Clarinet's Home Again & Ruminations

I brought my new clarinet home from the repair shop today:

1. The bore has been polished and oiled

2. The tuning barrel has been adjusted so that it doesn't stick or lock on me

3. I have been instructed to only play it 20 minutes/day for the next 1 month and to oil the bore weekly for the first 1 - 2 months and monthly thereafter for the first year.

I was encouraged to bring in:

1. My "old" R-13 Buffet to find out why it doesn't play well in the upper register

2. Allison's R-13 Buffet to get it's lower pads changed, etc.

3. My Albert system R-13 Buffet A Clarinet which is NOT tuned to A-440 as he thinks he can fit it with a tuning barrel that will let me play it with modern bands and orchestras!

On other, more work-related notes, my worklist was briefly down to: one file. That's right. My work list got essentially caught up. Then I had walk-ins with my nurses this afternoon and I am back in the thick of it with at least 3 - 4 file reviews plus as many coming in tomorrow. So they are no looking to lay me off any time soon!

Additionally this evening I signed up with a trade organization for insurance company medical directors, the American Academy of Insurance Medicine - there actually is board certification in insurance medicine. Who knows, I may work on that in my spare time.