You know you're losing your mind when.....

You forget David Gerstein's birthday.

So here is a picture to make up for forgetting to call on the 24th, and calling yesterday instead.

Happy Birthday, Gavid!

(this is from my trip to Houston in January....)

And.........

...........now I may tell all and sundry that Heidi and Whit are having a boy! Adelaide is beside herself with news of a baby brother, and I think we are all looking foward to having a baby in the family that is NOT a girl. Not that a girl wouldn't have been great too. But its time to have a boy.

In other exciting news - Molly, Amanda, Cassie and I went to Indiana Jones last night at midnight, and was very happy with it. I didn't have much in the way of expectations (I had so much for the new Star Wars films and look how THAT turned out), so I was not disappointed. Its weird, and different, but still the same Indiana Jones. Ah, Harrison Ford. He defenitely isn't young anymore, but every once in awhile, he looked thirty instead of sixty. I love it. We got home at around 2:30. Fun times.

Also, when I woke up at noon and went and got some coffee at the corner diner, I also picked up a Metro and came home and did the WHOLE CROSSWORD PUZZLE! Yay! This is a good start to summer.

My new degree title......

Heather Braun, Master of Music, string performance.

Hectic-ness

I'm still rehearsing like crazy the Schubert quintet and Grieg quartet for Thursday night's performance (Nick's DMA chamber music recital), Molly and I are performing the Copland again for an extra recital that she wanted to do on Wednesday, and today I finally had the wedding that I contracted and had been anticipating since first hearing from the bride around last August. Thank GOODNESS thats done. It was 52 degrees outside, and my violin is probably cursing me in agony, but we did it. Why does ANYONE think planning an outdoor wedding in the first part of May in New England is a good idea???

I think I should start putting in contracts that if its below 65, we charge an extra $100.

In other news:

~Hannah Ruth is coming to Boston for a week long visit starting this Tuesday. I am SO excited. Oh my lord.

~Graduation day is May 18th, next Sunday.

~I am sitting principal 2nd for Back Bay Chorale in two weeks. We're doing Mendelssohn's Elijah.

~I forgot my mother's 60th birthday this past Sunday. In the impulse of guilt and really wanting to do something nice, I sent her some really nice flowers on Monday. So nice, in fact, my dad told Hannah "Heather shouldn't have done this! She can't afford it!" Luckily, I had a coupon so they were NOT that expensive. Luckily, also, my mother was quite forgiving for the fact I forgot. That is now the third family member birthday in a year that I have forgotten. I'm losing my mind.

Check back soon for some exciting news - I have to wait a little bit yet before I can post anything about it.

I just got the most interesting phone call.

My name was given to some woman who is looking for a string quartet for a Sandra Bullock movie. Apparently there is a wedding scene and they want the musicians to mime playing, with the sheet music in front of them so they would move their bows at the right time, but not ACTUALLY play. They just wanted it to look right.

Unfortunately, as movie filming goes, I would have to be there from 7 am to 7 pm on both next Monday and Tuesday, and I have Cantata Singers starting up next week. The pay for the movie is bad considering how long I would be there, too.

Still - I always am so annoyed at these movies that get actors who have obviously never even SEEN a string instrument, let alone held one, so I'm impressed that they actually are looking for people who know what they're doing.

I'm sad I can't do it! Darn it.

Happy Birthday Mary Keener!