I am feeling better today than I was yesterday and the day before. Looking back, I am wondering if missing my Meloxicam for 2 days may have had a hand in the lightheadedness. It is possible, I suppose. My blood pressure didn't change too much from lying down to standing but my heart rate did so I don't know if that is an issue or not. I am just thankful I am home and better today. Thank God for that!!!!!
I haven't done tons today as I figured it was best to rest. I did have 2 lessons. My Mondays have gone from super busy to just 2 lessons that day. No, the students did NOT quit (thank goodness for that!) but have moved to other days of the week due to scheduling changes. I am so thankful that I am able to make these changes. My schedule is almost filled up now, I just have a few spaces more and then, that is it! no more students. However, we are not at that point right now, so that is okay. I have to copy some pieces for Aaiyanna tomorrow. She is getting some new pieces and I am copying some others so she will have a binder instead of the books to carry. I feel this would be better for her as I sometimes need the books she is using for another student. This way, everything is at both our fingertips should we need them. Aaiyanna is a lovely student who is working rather hard. She is an unusual student as in the strength of her voice and her ability to remember melodies. She really is very good for 7 years old. Actually, she is singing above her age at this point. I try to challenge her vocally but since she is 7, there is a limit of what I will give her. Fortunately, I have plenty of music for a young lady such as she is.
I will see my Katie tomorrow at 11 am! I am so very excited about that. I haven't seen her to hang out with her for so long that I can't remember the last time. I did see her at the beginning of this month at her sister's wedding, but it was a busy day for her so it isn't like we got to sit and chat for a while so tomorrow it is! I am getting up early to be with her. I am meeting her at 11 am at a new restaurant for me, Cheeseburger in Paradise. I have passed it many a time, but I have never been inside so this will be new for me. I just miss hanging out and speaking with my Katie. She is such a busy woman now with school and work and a new boyfriend, that our schedules don't often have time to connect. I am thankful for tomorrow.
On Wednesday, I will have a new student, Breanna, Brooke's younger sister. I am thankful to have both of them this week, as I have only met the older one, Brooke. Brooke is a very good pianist. I have much plans for this young lady. I am anxious to meet Breanne to see where she is in the piano world. now have a Breanna and a Breanne. Talk about confusing! However, I think both girls will do just fine and i will not make too many mistakes calling them by the wrong name. I will also have 4 more students that afternoon and evening. It will be a great week in teaching.
I am off to copy some music now. (I just use the scanner in the dining room!) I need to put together Aaiyanna's binder. I do hope you are doing well and having a good day. I am doing much better today than I was this weekend. Oh, I almost forgot. If you could please pray from my friends, Bob and Maggie. Maggie just lost her mother this morning. She was 92 and yes, while it was expected, it is still very sad and upsetting time for her and her family. I know many of you know how this time is for a person. Bob is my student and friend and I simply adore his wife, Maggie. She is a wonderful person. thank you!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Sunday 10-2
I don't know what is exactly going on with me, but this is the 2nd day of being dizzy on and off. It is really getting annoying! It started yesterday during my lesson with Camille. It did improve by the nighttime so I thought it was gone. I got up at 6:50 am this morning and was perfectly fine. I got dressed in my "good" clothes for church and went. I got there a few minutes early so that was good. I found the rest of the choir and we waited until it was time to go for the sound and tech check. I had a stool to sit on so that was good. We went through the song once and I was fine. We went through the song again and 1/2 way through I started getting awfully dizzy. I thought I was going to pass out. I move to sit in a different chair in case I was going to pass out. After a few minutes is was a bit better but I don't know why it hit me like that. The lights weren't that bright on us. I didn't think I was over heated at all. (I had a long sleeve light sweater on) I will wear short sleeves next week. After we went through the hymns we were going to sing during the service, we went to the choir room to relax before the service. I was okay during the service, I was still a bit dizzy, but not to where i thought I was going to pass out. I ended up leaving right after we finished singing and moved off the stage to the back room. I was dizzy so I didn't want to stay any longer in case it got worse. What a morning! My first singing in the choir during the service and look what happens!
I am still a bit dizzy but not as much as I was this morning at church. I am heading up for a nap.
