Well, hare I am on the first day of reporting real work that I am trying to create. The idea of taking notes is firstly to have a place to report my progress. Secondly, to see if there is any material that I could use for working into an essay to keep and use as personal help that I can read in the future when I am discouraged after this year ends. I don't really think there will be a publishable book here for public consumption.

I'm finding that I have been away long enough from playing more than an exercise piece I like and some glissandos that my fingers have lost all the memory they had at that time, which right now feels like a very long time ago.

I practiced for more than 15 minutes as I had promised myself. Starting on a long weekend may not have been the smartest move as my schedule was completely off and it was hard to decide how to just stop and work it into my day.

* did exercise warm-ups
* played Wisteria 10x to get my fingers flowing over the strings
* ran thru Westminster Bells twice and both hands was automatic :)
* played Happy Birthday half a dozen times with each hand
* Sakura - a harmonics piece that I used to play so smoothly

SLOGAN: Discipline Your Relationship

GOALS for week and month end:

I can tell I will be at this very beginner level for a while so the expectations won't be that high for the present. I'll practice the above pieces daily for 15 minutes to get them back to where they are memorable and muscle memory returns.

By the end of the month I want to be able to play a harder piece called Star of County Down.

I contacted Caroline McKay to see about getting some music I used to play while taking lessons with her. she is just updating them now and will send them to me as soon as they are ready. So, I may have those books to work out of also. Swan Lake that I picked out and showed her is in it so I'll have that to work on also ~ makes me happy.

This session felt good,

Meg