The other day, I found out about a choir project that I’m curious about, they run large-scale choir rehearsals and performances on a project basis. I LOVE to sing, I used to take singing lessons and perform in various choirs and ensembles. (Three personal highlights:
3. I joined a senior choir in my home village for a season, I was the youngest person by around 35 years.
2. Performing one song as Magenta in my singing class’s small-scale production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
1. In another choir’s annual concert, getting to sing a solo of “One Moment In Time.” I still do not know what got me that part, or how I managed to not botch the high notes, or how any of that earned me a mention by name and a photo in the local newspaper (??!), a solid 13 years after my first photo in the same newspaper, just that the first time I played the recorder.
The only feeling that’s comparable to singing in a choir is playing in an orchestra. That moment when everything clicks and it feels like the music is suddenly tangible all around you and it just works, it’s the closest to magic I’ve ever been part of.
For a long time since, singing has been limited to long car drives on my own (I have a special playlist for those), and karaoke (less often than I’d like). I used to travel a lot for work and have so many other interests that I find it difficult to make time for one thing consistently. Since Covid, and now with my disability, singing has become a lot more complicated: It’s very risky for catching an airborne disease. And as especially getting Covid again is a big no-no for me, singing in a choir again isn’t exactly … a super good idea. I’d been thinking about it and instead of more of that, I just emailed the organizers, described my situation and asked if it might be possible to do rehearsals masked, or if they have other experiences with folks in a similar position – I reckon for a team that routinely runs events with 300-1000+ performers, this topic must have come up. (And if it hasn’t, it might be a sign to stay away from them on general.)
I need something to look forward to.
I was able to see the neurologist today. They sent me an email this morning telling me to come by 2 hours later. Had to wait for an hour, but who cares, I was able to see the doc, he confirmed my suspicions that I had an allergic reaction to the tilidine, and prescribed me oxycodone. Apparently he doesn’t prescribe it often, although it’s even in the RLS treatment guidelines, I didn’t ask more why but one reason he mentioned was that it’s a bit of a pain because of the legal regulations around it. I used it years ago, someone else described it for my pain, it helped but my allergic reaction to it was pretty bad. I’m just going to cross my fingers that it’s better this time. The pain is really bad at this point. I’m writing this now because my joints and muscles huty so much that I can’t sleep.