The one building of note that I recall being able to visit that felt, like, extra special was Burton Tower. The sort of - if you see any kind of, like, skyline picture of Ann Arbor or painting, you can almost always see Burton Tower in there somewhere. And at the top of Burton Tower, they have a carillon and just before Covid, probably around 2018 actually, they opened it up to the public for one day in the middle of the winter, leading up to Christmas. I think it was like a weekday at like 1. Not really the most accessible time, which was maybe by design to limit the number of people who gave it a shot. But yeah, I was able to work my way over there, climb the steps, and then I actually got a chance to play the carillon at the top. I made a crucial mistake of not planning anything with any true sense of - I should have, like, practiced, you know, playing a Christmas carol of some kind, that could have just rung out to the city. But honestly, it was almost enough to just, like, act like a toddler and, you know, press just buttons at random, and knowing that you are basically subjecting the entire city of Ann Arbor to whatever sound you choose to strike with the bells. So yeah, that was pretty rad. I really enjoyed that.

Something I've noticed now as a 26 year old. It's been a while since I've been out of high school and I regularly dream about band, and it's so stressful for me. It was generally a stressful experience, for a lot of reasons, but yeah, I often in - I dream that I'm like in the middle of a performance and having to remember all my spots on the field, which is really terrifying ‘cause, yeah, I mean it's all directional, it’s all like taking up space, and if you run into somebody, you mess up the picture, you trip, you fall, whatever have you. There was one time in our Starlight show, where we'd like lay down and pretend we were like looking at the stars, and I was so exhausted that day during this competition performance that when we laid down, I got up like probably, and realistically, it doesn't sound like it's much, but like I got up like a beat or two behind and ended up having to like a hurry and stand up and make up that difference in the time, so that the judges and the audience wouldn't notice it and I felt so embarrassed. It's a good memory to look back on though.