I just woke up a bit ago from my little (3 hour) nap. Before I started doing much after Rick's lesson I popped in the corned beef brisket that I have been meaning to cook this week in the crock pot. thank goodness they don't go bad quickly like other meat does! Anyways, I have enough for 2 more meals this week or to put in the freezer. I love corned beef.
My dizziness right now seems to be gone for the moment. Of course, I am sitting done though and I did just get up from lying down. I do hope that this means it is gone and is not coming back. If it continues, I will have to go to the doctor and I don't want to go. Don't I see them enough? So I am hopeful that it isn't going to continue.
Okay, I am feeling a bit lightheaded again. This has got to stop! I have a busy week ahead of me and I cannot afford to take time off! There, end of my rant about myself!
I do have a busy week that I am sooooo looking forward to. Monday - 2 lessons, Tuesday - 3 lessons and lunch with Katie!, Wednesday - 5 lessons, Thursday - 1 lesson (1 Absent) and Choir practice, Friday - 3 lessons, and Saturday - 3 lessons! Next Sunday, Rick is absent and again the following Sunday. He will also be absent almost all of November and December. Yeah, it is kind of a bummer, but he will start up again in January so that is good.
My lightheadedness came back along with a bad headache so I went to the ER. 6 hours later, they have no answers. All my tests are fine. The doctor seems to think that maybe it was from dehydration. They had such a hard time getting a vein for the IV and blood tests that they used my wrists. Oh my, let me tell, before you go to the ER make sure you drink a huge thing of water as that is the most painful thing ever. It burns as it is going in. Yeah, not interested in that ever happening again. It is the 2nd time I have had blood taken from there. I did remember that it hurt really, really, really bad. So basically, no one knows why I have been lightheaded on and off all day and yesterday. What can I say? I hope tomorrow is better.
I hope your evening was a good one!
I am still a bit dizzy but not as much as I was this morning at church. I am heading up for a nap.
I just woke up a bit ago from my little (3 hour) nap. Before I started doing much after Rick's lesson I popped in the corned beef brisket that I have been meaning to cook this week in the crock pot. thank goodness they don't go bad quickly like other meat does! Anyways, I have enough for 2 more meals this week or to put in the freezer. I love corned beef.
My dizziness right now seems to be gone for the moment. Of course, I am sitting done though and I did just get up from lying down. I do hope that this means it is gone and is not coming back. If it continues, I will have to go to the doctor and I don't want to go. Don't I see them enough? So I am hopeful that it isn't going to continue.
Okay, I am feeling a bit lightheaded again. This has got to stop! I have a busy week ahead of me and I cannot afford to take time off! There, end of my rant about myself!
I do have a busy week that I am sooooo looking forward to. Monday - 2 lessons, Tuesday - 3 lessons and lunch with Katie!, Wednesday - 5 lessons, Thursday - 1 lesson (1 Absent) and Choir practice, Friday - 3 lessons, and Saturday - 3 lessons! Next Sunday, Rick is absent and again the following Sunday. He will also be absent almost all of November and December. Yeah, it is kind of a bummer, but he will start up again in January so that is good.
My lightheadedness came back along with a bad headache so I went to the ER. 6 hours later, they have no answers. All my tests are fine. The doctor seems to think that maybe it was from dehydration. They had such a hard time getting a vein for the IV and blood tests that they used my wrists. Oh my, let me tell, before you go to the ER make sure you drink a huge thing of water as that is the most painful thing ever. It burns as it is going in. Yeah, not interested in that ever happening again. It is the 2nd time I have had blood taken from there. I did remember that it hurt really, really, really bad. So basically, no one knows why I have been lightheaded on and off all day and yesterday. What can I say? I hope tomorrow is better.
I hope your evening was a good one!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Saturday 10-1
Yes, it is now October. Hm. Today, I only had 1 lesson. I was very lightheaded today. At one point, when I was at Walmart, I thought I was about to pass out. thankfully, I didn't. I came home and put away the groceries that needed to be put in the fridge and then went to lie down. I think I slept for a few hours but I wasn't as lightheaded when I was lying down. (Not that this was a surprise) I am heading for bed earlier than usual because tomorrow I have to get up at 6:50 am. Yes, that will be rather early. The choir has to be at church by 7:30 am. I am sure most people won't have a problem with that like I will but hey, I can do this once a week. i will have Rick's lesson at 11 am tomorrow which is earlier than usual but that will leave the afternoon for napping! (If I need it!)
