Best Day, Worst Night

It was...one of those days, again.

You know, the ones where the day is great and there's sunshine and buttercups and those adorable, cute, little puppies everywhere and then the night is filled with, well, crap.

Surprisingly, the morning was wonderful. For one, Inheritance, the last book in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, was announced to have a release date of November 8 of this year! Since I have spent approximately 7 years of my life waiting for the end of this series, it was a cause to celebrate. So, I decided to go all out and wear the new dress! ...Ok, real reason I wore the dress? It was hot, and I really didn't feel like finding socks or a shirt to wear. Dress didn't need ironing, was already on my chair, so it didn't really require a thought process.

And the day was good. Tyler and I began on our Maniacal Masterpiece. And I, for the first time in my life, felt like a real musician. Yeah, I know, some people will read this and think 'You're kidding, right?', but I'm kind of being honest here. Yes, I've played the clarinet for half of my life, and singing even longer than that, but today, I actually felt like I accomplished something. So what if it was only fixing and tweaking the chords I found online for a Ke$ha song? I listened, knew, and most of all, felt the music. And the fact that I could play it and sing it and that I could tell the difference between Dsus4 and D was definitely an accomplishment to me. I know I'm not that great when it comes to hearing pitch, and it's always been something I've been slightly critical on. So to finally hear something right like that...well, it was one of the prouder moments of my life. 

But of course, life has balance. And today that meant some parental tension. I won't go into details. But let's just say, after I hung up the phone, I wasn't so happy anymore. In fact, as I write this, I'm still regrettably worked up. I'm hoping by tomorrow I'll feel better. But only time will tell. 

At least I can go to bed knowing that I will find out the fate of Eragon and Arya and Saphira and Murtagh in Inheritance in exactly 229 days. Yes, I'm that much of a nerd. I'm ok with this.