Speaking to a priest who, it turned out, knew all about me and various other people I know. Small world!

MY EXAMS ARE OVER!!

hahaha!!



tehe, I might just do that tomorrow night...a little treat for myself



Awwwww, yay!! congratulations!


Mine tooo!!!!! WOOOOOO!!!!!


(sorry that's a rather long post!!)

It's such a great feeling isnt it?!

it's brilliant I have the whole weekend until Wednesday to just do fun musicy stuffs, chill out and finish some books I stopped myself from reading in order to do more revision wooooop

Harp lesson this morning and teacher mentioned "what about playing in a festival in a couple of months time?" (My initial reaction was actually to which she said I could go for the non-competitive class if I chicken out later on )

Flirting

Had a really lovely mumsy morning with my son. Baking biscuits first and then laying out his train track - all over the lounge floor!

Just had coffee and home made biscuit whilst he's in preschool. The rain's stopped, sun's shining, picking my daughter up in a minute, my husband will be home early AND .... it's the weekend. What more could I want?

Testing the electronic piano that I seem to have acquired (quite why, I am not so sure! ) and playing stuff without music, thus realising I am much closer to a performance standard than I thought I was on the Debussy!

Cuddling all six of my dogs, one by one...

Going through both songs for Teddington and realising that it's quite possible to have them in a performable state for the gig...

The day didn't start brilliantly - I got to the station, the train was delayed, arrived about 10 minutes late. I got on it and it didn't move for 10 minutes. The driver said it was due to bridge strikes, the station announcer said it was due to a passenger alarm on the train ahead. Whatever it was the train didn't seem to be due to move any time soon. Previously in the week the train I was on stopped just outside the destination station. For an hour and a half. This morning I decided I'd wasted quite enough time on trains this week, so I go off, came home, called the office and told them I was working from home today.

I can access all my files, e-mail etc via my home PC and broadband so I got as much done as I would have done had I been in the office, plus I did some extra saxophone practice at lunchtime, plus because I was home early I got some jobs done around the house that I would have otherwise had to do at the weekend. So now I'm looking forward to the weekend and anticipating lots of music classes and a visit to the pub tomorrow!

Getting my paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring.
Made all the hard work worth it....

Another of my pupils wants a career in music. She told me today. She is thinking of taking a gap year to really concentrate on her music an her voice.

i want to take a gap year to go bell ringing around england, lol.

I was driving my youngest home, and played my latest Phamie Gow CD in the car. I asked her to listen to the 2 favourites of mine. She listened quietly. I asked her what she thought of them, and she said she didn't know what to say I said it was OK, and she couldn't like everything that I liked. She said that wasn't the case at all, and it was so beautiful that she couldn't find the describing words ( she's 8 ), to say how lovely it was
There were tears in my eyes.

Having an afternoon nap that lasted a good 4 hours, and waking up of my own accord, rather than being woken up by someone crashing about the place.

At last, having a day when I didn't have anything which had to be done. I've done several jobs anyway, but it's been bliss knowing I could do absolutely nothing if I chose!

I've played the piano for 2 1/2 hours too (would have liked to play for longer, but didn't want to alienate my long-suffering Hubby - ours is a small house!).

It would seem my head has at last decided to stop hurting.

I think. Actually, I think it might still be there a small bit but too little for me to notice now, after the last eight, yes, eight days of migraine

Oh poor you Soooo glad to hear you're coming to the end of it.

I don't have much to be happy about today apart from it's sunny and the dogs really enjoyed their walk and were bouncing all over the place.. even the old one with sore leggies

I just have a dark cloud because I have soooo much work/studying to do.. which is why I'm wasting time on the computer... no really.. I'm going to go and study and by 4pm I'll be back to my happy old self

Being given a sticker by PianoDoodler.

Just had an invite to a posh presentation which happens to take place on my birthday.

Flirting (again)
Perhaps I should diversify...

Mind boggles as to what maledictis would diversify into.....

Watching my youngest play his trumpet in his teacher's students' concert - so proud. And he won first prize in the raffle afterwards! Not a trace of nerves - he just loved every minute of it. Eyes on stalks watching the bands and so proud to have borrowed one of their special bow-ties!

Hmm... now let me think...

Don't hold your breath folks! We could be in for a very long wait indeed....

Well, it's a gift - it would be unfair not to share it with the rest of mankind...

Travelling

Paying a surprise visit to see Alpha Male Jazz Cat at his place of work It was worth the 120 mile round-trip just to see the look on his face....

B x

Awwww....(I should add that today is AMJC's birthday)!

Getting a fluffy sock for my iPhone

Waking up to a lovely email from my oldest friend who lives in Japan

I have bought a ticket to go and see Red Priest

Friday March 27th, Cambridge Corn Exchange - so you might have me bouncing for a little while yet

Half a bottle of red

Envy, envy, ENVY!!!!!!!!!!!

Haven't seen Piers in FAR too long .

Enjoy, you lucky thing!

Receiving some music that I have been eagerly awaiting!

Realising that I can play music from my computer through my piano's very-decent speakers

Feeling just a tiny bit closer to someone who is very far away...

Had a full scale disaster yesterday, woke up ill, but I've written, and dramatised my disaster and made it funny so now I can laugh at myself, so that's made me happy.

A good, productive, hilarious, tiring rehearsal

A wholesome afternoon of loft tidying with my father, whilst keeping in touch with my lovely girlfriend...

Intensive clarinet playing

Sight-reading the Buxtehude Praeludium in C (with Fuga and Ciacona) Bux WV137. (At least I think that's what it was called) and being told I would have passed, had it been the sight reading part of an exam.


And then later, singing along to the Mama Mia dvd.

A very successful student concert. I may have written that earlier!!! My brain is tired.

Finally, finishing some work that is overdue by getting up at 5 a.m. to have a silent house.

I'm seeing them a few days later in London

Argh! Must have missed this one! When and where, Baz?

PM for Cyrilla coming up

Sleeping in my own bed after three weeks of sleeping in the loft while my bedroom was being decorated.


T'was bliss