Anyways, not much going on today. I will be working on the Pottermore website again tomorrow. I am trying to get into the bank so I can buy my supplies and get my wand!
Have a good night.
Anyways, not much going on today. I will be working on the Pottermore website again tomorrow. I am trying to get into the bank so I can buy my supplies and get my wand!
Have a good night.
Friday, September 30, 2011
the Last Day of September
I can't believe that tomorrow starts the lovely month of October. Yeah, you know, the month I absolutely hate, especially the week of October 10 through 18. I dread this month. Maybe I can sleep through a lot of it. One can only hope.
Anyways, today was okay. i have a bit of a sore throat, which is kind of annoying since I just got rid of a cold. I don't want another one. I will take some cold medicine tonight before bed to see if I can rid of it by tomorrow.
I had 4 lessons today. Aaiyanna was here for a make up and she did very well. I am thinking of pairing her up with Calli for the Spring concert. yes, I am thinking way ahead. I would do it for the Christmas Concert except I already have Calli singing with Katie. I have to pull the music out that I want them to sing. The are going to sing Candle in the Window. It is so beautiful. I think they will really blend beautifully and both girls work so hard that this will be a good experience with both of them. Calli and Acer both had their lessons after Aaiyanna. Acer is learning "When the Saints Go Marching In". He can play the melody in another key but this jazzy arrangement will be really cool for him. He did pretty well with the fingering too. He is really coming along with that. Calli did very well, as usual, in her lessons. We chose her Christmas Songs for piano today. We picked her vocal songs a few weeks ago. So we worked on her first Christmas Song this afternoon. After their lessons, Emily had her lesson. She is still having a bit of trouble with her notes, but she is trying really hard. She is getting better but I don't think she has the confidence with them. Emily earned her first gift certificate today. She picked Toys R Us.
I only have 2 lessons tomorrow. I can sleep in a bit because my first lesson is absent tomorrow. I have Camille and Katie. It will be a good day. Next Saturday I will go grocery shopping with Calli. She isn't available tomorrow as she is heading for Goalball practice in Kalamazoo so she will be gone all day. It ends up being a good thing because I don't have the money this weekend to go grocery shopping so that means we will go next week. Sunday I have to be at church at 7:30 am. Yes, me then non-morning person has to be at church 7:30 in the morning. I can do this. I also have a lesson at 11 am and then I will probably sleep the rest of the afternoon away. I did enjoy singing in the choir last night. It was really nice to sing with a group again. I am just dreading the time of being at church but I will be fine. The first time will be the hardest. It is just kind of funny to think that I will be up so early. I am sure some of my friends and family will chuckle with this one.
It has been a good day so far. I do need to go and take some cold medicine in a minute. I do hope you had a good day too.
Anyways, today was okay. i have a bit of a sore throat, which is kind of annoying since I just got rid of a cold. I don't want another one. I will take some cold medicine tonight before bed to see if I can rid of it by tomorrow.
I had 4 lessons today. Aaiyanna was here for a make up and she did very well. I am thinking of pairing her up with Calli for the Spring concert. yes, I am thinking way ahead. I would do it for the Christmas Concert except I already have Calli singing with Katie. I have to pull the music out that I want them to sing. The are going to sing Candle in the Window. It is so beautiful. I think they will really blend beautifully and both girls work so hard that this will be a good experience with both of them. Calli and Acer both had their lessons after Aaiyanna. Acer is learning "When the Saints Go Marching In". He can play the melody in another key but this jazzy arrangement will be really cool for him. He did pretty well with the fingering too. He is really coming along with that. Calli did very well, as usual, in her lessons. We chose her Christmas Songs for piano today. We picked her vocal songs a few weeks ago. So we worked on her first Christmas Song this afternoon. After their lessons, Emily had her lesson. She is still having a bit of trouble with her notes, but she is trying really hard. She is getting better but I don't think she has the confidence with them. Emily earned her first gift certificate today. She picked Toys R Us.
