Today I shared a pain with a stranger and although it was only a few words, we both see something in a different, gentler and more soothing light. She's in America but for a few minutes we were in the same (virtual) room sharing a hug

Now I feel happy and more peaceful.

Being told I had made someone's day

Finally having the guts to tell a "waste of time" student to go find another teacher

It's a satisfying feeling, isn't it?!

YEAAAHHH!!

I consider myself to be a nice friendly chap and easy to get on with, but when my patience and consideration is rewarded by being taken for an easy ride then I bite back.

The student was shocked at being "fired" - and put the phone down on me.

Am I bovvered?

I am now able to replace her with someone who has been on the waiting list for several weeks. He is DELIGHTED and started this very afternoon.

For those of you who think this is unseemly behaviour for a teacher of my age.............TUFF

Well actually it was yesterday but when I woke up it was the first thing I thought of.

My daughter entered her first swimming gala and got a silver and a bronze (butterfly and backstroke). She is only seven and it was our city gala so she was really nervous. I was soooooo proud!!

Just hope everything goes equally well in her grade I in two weeks time. (Piano practice has suffered because of swimming training!)

Aww that's sweet

(I did look to see if you had put "slaying vampires" - sorry )

Slaying vampires would certainly have made me very happy. It's very sad but yes I am a 39 year-old Buffy wannabe!

A steam train.

I've done my exam and don't ever have to play the wretched Beethoven orchestral extract again.

Well done, that's really good... but it triggered a VERY old memory for me I was entered in my first huge swimming gala at about the same age (6 or 7)... except nobody had taught me how to dive at the start and none of the other kids were getting in the water to start there.. so I thought diving looked easy enough and I'd give it a go.... and promptly hit my head on the bottom of the swimming pool Luckily I didn't knock myself out and carried on with the race.. ending up last .

I cried all the way home from shame but I forgot to tell anyone I'd hit my head until they saw the bruise the next day

I haven't thought about that since it happened!

Don't let DaisyChain hear you put the words 'Beethoven' and 'wretched' in the same sentence Flossie!

All the best for your result.

I'm another Buffy fan! After years of watching odd programmes with my daughter, I eventually became hooked. She never got past series 5 though, so I don't know what happens in series 6 and 7!

Had a really good flute lesson, and my tone has improved loads! We found it was because I was taking "girly" breathes and not using my diaphragm to support the notes, which has now been sorted. You have to take "Darth Vader" breathes! (my teacher is weird!)

Jacob.

Watching Naomi and Emily's happy ending on Skins.

Maybe my life is not exciting enough during the holidays.

The train conductor on my return journey from Edinburgh as we approached Inverness...

"We are now descending into Inverness where the local time is 20:02 and the weather is cold."

Is Inverness really seven years behind us?

1) Knowing there should be post for me when I get home. And not a boring bill (though there might be one of those), but instead a Big Parcel of music, and two smaller parcels each containing a novel.
Now I've said that, none of them will turn up Well, as long as one of them makes it I'll be happy (actually, it'd be good if they came on consecutive days, that would keep me happy for three days in a row!)

2) Having written 960 words of a 1000 word 'essay'. It's pretty much done, I just need a decent closing sentence, but I have 40 words to do that in, so that shouldn't be toooooo much of a struggle. Not that I've done that today (that would be a good morning's work!) but today I should finish that last sentence and be done with it and send it off.

3) Hunting out maps, directions, etc ready to see Red Priest on Friday (as I am going somewhere familiar, but getting there by an unfamiliar route)

4) My cold being almost nearly gone

Last time I was in Inverness was about 35 years ago ... so in my mind it is 35 years behind us

Getting an IPhone from my company, but struggling with the set up !

Great parents evening at my son's first year at "big" school,great comments.What would make me happier still is receiving grade 3 results for other child too.

Being contacted by local radio (Lancashire) who want to come and interview me and record (I think) one of my adult education classes for broadcasting.

It's a keyboard class, and rather than everyone working their own choice, I involve them all in a "project piece" every few weeks. The current project is to create the "Mantovani strings" - everyone in the group uses the orchestral string sound in various octaves to create a keyboard string ensemble, and by dividing the class into string sections, with me providing rhythm accompaniment and a suitable piano part, we ain't 'alf made a bad job of Charmaine (wouldn't ya know!)

Anyway, word has got round, and it's attracted the attention of BBC Radio Lancs!!

We've rehearsed today for visit next Tuesday!!

Finding out that a new adult pupil is a linguist with fluent French and Italian and decent German too.

My little one telling me that I am the best Mummy in the world

I'd have to challenge you on that - my daughter says I am the best mummy in the world!

Getting a broad grin from my flute teacher (the equivalent of a gold star) for only the second time I have played Fauré's Sicilienne to her, and the first time with accompaniment.

Aww. Maybe you two could share it?

NOT VERY HAPPY because Radio Lancs have postponed until mid-April

We are obviously 2 of a kind, although I bow to Carol's superiority in flirting. I wouldn't know how

Organising my first Viola lesson for Friday

That's not what I've heard!

singing Alonso Lobo's missa Maria Magdalena

A very successful rehearsal.

Lying in bed till nearly 8.30.

And I can do it again tomorrow.

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That is a fantastic story! Back to the original question - being on annual leave is making me very happy today!

It's Friday, I've got the weekend off, choir practice tonight and fish and chip supper afterwards, washed down with the help of a decent bottle of red wine!

Nothing specific really... just happy because it's Friday?

(My poor OH has been off work all week with food poisoning and he's not feally feeling much better but it has meant we've had the heating on and I've not had to freeze while I'm trying to study )

I tripped on the stairs and landed on my knees, but didn't get a hole in my tights. This has got to be a first, and is cause for celebration in the world of Me.

The vending machine has gone made again and is now charging 10p for everything (chocolate bar, bag of crisps, can of drink). You can always tell this has happened because you walk past it and it is virtually empty. Often there's a whisper going round that it's doing that, but I haven't been privy to that today...once the whisper starts, the machine will be empty within 15 minutes!
Cheap chocolate = happy.

What's not made me happy yet, but I am looking forward to is:

• Music lesson (I have been promised a new scale to learn )
• Treating self to fast-food-type dinner out (probably a pasty from the pasty shop - cheap, filling and yummy)
• Seeing Red Priest in concert!

Doing snuggly wuggly stuff with Alpha Male Jazz Cat

Spinster-Bag x

Please can I have the secret of your enthusiasm for scales. Is it something you can condense and put in a bottle so that I can pass it on to one or two errant pupils? (I suspect it's just something like I used to find as a biology teacher - mention the word plants, and the whole class groaned, with the exception of one girl who went on to be a botanist! She was my fav pupil for quite a while!)

A first lesson with a new pupil who greatly exceeded both my and her own expectations.

Just being Friday! Great day at work for me and now it's the weekend!

Actually managing to get dressed for the first time in 8 days...

Accompanying my youngest at his school concert - played a beautiful trumpet solo (Where is Love? from Oliver). Had a tear in my eye at the end...

My adopted work family. They make me smile so much! Followed by a very lovely conversation with mwl1...

Daughter no 1 home from school for 3 weeks...... pupils exams results came (after only 11 days) and all were pleased...... as was I.....

Hurrah! So pleased to hear that you're on the mend at last.

Booking the recital for bohemian, and meeting Cadence