Dis-chords and Dat-chords

Gah! It's so COLD!! I think I've Tennessee has lowered my tolerance level when it comes to the weather. It's been a solid 35 to 40 degrees outside for the past couple of days. Yippee. We actually got out of school because of the "cold weather" a few Fridays past. Har. I really think it was an excuse to use up one of our accumulating snow days. We've had days just as cold this week and haven't gotten out. I think consistancy is what's needed here. As dumb as I think it is, I wouldn't complain if I got a call saying we were out due to sub-zero temperatures. Wusses.

Anyway, I had a fairly interesting day at school. My JazzCats keep whining about having to sing early in the morning, as usual. And, as usual, I ignore them and force them to sing anyway. I'd like to enjoy the fact that I'm torturing them, but I just find it annoying to deal with the same complaints every single day. Geez. No one should have to deal with teenagers that early in the morning.

My Concert Choir is second block and I spent a good deal of the time having them completely rearrange the seating. I have built-in, carpeted risers that barely curve inward. I hate them. I'd much rather have a flat floor so I could curve the chairs in more so they could hear each other as they sing. I decided to make an arch out of the chairs on the risers and angle them all in to each other. It's the best I can do and it actually seems to work. They sounded better once I told them to quit messing around and focus their sound. They're good kids, I just want to bash them over the heads sometimes. With love, of course.

And finally, my third block, Women's Choir. Oh the joys of having 25 plus women in the same choir room for an hour and a half. Don't you just wish you were me? The best part is that I have full length mirrors on my walls in the front of the classroom. Does anyone else have the phrase "I'm so pretty?" running through your head? Seriously, I covered up one of the mirrors with a rolling white board and I almost had a mutiny. Yeah, no joke.

We had choir practice at church tonight. I think my voice is about dead. I sing and shout all day in loud, sonorous tones so it's a wonder that I can even speak at night. *wheeze* I'm suppose to start learning how to do handbells on Wednesdays with the Forets (the band instructer and his wife) but they decided not to start up this week. It should be interesting. I've never played handbells before. We'll have to see if my hand-eye coordination is up to the task.