherwise.

Comments

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

So did you go to the Cambridge Chorus's Messiah rehearsal? and if so, are you going to stick with it? I skipped last night due to Halloween, but I'll be there from now on. It's a really great group, but having been part of it for about half my life, I have no idea how it seems to a newcomer.

[dchenes.livejournal.com]

I did, and it was a very friendly group. I'll stick with it through the Messiah, at least. After that it depends on life in general and what the next program consists of.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Cool! Next spring's concert should consist of a Mozart missa brevis (I can get the exact number, or lend you my score) and a new piece that we commissioned from the composer Luis Bacalov. It's pretty exciting actually, our first commission! There ought to be some info about it on the website, or you can get a copy of our last newsletter which probably talks about it too.

anyway, guess I'll see you next Monday!