Getting ready to ride the hobby horse (as soon as I get some time)...

My mom and dad bought me a trumpet for my birthday. I used to play the trumpet in the jazz band over ten years ago. I can play a C major scale, but the high C is now hard to get. And I know nothing about tuning, oiling, or cleaning my new piece of brass.

My friend Suzanne bought me some taps that I can attach to a new pair of split soles. I took dance classes for fifteen years, but I haven't officially tapped since I was eighteen.

Look out world.

Sidenote: Speaking of hobbies, one of mine is reading. I just read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and it was wonderful. I read it in a day.