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September 22, 2004 at 12:49 AM

Well, I'm on mid-semester break at the moment, so it's lots of study and practice for me. Yay!
During term time I find it difficult to get 3 or 4 hours of practice time in as well as study (hence one of my assignments which was due in at the beginning of the semester still hasn't been handed in, with only 3 weeks left of classes). So I relish these opportunities to really practice all the stuff that I've been needing to do.

Usually I get in two hours a day minimum, one on scales, etudes and some of my orchestra stuff, and the other focussing on one of my pieces. Now with all this extra time, I can do that hour of scales, etudes and orchestra work, an hour on my chamber orchestra music (which needs alot of work seeing as I can't hide behind a large section) and an hour or two on my pieces, usually split between Weiniawski's Legende and the Appassionato from Suk's 4 pieces for Violin and Piano.

Went to the optomitrist's yesterday. Turns out I'm short sighted. I've noticed my eyes getting worse and worse, but I didn't realise how bad they actually were untill the testing. She covered my first eye and i was completely shocked - I could only read the top line and make out parts of the second line. my other eye was a bit better, I could make the second and third lines. So I'm getting some glasses for long distances - lectures, driving, movies etc. SHouldn't need them in orchestra, but I do sit a long way from the conductor... hmmm

7 weeks untill my exams start. New piece to learn, and hopefully get my full driving licence as well... I think I should go do some stuff.