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Somebody must've been praying about the last post because everything I posted about has seen improvement in the last week...

1.  I've made some serious headway in working through the Schubert.  Yesterday's rehearsals were good.  Long, but good.  The Schubert isn't amazing yet, but we did have at least one solid run-through of that piece that I felt good about.  Of all things, fingering was what was getting me.  The sixteenth note runs in the RH (which mimic a spinning wheel in 6/8 throughout the entire piece) require one or two slight fingering changes every time the harmony changes.  I had them nailed in solo practice, but was missing a couple of those when my singer was added, which made me drop somewhere between 1/6 to a 1/3 of a beat now and then... something that's especially hard to tell when you're at tempo trying to follow a vocalist.  Maddening, really.
2.  My canker sore is healing, thank God.  That thing was the bane of my existence there for about a week.  I started putting rubbing alcohol on it and swishing with warm salt water... hey, no pain, no gain.  It's helped a lot and is feeling much better.
3.  Of course since we live in Missouri, today it was (at the most) 65 degrees.  I had to wear a fleece over my button-up.  Hard to believe it was 90 on Monday.  Careful what you ask for, Katie... for all we know, it could snow tomorrow.
4.  Als is doing much better.  She went to work both yesterday and today, I believe.  She sent me a text yesterday that said she was feeling a lot better and she seemed a lot better even on Monday night when I went to see her.  It makes me super relieved.  My siblings and I are super close.  We draw a lot of strength from each other.  So when something's wrong with one of us, the others feel it pretty keenly.

Anyway, if you actually prayed, I just wanted to thank you.  It means a lot.  More later, I need to sleep...