I took the day off to compensate myself for the extended days with dress rehearsals last night and tomorrow night. As it was sunny and the temperature reached 4°C, I could remove the last of the glacier on the driveway and sidewalks. Now we just need a cm or two of snow to cover those dirty, icy chunks: dirty because of the sand I had spread on the ice.

I walked to Rona in 32 minutes to exchange an item and ran back a different route in 21 minutes. Yes, I use the “chronometer” on the watch I got for my birthday. One neat feature is the “pause.” I can stop the timing while I’m waiting for the light to change.

Our younger son is home for reading week. He tells us he has had several of his essays published in the school newspaper.

There was a worrisome email this morning that the tenor soloist for Saturday’s concert was ill. However, tonight we got an email that a recent graduate of the COC studio would be able to step in. Neither the Liszt Missa Solemnis nor the Mozart Mass in C are particularly difficult but I’m sure he’ll be spending the next two days intensively studying his parts.