So today, I was having a really good practice day, and was really getting into my playing, when suddenly the bottom of my frog cracked out. I had noticed the pearl inlay was looking a little funny, but I didn't take much notice of it until it cracked in half. I just got it rehaired a few days ago and I'm sure that's the cause, so I'm a little annoyed at the moment. Admittedly it's just the frog, but I'm leaving for New Hampshire in less than two weeks, and I NEED MY BOW! I mean I have a spare, but it's nowhere near as good.
I also finally bought myself some nice electronic equipment for my cello: nice bass amp and a digitech bass effects pedal. Probably the cheapest box that actually allows one to create many different preset effects (as opposed to a simple, one-at-a-time effect distortion pedal), but it's all that I need. Makes my cello sound badass. But to be honest I'm still too put out about my bow to happy about my new toys.