I only have 2 lessons tomorrow. I can sleep in a bit because my first lesson is absent tomorrow. I have Camille and Katie. It will be a good day. Next Saturday I will go grocery shopping with Calli. She isn't available tomorrow as she is heading for Goalball practice in Kalamazoo so she will be gone all day. It ends up being a good thing because I don't have the money this weekend to go grocery shopping so that means we will go next week. Sunday I have to be at church at 7:30 am. Yes, me then non-morning person has to be at church 7:30 in the morning. I can do this. I also have a lesson at 11 am and then I will probably sleep the rest of the afternoon away. I did enjoy singing in the choir last night. It was really nice to sing with a group again. I am just dreading the time of being at church but I will be fine. The first time will be the hardest. It is just kind of funny to think that I will be up so early. I am sure some of my friends and family will chuckle with this one.
It has been a good day so far. I do need to go and take some cold medicine in a minute. I do hope you had a good day too.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
a very busy Thursday
I had 2 doctor appointments with a lesson thrown in between then I took a small nap before I went to choir practice. I have joined a church choir. Today was the first rehearsal that I have attended. I couldn't before because I had a lesson at that time. The student quit just this week. I was disappointed because he was really good. He hasn't been practicing so his mom made him quit. I hope that maybe soon he will come back to lessons. Also, my Benjy and Joiene haven't paid for their next set of lessons from takelesson so I am not sure if they are going to continue. I am very disappointed. I do hope that before their next lesson it is taken care of and they will continue. They are so cute and Benjy is really picking it up despite the lack of practicing. I can only hope.
The doctor appointments were really just check ups. The Arthritis Doctor wanted to go over medicine and see how they are working. She is still not happy about the Meloxicam but without it I can't walk by nighttime. The tummy doctor wanted to make sure I haven't had any side effects from the Reglan. I haven't. I don't have to go back for 6 months. It is kind of funny but the appointments are a day apart from each other. At least they are NOT on the same day this time. One is on Mom's birthday. We shall see if I will be okay to have the appointment on that day. It is 6 months away so I won't worry about it right now.
I am pretty tired right now. It was a nice full day. I had to get up early because the first doctor appointment was at 11:30 am so I got up at 11 after not sleeping most of the night. I have to go to the bank tomorrow. I have my regular 3 students tomorrow plus a make up for Aaiyanna. I am happy about that.
I just added together how much I spent on fast food this month. Yeah, it isn't pretty. There are several bills I could have paid with that money. I needed this wake up call. I will do better this next month. I am glad that I don't have any money I can spend in my bank account right now for fast food. That is actually a good thing because it will force me to cook the food I have at home. I, naturally, need milk and bread again. Those things I tend to go through. Oh, I also need cereal. I have been eating cereal for dinner this past week. I eat a bigger meal earlier in the day so that at night all I need is just cereal. I am really going to work on this unlike before where I thought I could and well, didn't.
I have a little bit more of a headache than usual tonight. I am not sure why except maybe the stress of doctor appointments. I am always stressed about them. I don't really know why but they stress me out. I think I am just tired of going to the doctors. I feel like I spend so much time at the doctors' office. I know I go for blood tests monthly and sometimes twice a month because of my blood disorder. I only go for the test, I don't usually see the doctor, thank goodness! It just sometimes feels like all I do is go there though even if it is just for a blood test. Thankfully, I am now up to 6 month check ups for both the tummy doctor and the arthritis doctor. Until recently, it was every 3 months for both. I am glad I moved up in the world with 6 months in between appointments. Well, it is time to take my nighttime and get ready for bed shortly. I will take my medicine now and read for a bit. I am getting rather tired.
I do hope you had a good day too. I am nervous about singing at 7:30 am on Sunday. I won't be the only one who can't stand to sing. There will be a stool for me to sit on. I am so thankful for that. I just can't stand well.
The doctor appointments were really just check ups. The Arthritis Doctor wanted to go over medicine and see how they are working. She is still not happy about the Meloxicam but without it I can't walk by nighttime. The tummy doctor wanted to make sure I haven't had any side effects from the Reglan. I haven't. I don't have to go back for 6 months. It is kind of funny but the appointments are a day apart from each other. At least they are NOT on the same day this time. One is on Mom's birthday. We shall see if I will be okay to have the appointment on that day. It is 6 months away so I won't worry about it right now.
