...bits & pieces...

Molly is at the vet's...
for all the necessary stuff...
that culminates in licensing and living here, "forever"...

and though she technically wasn't here 24 hours...
before going in for her "tune-up"...
the house seems empty...

some kitties...[Mattie & Thomas...]



are, keeping her bed warm...
and some "crabby cat noises"...
that were absent in her presence...
can be heard in the distance...

Piglet is "back" to her old self...
[hummm... is that totally a good thing ?]

she made beds in my arm & snored...
she jumped on my stomach...[I was asleep...]
she stuffed her face this morning...
twice...
she complained bitterly about her medicine...
and said "thank you"... when I opened the window to "free" her...
with my usual admonition... "to stay close...& be safe..."
generally said to her rear, as she "departs" in haste...



then there was the matter of the funeral mass later today...

I showered, etc... practiced the Psalm I'll cantor...
went through the service order...
[I have to copy some music at the church, before the service...]

looked in my closet for my "formal, orchestra black" clothes...
and thus began the comedy portion of our morning...

when there were 3 services within about 5 weeks before Easter...
I had worn a new black jacket & some pants that, strangely fit OK then...
[they had been too tight when I bought them a year or so before...]

they were quite loose... but new, looking nice, though baggy...
and even though I'm "vesting"...[think,"alter kid"...]
I'll be going to the committal/reception...
so I need to be "dressy" under the vestments...

the new jacket was a lot bigger than I remembered...
so I tried my "old"[a size smaller] symphony jacket...
it fit...and would even button !!! though it's tight then...
but it's a little "ratty"...[I wore it for 10 years...]

so then... out of curiosity...I tried on my old symphony trousers...
[NOT stretch... just cotton, pleated front slacks...
they haven't fit at all for years...
and before that, they were really tight...]

THEY FIT !!! and very comfortably, I might add...
[I'm wearing them now...]

BUT... and it's a big one...
[NO pun intended... I hear you laughing...]

they are sort of faded... and look rattier than the old jacket...

both were fine for gigs...
[trumpets sit in the back...]
or in "stand light" scenarios [ie,"in the pit"]
or "underneath vestments"...

NOT for "dressy"....where they can be seen in good light...

so...if you see me today... holding up my pants...
in a baggy jacket... try NOT to laugh IN my face...

hummm...I DO have a set of suspenders...

perhaps... all is not lost yet...
[and I do mean my pants...]