band tonight

Reading the nice comments I received yesterday at Birmingham - thank you all.

Getting my coursework handed in so that I can forget about it. Glad something good happened today because the rest of the day has been pretty awful.

Finzi

He made me happy too

Just got in from my recital and listened back to Piangero and it's fab! Yes, a couple of sticky spots, but overall I'm just so happy that I got through without any major traumas.....now waiting to hear the other one which felt even better.

AND I ENJOYED IT!!!!

Well done!

Me too!

Hindemith, on the other hand...

good luck with that one!

Thanks! The notes aren't that tricky played in chords one after the other, however timings are going to the biggie for me. Thanks so much for the copy, gives me a chance to start learning now!

Yesterday, more than today...Van Eyck!

Jan/Feb time, we started looking at stuff from the TG G6 lists. One of the first we looked at was Fantasia en Echo. Which was horrendously difficult, and I would never pick it for my exam because I couldn't do justice to such a wonderful and (to my ears) well-known piece.

Only at my lesson last week, it appears it now will be my list C choice for the exam

And so last night I reluctantly decided to blow the cobwebs off of it. And you know what? It's do-able. It's not easy, it won't be ready in a fortnight, but I actually think I can get there with it. Which made me very happy indeed.

(So happy I turned over a couple of pages and then ruined Engels Nachtigaeltje (the English nightingale), but that's OK, that's on TG G7 / AB G8 so I am allowed to play that dreadfully. I just hope that "Wat Zalmen op den Avond doen" is still on the TG G8, as and when )

Oh, and this morning I managed to persuade my very ill rat White to eat something! I know she is eating a bit, but not very much, so I opened up a tin of really swish cat food and gave her spoonful, and she pigged it down. Well, a little bit of it. But at least she has eaten something, which is pretty good. Why two and a bit weeks on antibiotics has made no difference to her health is a bit more puzzling, but at least she is eating

the English language and an unexpected phone call have made me even happier today

Cider ......

the discovery of a large room at one of our district offices, that has great acoustics and a piano...... please can I work here all the time, pretty please

Managed to get a job done that I have been meaning to for ages, plus a start on the Christmas shopping. But don't tell Katyjay

I will be off warfarin in 10 days time!!!

Scales seem to be different, all of a sudden. Instead of thinking about what note comes next, I'm thinking about what sound comes next, and my fingers are getting it right a scary proportion of the time. I am assuming this is a Good Thing.

If some speed could come along with it, that'd be nice.

And my husband seems to be thoroughly unsurprised that I am going to Greenwich - he said that it's one day a year, so of course I should go. And I said I wouldn't spend much money, but then added even if I do, it's my money so it's all OK, and he agreed.

JUST ABOVE AVERAGE ON MY PHYSICS MIDTERM!

This probably seems like an overreaction, but this is a legendarily difficult class (as in, a faculty member at another top university recognized it as "death mechanics") and I'm one of ~5 first-year students taking it (it's a second-year class). So I'm happy

Had my first fumble with a double bass in wind band....it was fun!!

Excellent Is the piano a decent one?

Hands are less messed up today.

That sounds good?


The sun made me happy... and the hot tub under the stars...... a pupil excited about being able to take her Grade 2 theory exam next term (weird eh?)...starting my 2nd pupil off on her Gr 5 theory book....

Speaking as a non-piano playing forumite (at the moment ) it looks ok and didn't sound too bad when I plonked a couple of notes. Will have to investigate it further................... Was very impressed with how my flute sounded in that room though

Today's happiness, well there's band practice tonight for a start

Sounds good, Louise!

My viola

2 pieces of good news within half an hour -

Son has interview for Cambridge Maths. but also

Our preferred candidate has been appointed as the new Headmaster.

It's almost the weekend! Also, I only do lunchtime A-level maths club () every other week because of a prior (musical!) commitment, but I understood everything that we did today the first time it was explained, and I remembered what we did 2 weeks ago

I now have a cat (first day home, rescue cat from the shelter) and she plucked up the courage to slink out of under the wardrobe while I was sitting in the room... only to crawl under the dresser.

Ah lovely! I don-t think I am ever going to be able to get a cat while we live in this country.

