seven days to a better you

Hey all -

I'm on day 8 of my doctor-imposed silence and I'm really starting to get used to it. For those of you who aren't aware, I had some minor vocal-cord surgery just over a week ago, and although everything went well a big part of my recuperation process has been to remain silent as a tomb for the last 8 days.

I've spent the time mostly shut up in my room, writing music on my computer (most of which I'm sure will live in the eternal purgatory of my hard-drive), figuring out how to communicate with my housemates and thanking the gods of the internet for making it possible for me to order a pizza without having to actually talk to a human being. Really I haven't missed talking all that much, but there are a few things that are hard to mime without being misunderstood with awkward results. Like, for example, "Would you like a popsicle". Visualize it. Sigh.

Thanks for all the comments on my blog posts, by the way - nice to know it's being read. I think the next blog I do will be about how I became a fiddle player instead of the orchestra violinist I once thought I'd be - and my mom probably still hopes I'll be someday. Till then!