Hey Jerry,

What's a "heavier than thou shadow box"? Sounds really intriguing.

I hope to have more time this weekend to sit down at the kitchen table (over Jan's rather pointed objections). (She even threatens to get on this thread and say more--she came around in the middle of this posting. Ah well.)

Problem during the week is I've found it's all too easy to put off thorny issues at work if I don't get enough sleep. (But for some reason, the pesky things don't disappear). So I have to at least make the effort to start getting ready for bed about 11--aiming at midnight. When I do get the sleep, I do tackle the problems--but it's now fairly obvious I have to do that on a regular basis.

I suppose I should see it therefore as a blessing that I didn't get picked to do the Mozart mass the group is doing (40 of 180 are doing). You can never tell--I thought the audition for that--centering mainly on sightreading--went real well. But I have my theories as to the possible problems. More on that soon. Not that it's earthshaking. But I'd be curious to know if you think my theories make sense.