Does Anyone Want to Buy a House?

Good price, cute house, great neighborhood...

Well, it's another rainy day here in Eau Claire. We had an open house today and a showing right beforehand. Hopefully something will happen soon. This is our second open house since we went on the market a month ago. We lowered the price a bit so I hope that will help out. Personally I'm getting tired of keeping the house clean. It's a drag.

Today was also a day to visit grad parties. We went to a few and ate a lot of food. Probably we won't be eating much for dinner this evening. Last night we hung out for a bit with my student teacher from last semester. He has a new job in Amery, WI and he told us all about his first few days of summer school. I think it will be a good fit for him. They are working on a lot of summer marching band. I smile when I think of that (mainly because it's not me).

I beginning to get myself into score study mode. In a month Kaia and I will be headed to the Czech Republic for the International Conducting Workshop and Festival. It's a week and a half long festival where I get to work with some fabulous teachers and conduct a professional orchestra. Right now I'm in the midst of studying two Brahms Symphonies, a Tchaikovsky Symphony, two Stravinsky Ballets, Romeo and Juliet and the Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky). It's a lot to get ready but I've actually studied and conducted at least bits of most of the repertoire before. The festival is held in a town called Zlin on the eastern side of the country. It's pretty close to Slovakia and Poland. See map below:


We're leaving on July 14th and we will be back at the beginning of August. We fly to Prague to spend a couple of days, go to Zlin for a week and a half, then go to Vienna for a few days, then fly home. I know, it's a hard knock life.

In a couple of weekends my friend Chris and I are headed to San Francisco to visit out friend Jamie for an extended weekend. We're going to tour Alcatraz and visit Muir Woods and hang out for 4 days. I'm hoping that we can also take a tour of a vineyard or two while we're out there. It should be a fun time. We haven't seen Jamie for a while so I'm really looking forward to it.