One more final to go...
and this diva will be FREE for an entire month!
Don't get me wrong: I love what I am doing. But I need a break. Badly. This whole sleeping less than 6 hours a night? Not working well. And minor scales are getting irritating at best.
Work is good, albeit tiring. The ultimate test of a service job (retail, waitressing, etc) is doing it over the holidays, when people are at their craziest, stores are busiest, and the urge to "go retail" grows exponentially with each idiot customer ("I can't find my child!" "How old is he?" "Five." "When did you last see him?" "Three hours ago, when I dropped him off by himself to play in the children's area. Don't you people keep an eye on kids here? What kind of a place do you run?", and no this didn't happen recently-previous job-still retail and NOT daycare-but 'tis the season...).
However, my managers don't mangle and do manage, my coworkers (the vast majority, at least) show up for work, and the customers are somewhat less psychotic than your average retail customers. I will note, though, that a few days ago I saw the moron who chewed me out for offering him assistance (he found the offer insulting) yelling at my manager because he felt that the music was too loud. Well, I'd agree that the Trans-Siberian Orchestra was much too loud (they weren't muted), but we're required by corporate to play that raucous noise at a certain volume because (for reasons best known to the tasteless public) it sells well. And sir? The observation that you can hear the music through the earphones you use to shoot with is a rather pointless one. Such headphones are meant to protect your ears, not cancel noise. They may muffle things a bit, but they aren't DESIGNED to give you silence. If you don't like this store so much, kindly go elsewhere. (Though considering the tone he was taking with the manager, perhaps he will get booted). (end rant)
Anyhow, the last theory final is Thursday, at which point I will be blessedly free for quite a while. The worst (ie, ear training) final is over. Scales have been played, sight-reading has been done (not terribly well, to my mind) and harmonic dictation has been dictated.
I may even be able to post more often. I'll be working full time over Christmas, so I should have some more stories about crazy customers. Perhaps I'll even get a chance to put up some "family" photos. Who knows? :P
