Salamanca, Sunkist and Students.

It has been a very nice day indeed..

This morning, I finished work that needed to be done for my class. It was easy, and so I played mandolin for a while. Last night I also played mandolin. I found out that next week, I will be going to a dress rehearsal at Keene High, wearing a red shirt and black pants. We had an interesting practice, and more people showed up with strange instruments. There was a baritone ukulele and a tenor banjo as well as the usual assortment of guitars.

Anyway, I ended up going to my class on time. I learned that my teacher could not possibly be more passive aggressive, and that I was very tired. Very interesting... I left an hour later, to find that the Cumbus I had ordered for my birthday, with my dads credit card and permission had arrived. We opened the box to see if everything was in order, and it was not. I had ordered the $100 mandolin version and instead of this they had sent me a $300 bowed cura. I called the sender to ask why I had been given an upgrade, and to request that they send my original order instead. I sorted everything out, and found out that I am allowed to keep the cura, at least until I get my mandolin. I played the cura for a while, which was very interesting and apparently very hard to listen to. Still, as the instrument shares the same basic design with the one I ordered, it gave me a chance to see what I will be getting.

Indeed. I went shopping for food, picked up Ian and played mandolin for a while, generally putting off a paper I have to write. It is a wonderful afternoon, and so I went outside to enjoy it.. I just finished marinating chicken in garlic, parsley and other things and I am now going outside to cook it.

Tomorrow I will tell you more about cool stuff, as well as about some interesting relevant issues, like books I am reading and how I will not ever be converting to Islam.