Oh, my goodness

Where has all the time gone?

A trip to Austin
A trip to New Orleans
1 week
then I'm off!

I'm suddenly hit with this.
Thank God that I don't have to drive a car back from Hartford.

There are so many little things to do before I go.
I'm actually packing for two different trips.
1. Southern Africa
2. Liturgical/Monastic Europe
Both requiring different not only different packing but also a different Michael.

I was looking at the celing and then I saw the sky.

Well, now I have to go finsh a Zulu Hymn I'm working on. The first attempt at an ending failed. I let the bottom voices go one by one and left the soprano hanging on the last note. It was kind of a long shot any way. I want to get this done before I sleep.

So here we go!

The previous post has been confirmed and plane tickets have been purchased! I leave for South Africa on the 20th of April.

The Plan

I was in Austin this weekend with Jeremy trying to flix my laptop. We took some time out on Sat. to scout a location for the film project he is working on. The two photos in this post are from that shoot. While I was in Austin the plan for the next few months fell into place. The idea is to go to South Africa and teach and research my next composition for 2 months or so. Then go to Rome and Germany to work on some translations of my music for the nuns. Then back to Texas to work on a flim score.

Mid April- Fly to Connecticut pick up my
brohters car and drive it back to Houston

April 20th- Fly to Johannesburg, South Africa

Late April to Late June - Teaching music in South Africa

Late June - Fly to Rome

Late June to Late July - Work on Italian and German editions of the music for the english prayer manual I wrote.

Late July - Begin film score for project with Jeremy

Thats the plan for now. I'm waiting on exact dates from the nuns in Rome so as soon as I have those I will book the flights. In the mean time things are going to get bit crazy. I have 5 weeks to get everything ready to go overseas and teach ...as well as drive a car halfway across the US.... and earn a few more bucks for the bank account.