I went to the swimming pool today for the first time in ages only to find after getting changed that I had forgotten my swimming cap! You can-t swim without it. In walked a friend of mine whom I hadn-t seen for months and she had two swimming caps.

A pupil of mine auditioned yesterday for money from a fund for a new clarinet and was awarded a good sum of money that means she will be able to get the upgrade that she would like Am so pleased for her- lovely family, lovely child and she has her gr 6 in 4 weeks!

I love it when serendipity happens...

Do they not allow cats in Italy? Or it is just the housing isn't suitable (small flats..?) Never mind me, I'm just wittering...

How old is she? I'm sure she'll be running the house in no time. My little rescue cat moved in at the start of Sept. she is now working on complete kitty domination of the road despite being much smaller than the other cats.

Internet has woken up again

Will get round to my remaining PMs and emails very soon...bear with me

One and a half years old they reckon. She was there a bit longer than most as she was found pregnant and gave birth in the shelter and they had to keep her until her kittens were old enough to go too. The volunteer told me that she didn't seem to like the kittens very much and probably was looking forward to having her own space.

Only one day at work then I've got a week and a day off (can't forget the extra day, it's very important)

Whatever am I going to do to fill in the time..............

Sounds a very similar background to my kitty. I hope she settles as fast as mine - but brings less presents, the vermin of the area have certainly met their match.

I slept well I might be less grumpy?

I got an email from an OU tutor (not my own, but for the course I am doing), who said that a post I had made on the forum was "one of the most sensible things I've seen a student say" and asked if he could use it in his teaching!
After I looked up what I'd said that was so profound, I replied that of course he could


Oh, and I'm going to Greenwich today


PS Love the cat stories...my cat went in to the rescue with 'her mum and her mum's latest litter' - it was only when we got her home and had a few sleepless nights [because of her shouting at being left alone] did we realise that she'd always had cat company before. But she settled before I could retrieve her mother or a half-sibling, and now I can't imagine she would ever let another cat in the house (she barely lets them in the garden)

Cat still mostly in hiding.. it's as though I don't have a cat, I have a room with a bowl of catfood and a water dish and the levels of those move up and down on their own.

However she did poke her head out when I was sitting on the floor with the laptop. Suspicious creature - I picked the one who reminded me of me, a bit hissy in the shelter but guardedly friendly when she feels like it. Terrible, I know

If she gets lonely I'll get her a friend from the same shelter in a few months.

I didn't pick mine - she picked me. Offered my hand for her to sniff and she wrapped herself round my arm.

At least yours is eating and drinking - I'm sure she'll come out of her shell soon. One of my friends took in a rescue cat who hid in a cupboard for about 2 weeks but now happily runs all over the place.

My other half, who went with me, made the point when I couldn't decide, that it might be an idea to take one of the more "difficult" ones (as long as it didn't behave like it was possessed) since I'm an "experienced" cat person. It was a good point, I've had cats before so the idea of one hiding under a cupboard for days doesn't bother me whereas someone who hadn't might be alarmed and want to take it back.

She likes her food, which is a good sign, though I will have to be careful not to overfeed - she was a stray and is obviously used to eating anything in sight as she doesn't know when the next meal will be.

Fantastic feedback from my recital on Monday! It seems people think I can sing!! Excited to perform again tonight now!

The trouble is:
- small flats, no garden - doesn't stop a lot of people but I don't like it
- no catteries/suitable cat sitters as I like to be able to be able to travel and it would be difficult to take a cat with us.

Thanks for reminding me of the word serendipity - I was trying to think of it all yesterday!

I'm really pleased Dawn! Good luck for tonight!

I'm happy because I don't have any Friday morning lecture from now on At least for a while. Also, my sister is coming into Manchester to stay with me tonight!

Indeed - the first is workable if the cat's temperament is right; my other half's cat hates going outside even though there is a garden and catflap. To her, the outside is to be appreciated from the inside. The second isn't though

Thank you!!! And have fun tonight!

The thought of a great weekend ahead

Mine was being refused alcohol in co-op as I had no ID

I would say they are being overly cautious but much better for my ego if I don't

Both my sister and her boyfriend have often been refused entrance to the cinema as they didn't have their IDs to prove they were over 18...they both look young but they are both in their 30s