Well, I just got home from band practice. We were practicing our field-formations for this friday's homecoming football game. I didn't bring my instrument for several reasons. 1) It was cold (30-40*F)- holding metal for two hours would be horendous. 2) Rain. Metal and rain = bad, water is a corrosive chemical. 3)Cold- it would be pointless playing in the cold as the pitch would go flat and sound horrible. Turns out I was the one least suffering. :nopity:
The several hours I spent out there reminded me of the legions. In a book I read it vividly told of Germanicus' Legions trudging through a horrible storm on the northern German coast, and I felt just like one of those marching legionnaires.
Oh well, I complain too much.