But first, a weather report.  “The worst heat wave since July, 1936,” says the National Weather Service, and I believe them!!  It was 104 again today, and by 6pm was only down to 102.  Ugh.  Fortunately, things should be somewhat …

I wasn’t able to get a room for last night in the hotel I’m staying at for the conference. So I had about a 50-minute drive to do this morning. It was a relaxing morning, as the conference didn’t start …

This was a long day on the interstates, traveling from Syracuse, NY to Springboro, OH (south of Dayton). Traffic was moderate to heavy all day, but was moving acceptably about 99% of the time so it wasn’t bad. At 3:45 …

Day -2?  Yes, the conference doesn’t start until Saturday, but I started the trip on Thursday after work.  My goal was to leave town by 4pm, and I succeeded with 4 minutes to spare.  Traffic was medium heavy until I …

At this point, I’m about five hours away from leaving town on the first leg of this adventure.  I’m also dealing with painful back muscles due to moving a treadmill from one basement to another one last evening.  Strange – …

Tomorrow I have a normal day at work, then I head out on the first leg of my trip 🙂 I’ve decided not to take the bassoon with me this time.  In fact, I haven’t even played it since sometime …