Re: one more job question

[Guest guest]

> Today the pastor of the church sent me an actual email asking how i

> was doing and if i had had a chance to practice and test out my

> tendinitis... which makes me think she is not just being nice, since

> she barely knows me... maybe she is interested in me working there.

I think at this point her main concern would be if you let the

tendinitis get in the way. Ideally, you do whatever you need to

do in order to avoid the tendinitis or anything else being an

issue.

In general, if there's a problem, the problem should be kept out

of the way of work and out of the way of others related to work.

Just because you can't do the most complicated piece in the

cheatbook doesn't mean you can't perform every week.

If you have one or 2 off weeks, then you can deal with things

you already know. i.e., it's better to say, " I can't practice

new things *this* week, but will still be there to play that

thing they play at the baseball stadiums ( " da da DA DA da da DA

DA " ) or more likely something that people like (other than the

baseball cheer) that you *can* do without a week's worth of

practice.

But the idea is that since they know about the tendinitis, all

they want to know is whether they will be hearing about

tendinitis on a weekly basis. They're looking for an organist

and I suppose you can be a very good one. Rephrased, people

don't want to hear problems. They don't expect perfection; just

that you can provide them with good services. If they were

looking for perfection, the congregation's name would be

" Metropolitian Orchestra of NYC " .

- s

[Guest guest]

That is very very very useful info. I think I am just now learning

that not everyone wants to hear ALL my health problems in blow-by-

blow detail. Not sure why, but they don't. I sort of knew they didn't

but as much reading on autism and AS and what NTs are like... it

makes me both sad and angry, and also, like I had better LEARN to

keep my mouth SHUT. Which is why right now I am posting so much to

this group. I hope it doesn't drive people nuts, but I have exactly

ONE friend. I can talk to her about ANYTHING, it turns out. She WANTS

to be my friend. I am pretty sure she is NT, but she understands a

lot about a lot of diffferent kinds of.... WHOA. I just NOW

remembered this. When she was in college she had a job working with

autistic people. I think the " classical autism " level, if I have my

terminology right. Anyway, she sort of gets me and who I am. When I

told her about autism she said it made a lot of sense to her.

Anyway, I think I am going to get an interview sometime soon. I will

briefly tell them that I do have some tendinitis, so as not to lie,

but that if I am hired I will make sure that music happens no matter

what. Even if I have to hire a substitute organist one week, I can

still be there to direct the choir and so forth. Then hopefully we

will move on to other topics more related to music and planning and

all that.

Speaking of that baseball thing, some stadiums still have real

organists playing that! I've always had the urge to play it in church

but I DO know better. One church I played in had a wacky guy who used

to say " Please play 'Louie, Louie'... "

Rhonda

>

> I think at this point her main concern would be if you let the

> tendinitis get in the way. Ideally, you do whatever you need to

> do in order to avoid the tendinitis or anything else being an

> issue.

>

> In general, if there's a problem, the problem should be kept out

> of the way of work and out of the way of others related to work.

> Just because you can't do the most complicated piece in the

> cheatbook doesn't mean you can't perform every week.