Well, this is going to be an interesting day. I am about to engage in a slightly stupid caper that if all goes well will end with a song recital – wish me luck! (In case you’re wondering: I do have a job, but most of it is portable. I will spend my afternoon reading a job candidate’s dissertation and writing next Tuesday’s lecture.)
[Update: made it to New York without a hitch. Now all I need is a lot of coffee and thicker tights – it’s 16F right now!]
The brilliant thing about this is that even if anyone at work wonders where I am, they are likely to conclude “Earworm is sick” or “Earworm is working at home today” – I can pretty much guarantee that “Earworm has fucked off to New York for a Lieder recital” will occur to precisely no one. Because what kind of crazy person would do that?
The Earworm 
WOW, lucky you!
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Part of me is amazed I’m even here – the schedule rearranging I had to do this week in order to make it was an absolute tour-de-force of responsibility!
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The New York State Department of Recreation, Tourism & Living a Little, Bureau of Swanning Out of Work at Noon to Go to the Opera, completely endorses this kind of activity.
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Right on 🙂
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The Department of Some Bastard Has Arranged a Noon Meeting With A Senior Physician in the Slot that I Had Blocked Out For a Lunchtime Recital Today is no doubt laughing its head off.
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Ugh – does this happen often?
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It’s always a risk. Next Thursday is looking to go the same way.
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