Am I counting down? Hm. I wonder …

2 weeks. 9 more oboe lessons to teach. 8 more services (4 performances, 4 rehearsals). 1 concerto competition to judge.

I’m not packing yet, but of course I continue to “pack in my head”. And I do believe I have everything I need.

Okay, I know I have everything I “need”. It’s really more of, “Is there anything else I want?”

And yes, in case you’re wondering, we have decided to take our trekking poles. Better to have them and not need them than to wish we’d brought them and have to go out and buy ‘em. It does mean we have to check luggage, but that’s not a horrible thing … right?

Maybe don’t answer that unless you agree with me.