07.00
The chirping birds waking up Stepan from his sleep. He slowly tidied his bed, which has three pillows stacked. Yes, Stepan mostly slept with sitting position than totally lying down all of this time. However, instead he made breakfast or anything... he just put the platter on the gramophone next to the bed, and played the song he liked. Then he only filled his stomach with glass of water, then relaxing on his bed again while staring at the ceiling or reading the yesterday's newspaper... completely lost in thoughts once again.
08.00
Shower time. Or just washing his face. Should be enough. Then he try matching his outfit with whatever he had at wardrobe. The laundry he soaked since last night immediately washed and dried at balcony's clothesline.
08.30
He drank the diluted baking soda. At least this is the first aid before going to work. He turned off the gramophone, then going to work with bicycle.
08.45
He is arrived at the workplace, and parked it in special bike parking lot. Then he took his double bass case from storage room. Greeting everyone in the rehearsal room. Start tuning the strings and bow, and then did the small exercise by performing the scales.
09.30
Alexander Vasilyevich arrived. After hearing the repertoire, Stepan obeyed his maestro's instruction nonstop
11.00
The burning on his stomach and throat started. Alexander Vasilyevich was just finished rehearsing the second song on the list. He starts to wish lunch time in 12.00 will arrive. An apple shoved in secret once again by Semyon. Semyon said he was just passed it from the brass section. Stepan thanked both to Semyon and the brass section. He ate fast while Alexandrov focusing on teaching the tenors.
12.15
Lunch time. Stepan ate his portion of lunch from cafeteria with small bites. The pain still linger, but not burning anymore. He is still the slowest eater among his peers. He continued to converse with Maxim and Ivan on the table, who already finished their meal fast.
13.00
Rehearsal again. So far he can feel his stomach twirling upside down. But not burning that bad. The rehearsal for the next songs become more tiring.
18.00
If the ensemble was only repeating the existing repertoire, the rehearsal will end fast. Stepan can go home fast to cook a dinner by now. But bad luck if the repertoire was fully learning entire new shitty propaganda songs. Overtime will be applied.
20.00
Work time finally ends. Before going home, Stepan asked if Fyodor has finished reading the today's newspaper as usual. Fyodor often gave it willingly. Besides, that bass chorist already read it many times since early morning... until it was kind of crumpled from gripped many times.
20.15
Arrived at home. He drank the bismuth subnitrate that prescribed by doctor three weeks ago. As he waited for ten minutes, he prepared meat or egg sandwich and ate it very slowly, while reading the crumpled newspaper. The music at gramophone flowing again. He knew he should have taking that medicine three times a day. But he was scared with the doctor; who will always yelling at him to eat properly and reduce stress. So he rationed the medicine by only to be taken at night, so he can sleep peacefully. He can still endure it in day using baking soda. Or when during concert tour outside of Moscow, he will packed more baking soda solution than his medicine so he can still function as a double-bassist.
21.00
Washing face and checking on the laundry on clothesline. If still damp, he will move it to the heater. If already dry, he will put it on the basket. He will ironing all of clothes once a week at Sunday.
21.15
Changing clothes into full pajamas. Then opening a box of letters from his family. Rereading them just to make sure his choice working in Alexandrov Ensemble was already correct. His family always support him and wanting him the best... but he still feeling that he lost something so great.
22.30
Turning off the lamps and leaning onto the stacked three pillows. Once again staring at the ceiling, lost in thoughts until he doze off...