Would Monsieur care for some whine with his meal?

For my lunch break today, I've chosen to indulge in a bit of exclamation-pointed whining: 

I just gave my mechanic $625 to replace my brakes this morning!

The application for a workshop I'm interested in is due tomorrow and I've barely begun to write it! I have to revise my resume for the first time in seven years too!  Plus I have a rehearsal tonight, and have no idea how this will all get done!

I have another red-eye, this time to Milwaukee, on Thursday!  Correlatively, I have to go to Milwaukee!

Even though my C drive has been resurrected (thanks, Messrs. R-!), my 200gb D drive with all my music is still dead!

I have to move my car TWICE today (at 1:30 and 4:30) because all the good "park till 4PM" spots were taken when I got to work -- because I was off spending $625 getting my brakes replaced!

I missed Puffy Amiyumi at the Fillmore on Monday because of another rehearsal!  I also missed Nathan Gunn's master class at the Conservatory on Monday because of the same damn rehearsal!  (I've heard he didn't take his shirt off at the master class, though, so maybe I didn't miss anything important.)

I am so far behind in my posting that I am suffering from brain constipation!  The blockage includes:

- the very fine performance in Cosi by Alexandra Deshorties (not to be confused with Short / Hot Olympian Alexandre Despatie)

- the Emmanuel Church service that John Harbison conducted (I'll just say that I am so fucking jealous that there are people out there who get to sing Schuetz's Kleine Geistliche Konzerte at their church job, and with period instruments and a proper continuo, no less)

- the weird Eric Whitacre phenomenon I'm trying to figure out

- the advance of Thomas Quasthoff singing Kreuzstab and Ich habe genug, which arrived unbidden yesterday -- so exciting! November 9 release, according to Amazon.  UPDATE: Just listened to it.  Alas, not as exciting as I had hoped. Lorraine has spoiled us rotten.

- Boosey & Hawkes's new and super-cool American Arias collections (you know, if you're into sheet music)

... and of course the long-awaited Billy Budd. I went last night and ironically left my binoculars at home. So, well, I'm embarrassed to say this, but.... mmm, if you ever want to rent opera glasses, they're $4, you leave your driver's license as a deposit, they're at the coat check, the lady's really nice (she asked where my seat was and i sort of mumbled 'standing room' and she didn't seem to pass judgment), the line's not too bad after the show, and they're pretty decent quality.  Show was good, one performance left on Sunday, if you're interested.

Well, that was cathartic.  Thanks.