Something interesting happened today; on my drive down to Owatonna (part of many interesting events from the past three months) I found myself listening to a piece that I have always dreamed of conducting. I have spent literally hours listening to this piece; daydreaming about the future I know to be attainable, yet distant... I turned it off. I turned it off and realized that for the first time in a very long time, I am more excited about my present than my future.