L started the Christmas music at home, right on time: Sept 1st!

どーーーん

Me: I’m not going to spend so much time on my screen!

Also me: *spends an hour browsing around for the next audiobook I must read

I hate waking up so early for these 6am skating sessions but damn the ice is so empty it’s worth it.

I don’t know if it’s better to get Connections perfect or to get the purple group first.

Autocorrect changed “allegro con fuoco” to “allegro con choco” and i feel like I’m gonna need the choco by the time we get to playing this movement at the end of the year concert.

Summer desserts sutaato!!

Duo partner is convinced I can handle Beethoven’s third violin sonata but I’m low confidence, especially those LH passages. できるかな〜？

It’s ironic that the skating rink took away all the paper towels to save the environment, but continues to have multiple hourly printed sign-in sheets at the desk each day. Why not go entirely electronic?

The biggest problem with smoothies for breakfast is that they’re cold.

So many possibilities

Happy Friday crossword!! Today’s purple Connections category was a doozy!

We only started skating more seriously at the club the past month or so and already we’ve seen kids crying at lessons twice. We never used to see kids crying unless they were hurt.

Never paid much attention to violinists but damn I’m obsessed with Augustin Hadelich.

This Ravel will be the end of me!!!

Ah the sounds of spring: a turkey gobbling in the distance

Guys. I seamed this together and it looks amazing somehow??? The magic of knitting patterns!

Yesssss!!! Parable of the Sower is back! I had downloaded the book but it returned itself when I was 80% done and I was waiting for the hold to come through so I could finish it.

I finally bought wireless earbuds and wow they’re great

Older synchro girl nicely asked my kid if she’s okay after falling attempting her double loop. It’s nice seeing people engaged at the rink, not just ignoring everything around them.

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It’s 8:30am and we’re already at the second of three ice rinks for today.

Watching the sun rise and also 長女 landing her double toe!!!

Received new email asking if I’m 55.

Nope I’m not.

And THEN I receive an email back saying that they will make an exception for me this one time so I can attend.

If the event had audience restrictions, why didn’t they just say that in the posting in the first place?? I don’t even want to go now.

The posting asked for attendees to RSVP in advance, so I sent my name and email to the address provided. Got a reply back asking me to register with the seniors program in town.

Replied back that I’m not a senior. I just want to go to the concert.

Let me tell you guys about a free event at my local library.

Details:
- Happening during the day
- Music concert with some classical and some jazz
- Sponsored by the local senior program
- No restrictions on attendance (seemed to be open to the general public)

So far I’ve had carpal tunnel, chest pain, pain during urination, and unexpected weight loss.

… and asked me again if I could tutor her privately so I agreed. And here I am looking up sample patient cases so she can practice taking patient history. It’s really been a lot of fun! I hope I’m giving her some useful practice for when she starts her residency later this year.

One of my drop-in conversation class students told me she would like to take some private lessons with me to help her prepare for her medical residency. I advised her it would be best to find someone with a medical background to help since I am not as helpful. Few months later she came back…

Current toxic trait: borrowing movies from the library, never watching them, and then finally returning them a month late.