In reply to Tana F.

And thank you for taking the time to read and comment on it, Tana!! I still laugh when I think of my poor dog hiding in the curtains. There is literally no worse torture than listening to a kid learn how to play a reed instrument (well, maybe other than learning to screech out of tune on the violin - haha). To this day, the taste of a toothpick in my mouth makes me cringe :)