Yesterday was a marathon.

Tweet

I was tired and almost grumpy by the time I got home yesterday. For two straight days, we have had no "Lessons Lead," the person who schedules lessons, prints out papers we might need, gives us our schedules, etc. I guess he was sick. The Back-up Lead was also not there, and the Store Manager did not step in to help us out. Net result: I had no idea what my schedule was, could not get staff paper if I needed it, and had to take things moment by moment. By the time I was done, at 8:40 PM, I was "gassed." I bought a small bottle of Scotch on the way home, was too tired to do a MyLot post, and fell asleep with my Collings guitar next to me. Kitty did remind me to give her a bedtime snack. Happily, the lessons themselves went well. I'll talk about my young friend Jonathan (he is turning ten, I think) in a separate post. I am doing a piece with him I have never done with a student before. I started a teenage boy on Children's Dance, the difficult Alex DeGrassi guitar tune I may have linked a few posts ago. And I got to improvise with Eva, the girl I sometimes think is a tad depressed. Today I get to teach Gunnar, my rowdy red-haired guitar boy who is learning Stevie Ray's Pride and Joy. That should be fun. Have you ever had days at work that turned into marathons? I hope we have someone at the lessons desk today.