July 10, 2004 at 3:44 PM

picked up my violin for the first time for a week or three (oops!). I've been working most days 9-5 or 6, some days i've worked 9-9 so when i get home i'm really tired and don't do any practice.

I'm taking this week off completely so that I can do some practice and prepare myself for the start of second semester (got an assignment due in the first week). Also my girlfriend has her holidays starting this week so it's basically the only week i get to spend some serious time with her.

I did 3 sessions today (1 session = 45 minutes of serious work with a 15 minute break to relax at the end), plus a rather long rehearsal with my dad because we were playing some music at an informal parish dinner.

Currently Working on:
Technical Work - G (Major, Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor)
Studies - Kreutzer 2, 4, 5, 13
Pieces - Telemann Fantasy 1 (Cleaning first two movements, learning third).
Haydn Violin Concerto in G first movement; cleaning and polishing
Wienawski Legende Op 17 - learning (haven't actually started yet, will start tomorrow focussing on getting the double stops in tune).

Well that's basically what's happening in my life at the moment. I best head off to bed soon. It's 11:45 at the moment, i've got 4 sessions of violin practice to do tomorrow, as well as an hour of house cleaning, some driving practice, and church in the evening, plus I will be watching Law and Order and the Brittish Grand Prix in the evening/night/morning...

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