April 29, 2005 at 6:05 PM

Settled my insurance woes, and just in time for lessons on Sunday.

Spotted an article today about one of my adult students, a professor at Williams College. He's written a book about Iran and Iraq and apparently is quite an expert in the region's history. Once it's translated into English (he's iclandic), I'll have to pick up a copy. It's fun to spot familiar people doing interesting things, though, don't you think?

We're starting quartets again next week; the other violinist was a bit reticent, but I agree with the violist that his wife (the cellist who passed away two weeks ago) would want us to continue. Besides, it's so important for him to keep playing and to keep busy. Of course we all miss her, but she was a very generous person by nature and I'm sure she'd agree that we need to care for her husband now. It'll be a bit rough at first, I think, to have someone else playing cello, but the new cellist is very nice and I'm sure she'll fit in quite nicely.

Haven't had nearly enough time to practice this week -- that's the trouble with having a job, isn't it? But I'm so much less stressed since I started this job that it's really quite worth it.

Previously, I was consulting (computers) with my husband, and had started teaching violin and doing more playing. But the trouble with all that independent stuff, even though the hours are pretty good, is that you have to do everything: the marketing, the accounting, the production, the support, etc. And working at home just doesn't suit me -- I need a separate space, where my non-working life doesn't intrude. So I was just getting way too stressed. The level of stress I felt a couple of weeks ago, with a project deadline looming, taxes looming, and everything else, was just about what I'd always felt when working at home.

So, I guess I don't practice as much as I'd like, but it's not such a bad thing in the grander scheme of things.

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