It might be slightly more impressive if it hadn't taken 5 months
Now if I'd done 400 miles in 5 weeks - that's commuting four days a week - then I'd be really happy.

The fact that I'm well on my way with my music coursework has cheered me up! And also that I have remembered the password to my account on this forum after a couple of months of not being able to post at all!

Me too! Remembered mine yesterday!

My friend

the edible kind?
(sorry - couldn't resist)

Well.. its not the synoptic english essay I am writing!

Hmm... I think its how well the junior orchestra played today

My last pupil made me happy this evening. Sha had been struggling recently fitting in enough practice, but tonight she played a piece perfectly because she loved it and had tried three more from the same book just for fun.

preferably, yes

Found out that my school choir has got down to the last 6 of the 'Songs of Praise' choir competition!

Going to a party and finding loads of veggie food on offer.

Singing Gerontius - wonderful.

Singing Byrd

Doing half a pile of ironing

Seeing the other half makes me sad again!

Actually having the house to myself for a change, so I was able to get all my work done for the week without realising I had forgotten to do something........... bliss!

A spouse is rarely perfect ...

I have FINALLY finished my physics coursework And just as well given that the deadline's 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.

It was mean to take 10 hours and a couple of weeks ago I commented somewhere on slightly sarcastically that it would most likely take me 30 hours. I should have kept quiet because I must have spent a good 50 hours if not a lot more.

Now to do some maths... One day I might have some time for some music

Congratulations on finally finishing the coursework! I hope you get a brilliant mark. It's good to have got it done before the Chemistry kicks in!

Any news of your recorder yet? It's so good of your teacher to lend hers.

I think the first chemistry coursework is coming up soon But I don't think that will be nearly as bad because (assuming its roughly the same sort of thing as last year) its very broken up into different bits rather than just being left to your own devices to do a whole investigation.



I haven't had any news recently, but I rang up mollenhauer last friday and they said it would be 2 to 3 weeks, so hopefully it should be home soonish

Ah, I thought you were doing Salter's as BerkshireSon did. That's a whole module of practical with a lot of research and a minimum of 15 hours in the lab. Although it sounds as if you've spent nearly as long on your Physics as the Salter's Chemistry would have taken!

I expect you want to concentrate on Maths and recorder now, coming up to Cambridge interview and grade 7. It's all go in year 13; are you doing driving lessons as well?

I am happy because it was dry all day.

We're doing the other ocr syllabus. Last year we had one planning coursework, which was very spoon-fed, a practical and analysis thing, which you just spent a morning on and an evaluation thing, which, again, was just a morning.

We've done the practical and analysis for this year already, so now we just have planning and evaluating left.



I'm not having driving lessons, so at least thats one thing less to worry about than most other people. All I want to do at the moment is concentrate on recorder, but I figured I should probably do at least 3 out of the 5 STEP questions I'm meant to be doing over the weekend before putting my foot down and saying I've done enough for this week. I'm also meant to be reading mathsy books, but honestly haven't had time, but I don't think my teacher's going to be happy, given that it's my last interview preparation thing this week

I expect it's best to split your time between recorder and Maths if you're serious about Cambridge. Are the interviews in December again? It seems quite soon to be having your final preparation - not that my son's school did any interview preparation at all.

Do make sure you've read any books you mention in your Personal Statement by the time of the interview, but as far as I remember the Clare interviews are nearly all Maths problems which you have to talk through. BerkshireSon was surprised to get very few questions based on the PS. Still, the interviewers may be different this year; I'm sure they all have their own ideas of how to select candidates and it's best to be prepared for anything.

I know I should be spending more time on maths really, it's just more of a long term thing, whereas my recorder exam is getting scarily close.

The Clare interviews are on the 6th or 17th of December, but I still don't know if I have one yet. We've been having sort of practice interviews every two weeks since pretty much the beginning of term.

Luckily the only book I mentioned on my personal statement was Flatland, which wasn't hugely complicated, and didn't really have any complicated ideas in it, so there's not much to remember there. I'm slightly more worried by the fact that I wrote in my statement that I was going to organise some talks with a friend like we did last year(she's since dropped maths, so isn't going to help and as of yet, no more talks have been planned )

A compliment

Enjoy it while it lasts....

I got a top-up today

I can play harmonics on the harp!

I've finally finished my Grade 7 exam.
And two science modules.

Finished the Christmas shopping

This is great for me as places will just start getting busier and busier from now on, and I'll be OK because there won't be anything I have to do, as it is done!

Well, OK, actually I haven't bought anything for my husband yet; but his can all come in a box from Amazon, or similar online-no-busy-shops-required place...

I've almost finished my decorating - I should definitely have finished it in the week I took off work to do it (given the amount of prevarication I do about decorating this was a long way from given).

I've started my Christmas shopping

and....

The Big Band I played with at the weekend definitely want me to come back!

musical rehearsals! BUGSY MALONE!


End of the week.

2 hours of co-ed hockey instead of swimming

Um...well, today isn't over yet.

ALL my exam candidates this time getting Merit. I was seriously worried about one of them passing, depending on whether she or her evil twin showed up on the day, but she got 123.

Congrats!

I'm happy because I had a great shoot in the morning, a great bike ride in the afternoon, and now I have a gig this evening

I had drama club today and we were doing jazzed up fairy tales, our group chose to do Little Red Riding Hood...

Seeing your signature reminded me of a slogan on a Physics T-shirt I saw recently:

Heisenberg rules. Probably.

Hmmm, maybe that should go on a Physics forum?

My new theory student - we did grade 1 last week and most of grade 2 this evening. Wish they were all this good!

A hug

mwl1... A wonderfully disguised knight in shining armour.

Nothing yet, because the day has only started.

Well now i've been to orchestra (yay!).

Me and my friends have decided that we may go busking christmas carols in december.

A big improvement in tone from an older student this morning.

A lovely crisp, snowy, wintry scene outside church just now after organ practice.


Mel

The thought of how fantastic next week is sure to be after the fiasco of this one. Surely two bad weeks in a row can't happen! *Stays very positive*

Nothing.

My day's been boring.

A really good ensemble session (oboe, recorder & piano), sightreading Telemann and Vivaldi.

Singing Gabrieli with BRASS

Watching cd junior discovering the delights of snow........ awwwww!

Pain relief

phew!