I am pretty tired right now. It was a nice full day. I had to get up early because the first doctor appointment was at 11:30 am so I got up at 11 after not sleeping most of the night. I have to go to the bank tomorrow. I have my regular 3 students tomorrow plus a make up for Aaiyanna. I am happy about that.
I just added together how much I spent on fast food this month. Yeah, it isn't pretty. There are several bills I could have paid with that money. I needed this wake up call. I will do better this next month. I am glad that I don't have any money I can spend in my bank account right now for fast food. That is actually a good thing because it will force me to cook the food I have at home. I, naturally, need milk and bread again. Those things I tend to go through. Oh, I also need cereal. I have been eating cereal for dinner this past week. I eat a bigger meal earlier in the day so that at night all I need is just cereal. I am really going to work on this unlike before where I thought I could and well, didn't.
I have a little bit more of a headache than usual tonight. I am not sure why except maybe the stress of doctor appointments. I am always stressed about them. I don't really know why but they stress me out. I think I am just tired of going to the doctors. I feel like I spend so much time at the doctors' office. I know I go for blood tests monthly and sometimes twice a month because of my blood disorder. I only go for the test, I don't usually see the doctor, thank goodness! It just sometimes feels like all I do is go there though even if it is just for a blood test. Thankfully, I am now up to 6 month check ups for both the tummy doctor and the arthritis doctor. Until recently, it was every 3 months for both. I am glad I moved up in the world with 6 months in between appointments. Well, it is time to take my nighttime and get ready for bed shortly. I will take my medicine now and read for a bit. I am getting rather tired.
I do hope you had a good day too. I am nervous about singing at 7:30 am on Sunday. I won't be the only one who can't stand to sing. There will be a stool for me to sit on. I am so thankful for that. I just can't stand well.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wednesday - Back to normal, I think
I had two lessons scheduled and they actually happened so I think we are back on track. Aaiyanna will be having her lesson on Friday so that is good. It will be a make up from her not being here yesterday so I am glad about that. I emailed Janice asking if she was still out of town because Aaiyanna didn't come to her lesson. She called me this morning. Boy was she so upset when she found out that Aaiyanna didn't come to her lesson. I asked if she wanted to have a make up this week and she said yes. So we agreed on Friday. I am really happy about this. I will have Aaiyanna, Acer, Calli, and Emily on Friday. I have to get Emily her gift certificate too on Friday. She earned her $10 gift certificate from Toys R Us from practicing. On Saturday, I will have Sandra, Camille, and Katie. I will only have Breanna tomorrow because of 2 doctor appointments. I have an appointment with the arthritis doctor and the tummy doctor. They are really both just check up type appointments. I go every 3 or 6 months to each of the doctors. I am hoping for the 6 month next appointment for both. Now that I have Medicare, doctor appointments don't cost as much as they used to but I still owe all my doctors for previous services. My regular primary care doctor, I owe about $1200 or so. Yeah, I will be paying that off for the rest of my life or so it would seem to me. I am close to paying off the tummy doctor, thank goodness for that. I owe about $220 for the arthritis doctor so that will be paid off by the end of the year.
I was doing the made another payment on property taxes dance this week. Last week I sent in another payment and this week I sent in another payment. I got the receipt from the Country Treasurer and boy is it nice to see the total I owe going down. It makes me feel good to be able to stay up to date with bills and catching up on others.
I am watching Extreme Couponing on TLC. Every time I watch this, I think, could I use coupons too. I DON'T want a stockpile. That is just unnecessary for me, but would I will be able to save some money. I always forget to get a newspaper on Sundays that have the inserts. Maybe this week I will go and get one to see what coupons I can get. I know that they usually have soup coupons and I do need some soup. I used all my chicken noodle soup this past week when I had a cold so it is time to get more because I have soup a lot. What I really need to do is start looking at quick and healthy recipes and start cooking more. I need to stop going out to eat like I do. I really do for several reasons. Not only for better food, but for saving money. I can use the money I save to pay bills and the property taxes.
