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July 19, 2004 at 1:18 PM

Uni started today, and wouldn't you know it, I slept in. I missed my 9am lecture, but it turned out for the better really. I was able to spend the time that I would've spent drinking coffee in the cafe practicing my violin instead.
Got into my violin lesson and worked on the Haydn and started on Legend. Haydn is sounding great, and we're now just putting finishing touches on the first movement which I'll be playing at the Joondalup Eisteddfod. Things like adding shape to the cadenza, cleaning up double stops, and making sure the development has the same energy as the beginning.

We're doing the middle bit of Legende, getting the double stops in tune etc. When I first looked at it on my own, I thought it was going to be so hard, but now that I've had my teacher go through it with me, I'm feeling pretty good about it.

Did two hours practice this evening, making about 4 hours worth of playing today. I should be able to get about 3 hours a day all this week (except friday as I've got uni 9-4 with no breaks, and work 5:30-10:30), so if I can keep that up for the rest of semester I think I'll be sitting pretty for my exam at the end of the year.