Thursday, March 01, 2007
Sleep Deprivation
It has been a long time since I was so sleep-deprived! Concert on Tuesday night, followed by terrific birthday celebration for our conductor, got to bed at 3, up again at 4:30 to get to the airport, flew to Berlin (after having to change flights because mine had been cancelled), met up with Lionel and my ex, had breakfast, walked to the Music Instrument Museum at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall and was severely disappointed because a harpsichord that I had donated to the museum was not on display.
Then to the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz to see "Dreamgirls", a really excellent musical film, met up with Christina and her Man, they were just as I had expected: friendly and witty.
Then to see Lionel's musical, which was a huge success, it was the end of the Berlin run before they go on tour, even the normally staid and stiff German audience on their feet and cheering at the end.
Afterwards the obligatory End Of Tour Party at a Mexican restaurant, got back to the hotel at about 2:30, had to get up again at 4:30, taxi to the airport, only to find that I wasn't in the computer for the return flight, a real bind because I had a rehearsal in Cologne at 10:00... the kind Lufthansa girl worked out that I had booked my return flight not for February 28 but for March 28. "But it is not a problem sir, we can change the flight for you! Of course there will be a fee, plus the upgrade.. $300...!"
Then the flight to Cologne, getting back at 8 a.m., rushing to the OPera house to rehearse the Walkyrie (Wagner) for 4 hours, then teaching (a student from Italy, now living in Freiburg, I couldn't very well cancel her lesson as she had travelled about 300 miles to come).
Anyhow I am exhausted and am looking forward to going to bed, having slept about 3 hours in the last 3 days.
Addendum: While writing that post, I had a pizza cooking inthe oven. With great forsight, I put the oven on a timer, so it wouldn't burn. Finished writing the post, looking forward to having the pizza as a reward.... went downstairs to discover the whole place filled with smoke: I had not only started a pizza, but had put on some vegetables, which had in the interim hapily carbonized.
Then to the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz to see "Dreamgirls", a really excellent musical film, met up with Christina and her Man, they were just as I had expected: friendly and witty.
Then to see Lionel's musical, which was a huge success, it was the end of the Berlin run before they go on tour, even the normally staid and stiff German audience on their feet and cheering at the end.
Afterwards the obligatory End Of Tour Party at a Mexican restaurant, got back to the hotel at about 2:30, had to get up again at 4:30, taxi to the airport, only to find that I wasn't in the computer for the return flight, a real bind because I had a rehearsal in Cologne at 10:00... the kind Lufthansa girl worked out that I had booked my return flight not for February 28 but for March 28. "But it is not a problem sir, we can change the flight for you! Of course there will be a fee, plus the upgrade.. $300...!"
Then the flight to Cologne, getting back at 8 a.m., rushing to the OPera house to rehearse the Walkyrie (Wagner) for 4 hours, then teaching (a student from Italy, now living in Freiburg, I couldn't very well cancel her lesson as she had travelled about 300 miles to come).
Anyhow I am exhausted and am looking forward to going to bed, having slept about 3 hours in the last 3 days.
Addendum: While writing that post, I had a pizza cooking inthe oven. With great forsight, I put the oven on a timer, so it wouldn't burn. Finished writing the post, looking forward to having the pizza as a reward.... went downstairs to discover the whole place filled with smoke: I had not only started a pizza, but had put on some vegetables, which had in the interim hapily carbonized.
# posted by vailian : 9:03 PM
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WOW!!! Maternal me is kicking in...
Listen Mr. Musician!! You cannot run yourself ragged like this! It'll ebventually do you in... if not from sheer exhaustion, then form smoke inhalation caused by SLEEP DEPRIVATION! Sleep long and sleep hard now, OK?!
Carol
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Listen Mr. Musician!! You cannot run yourself ragged like this! It'll ebventually do you in... if not from sheer exhaustion, then form smoke inhalation caused by SLEEP DEPRIVATION! Sleep long and sleep hard now, OK?!
Carol
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