I think most 18 year old students are grateful to have any sort of balance in positive figures these days!

Haha A lot of money for me is anything over about £70...

That is the dream...

I have LOADS of money... I just need to figure out what that little 'DR' thing after my balance means... Or that "-" they put on my paper statements before the figure...
Very confusing.

And why the numbers keep getting bigger the more you spend.

I guess I am doing alright with my 4 figure balance.

depends if there is a - in front of them and whether 2 of the figures are on the right of the decimal point

Depends on where the decimal point is!

Show off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHo2pXO_XAI

tbqh

Ok my bank balance has 6 figures if you count the numbers after the decimal point.

Stay away from this woman in that case...

I don't get it.

Anna Nicole Smith [Gold Digger]

Oh right.

She can dig my gold any time!

er - isn't she dead?

Nobody told me!

Blimey - me either! All that cash she managed to get her hands on, and she died before having much time to enjoy it all.

Hrm... karma?

What's made me happy today? Having lots of time to have another go at some of the grade 8 piano pieces.

Still wondering whether I could do an exam this year, but there's lots of work to be done on scales and arpeggios, and I haven't started a C piece properly. Quite fancy the Liszt if I can get it to a good standard - anyone done that one?

Today I'm going cross-country skiing!

There was a thread on here somewhere about Anna Smith's death - in December, I think.

I'm slightly cheerful-er today because mwl1 is being a complete star. I've not been online much recently because doing anything other than lying curled up is excruciating - after another 2 trips to the hospital this week I'm hoping my GP might have some answers tomorrow. But Matthew is really looking after me... which has made me happier.

Well done Matthew! And I hope the GP has answers for you tomorrow, Celeste

I made it to Sainsburys. I now have fresh food to eat - I was down to my last tin of tomatos and running low on frozen peas.

Hope your GP comes up with some positive news Celeste and thankyou mwl1 for looking after her so well.

Hear, hear!!!

An offer of a job (provisional) for September.

Sounds good! Well done!

Hope you get sorted Celeste!

What made me happy?
One of my Monday pupils left last term- and my Monday evening pupils are now all a delight! I had a lovely lot of lessons today!

The snow melting! Who'd have thought that I would have gone from a snow lover to hater in the space of a few weeks?! Unfortunately, there is more forecast...

If the snow can stay away from your patch from 29th January- 1st February, I'd be very grateful!

*tries to put two and two together*

I got a proper night's sleep due to a lack of pain! Thank you, Dr L.

Extra-yay, because I can remember when I was in my second-first year of uni (as I called my restarted first year; there was my first-first year, which I dropped out of, and then went on to a second-first year, you see)...when my GP found me some painkillers that worked for my chronic illness/chronic pain that I had at the time. So very very nice
Though you do appear to be reliving the pattern of my life, Celeste

What's made me happy today is that one of my rats is at the vet having an operation. It's got to 12.30pm, and I haven't been phoned, which means the op has happened and they haven't had to phone up with News (which would inevitably be Bad News). So I get to phone them at 3pm to arrange collection time And I'll have a happy rat minus a mammary tumour to take home and feed baby food and curly kale to

Today I had a first lesson with a new pupil- an ex cub of mine. It's much more fun teaching him in a 1:1 lesson than managing him in pack of 26 cubs! I really enjoyed the lesson. I hope he did too.....

And she's home. And fine. And more bouncy than any other rat I've ever had operated on before. She's completely not noticed the incision going along about a third of her body. She's boinging around the 'hospital cage' and clearly Not Pleased that she can't go in to the proper house with her friends. Still, I'm sure she will be happy with some chicken and vegetable risotto baby food which doesn't have to be shared.

Just looked again, she is pinging around like a real baby rat. I think she's been taking bouncing lessons from barry-clari

The materials to start of one of my OU courses for the year turning up.


I've been following the parcel's progress, and it kept going from the local Service Centre "Out for delivery" and then "Undelivered - adverse weather" but today it got here! As did lots of other post, as the postman came!

I now have the start of both courses, so can stick up both the study calenders in the empty "study calender space" on the wall in the room where I study!

Well, first I have to convince the conductor of the choir that I can actually play the piano well enough. I'm meeting her on Saturday.

we had our 1st post for a week today. All of it was bills

And that made you happy?!!

Came home from work last night and was very pleased to learn that my daughter's grade 2 piano exam went well (according to her and my very non-musical husband listening through the door). Of course we have to wait for the result now which will take about 6 weeks here in Turkey but we are relieved it is over.

I am my daughter's piano teacher. (I trained as a singer but now teach EFL.) I'm wondering when I should hand her over to a 'real' piano teacher but we are both enjoying ourselves too much to think about that right now.

Also, my middle child was 6 yesterday. Had a lovely family time yeterday evening, can't believe they are growing so fast.

(Hardly ever post but pop into the forum almost everyday!!)

What seemed impossible on Monday is slowly becoming remotely feasible...

Last night for dinner we had a very nice meal, part of which was a " Doom Bar Ale and wholegrain mustard sauce ", made by one of my husband's clients.

It made me think of Solari

*would like recipe*

Hearing on the radio this morning that singing was good exercise! Brilliant - it'll save me a fortune on gym fees

sort of as they were all in line with what I expected and it suggested that things were returning to normal. Being stuck at home again today has taken the pleasure away though.

Not much!

(I've always wanted to say this in this thread )

I know what you mean. I always intend to do so much with the bonus free day, but it sort of gets frittered away. I have done some piano practice though!

It will make me happy now to get back to normal - roll on the thaw!

Going for a run in the snow at twilight. And the feeling of virtue when I got home.