I am Music Mama. I attended college for music education right after high school, but due to mostly financial reasons, I didn't finish my degree. I've been married to a public school music teacher for almost 18 yrs. I'll call him the Absent-Minded Music Professor, or AMMP for short. He's also the music director/coordinator for our church. We have 3 amazingly talented & intelligent children. The oldest is our 17 yr old son, Geek Boy. Our middle child is an 11 yr. old girl, The Brainiac. Our youngest is a 9 yr. old girl, I'll call her DeeDee because she reminds me of the sister in the Dexter's Lab cartoon. AMMP's main instruments (although he plays all the band instruments) are french horn & guitar, Geek Boy's are french horn & bass guitar, The Brainiac plays french horn (are you seeing a pattern here?) & piano, DeeDee so far only plays piano because she's not old enough to be in band yet, but she wants to play clarinet. Music Mama plays trombone. We all sing as well.
That's the music background ... now to The Crazy. Music Mama has a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, with a touch of Anxiety, mild ADD & mild OCD on the side. Geek Boy has a diagnosis of ADD & Anxiety. AMMP has high blood pressure & a genetic predisposition for heart disease & sinus problems. All 3 of us take medications for our conditions. Music Mama, Geek Boy & The Brainiac also have seasonal pollen allergies, for which we take prescription & OTC meds. DeeDee has mild ADD, just enough to make it difficult for her to focus in school or listen to directions, but not enough to medicate (which is just fine with us).
To further complicate The Crazy, AMMP has been unemployed for the last 2 yrs due to circumstances out of his control & not related to his job performance in any way. The person who filled his job is now retiring & AMMP has reapplied for his job as a band director. Please wish us luck! Music Mama works in a factory & Geek Boy works at a grocery store. We live in a little town in extreme northern MN (in what my kids call "Almost Canada"), population approx 1500. One last thing ... if you know my family & I personally, please don't mention us by name in comments. We have the nicknames for a reason. Thank you!
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