Music Faculty Recital

Last night, the Music Faculty Recital (that I've been helping with for a little while at work) took place.

There were 650 people there, largely due to my publicity. My hard work has been recognized today by my coworkers and supervisors.

It feels good to have a job well done recognized by my peers and supervisors. It truly does.

The venue had 750 seats available, and we filled up 650 seats. Multiple people have mentioned hearing about the event through avenues I've explored with this event. It was a case study... and it worked! Now I know what to do to get people to fill seats.

I think that honestly, more people were there because the end of the semester is near, and they needed extra credit/credit for class. But multiple people said that they saw the event via places I've advertised at that we weren't exercising before. So that feels like a major accomplishment.

And people at work have recognized that my efforts have translated into real people coming to our events. That is worth every bit of effort that I have put into my job. And I work very hard. 

My supervisor recognizes my hard work, but this is the first time that my hard work has gone almost universally acknowledged. It feels good. 

I spoke with my college friend Thomas tonight. He's one of my closest college friends. He and Reed are my closest, but none of us talk much together. I have a bond with them both that's kind of... close, despite a lack of consistent communication.

Every time I talk with them, it's like we continue conversations that we had the last time we spoke, no matter how long ago those were.

It is nearing the witching hour, so I am going to go to sleep. I must be up by 6:30 am tomorrow, because I am slow to warm up in the morning, and must be at work by 8:00 am.