Last night I went to bed grumpy and anxious. I had picked up a stack of music that afternoon that I couldn’t possibly learn in one evening. My first conservatory rehearsal was going to suck.

Today I arrived at rehearsal to be greeted by a chorus of smiling faces and a beautiful Steinway in a brand new rehearsal room (with risers! ooooh…ahhhhhh). During our last run-through of the Brahms Zigeunerlieder, I thought, “This is the coolest job ever!”

I never had that thought in my cubicle. I guess I’m doing just fine 🙂