Too much spare time. It's awesome.. Until you've done everything you wanted and still realizing there's weeks left. There's no greater pain than boredom.
Pretty sure we all know what you're on about, Phil... =D
Marching Band. Trust me, I love the experience of going out, playing on my trumpet and moving around. However, there's months of practice with both marching and playing. I will always hate those marching warmups as they feel repetitive. Then there's the weather conditions, it will always be either too hot or too cold. It may even suddenly rain. Then there's the points when people do the wrong things, sure we joke about it in the beginning but when you're months into the show, it gets annoying.
For me, it's this scenario. "I'm taking a nap, don't let me oversleep if I miss my alarm, so, by about 4:30 can you wake me up?" "Yeah, sure." *four+ hours later* SURPRISE IT'S 8:55 GUESS WHAT YOU HAVE THREE HOURS TO DO ALL YOUR HOMEWORK IF YOU WANT TO HAVE AT LEAST FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP TONIGHT
1 People wearing the contents of an entire perfume bottle less than 2' from my face.
2 People emptying an entire can of body spray less than 3' from my face.
3 People smoking less than 5' from my face.*
4 Small children screaming less than 10' from my face.
5 People praising me for things I wasn't responsible for.
*Does not include the use of e-cigarettes or meat smokers.