I am excited for November 11, 2011. Yes, on 11-11-11, the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will be available on DVD. Yes, I plan to purchase it right away. It will be the only DVD that I will buy right now until those taxes are paid and all bills are up to date. I will not wait for any reason to purchase. I will then have the entire set of Harry Potter movies. That will be so awesome. I love the last movie best I think. I am not sure if it is because the last one or what, either way, it doesn't matter why, I love this movie! I also want to see it in the cheap theatre too. That way I see it on the big screen for a couple of dollars. I also get to bring Sarah with me, the 4th Muglia girl. The older three will go too, but Sarah will get to see it with us. Sarah was really happy when her Mom told her that. What changed her mind was when their mom realized that Sarah will watch it at home on the DVD player once the girls own the movie. If she is going to watch it then, why can't she see it at the theatre? I am excited that all of us will see it again together. Of course, this does mean that I will have seen the movie 5 times in the movie theatre. However, the next time I see it the movie will cost me only about $2 to see it. The girls are checking the cheap theatre for the movie a lot so we know when we can see it together.
Kelly Lynn was here today. I printed a whole bunch of information for her about competition. We also talked about concerts and what to do with them. I told her how I choose the order of my songs, but she will find her own way with time. I remember being a new teacher. I was lucky though because I assisted in the yearly recital at the dance studio so I had some experience helping to run a recital and how to choose who goes where and when. I learned a lot from Karen and I am very thankful for what I was able to learn by watching and working with her. Dance studios may do a lot a crazy things, but I did learn a lot from my dance teacher, both what to do and what not to do. I also learned how to work with parents, another thing Kelly Lynn will learn with time.
My overall pain seems to be a bit higher than normal today. I am not sure why. I do hope I sleep well tonight. I had to move Breanna's lesson from 2 to 2:15 because I have an appointment at 3:15. This way, Breanna will finish at 3 pm so I have 15 minutes to get to the doctor's. It should work out well. I also have my first choir practice tomorrow night. I am not sure if I will be able to be at church this week because I did tell Rick he could have a lesson at 11 am. I don't know what services we sing for. I will find out tomorrow night!
Have a great night.
I was doing the made another payment on property taxes dance this week. Last week I sent in another payment and this week I sent in another payment. I got the receipt from the Country Treasurer and boy is it nice to see the total I owe going down. It makes me feel good to be able to stay up to date with bills and catching up on others.
I am watching Extreme Couponing on TLC. Every time I watch this, I think, could I use coupons too. I DON'T want a stockpile. That is just unnecessary for me, but would I will be able to save some money. I always forget to get a newspaper on Sundays that have the inserts. Maybe this week I will go and get one to see what coupons I can get. I know that they usually have soup coupons and I do need some soup. I used all my chicken noodle soup this past week when I had a cold so it is time to get more because I have soup a lot. What I really need to do is start looking at quick and healthy recipes and start cooking more. I need to stop going out to eat like I do. I really do for several reasons. Not only for better food, but for saving money. I can use the money I save to pay bills and the property taxes.
I am excited for November 11, 2011. Yes, on 11-11-11, the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will be available on DVD. Yes, I plan to purchase it right away. It will be the only DVD that I will buy right now until those taxes are paid and all bills are up to date. I will not wait for any reason to purchase. I will then have the entire set of Harry Potter movies. That will be so awesome. I love the last movie best I think. I am not sure if it is because the last one or what, either way, it doesn't matter why, I love this movie! I also want to see it in the cheap theatre too. That way I see it on the big screen for a couple of dollars. I also get to bring Sarah with me, the 4th Muglia girl. The older three will go too, but Sarah will get to see it with us. Sarah was really happy when her Mom told her that. What changed her mind was when their mom realized that Sarah will watch it at home on the DVD player once the girls own the movie. If she is going to watch it then, why can't she see it at the theatre? I am excited that all of us will see it again together. Of course, this does mean that I will have seen the movie 5 times in the movie theatre. However, the next time I see it the movie will cost me only about $2 to see it. The girls are checking the cheap theatre for the movie a lot so we know when we can see it together.
Kelly Lynn was here today. I printed a whole bunch of information for her about competition. We also talked about concerts and what to do with them. I told her how I choose the order of my songs, but she will find her own way with time. I remember being a new teacher. I was lucky though because I assisted in the yearly recital at the dance studio so I had some experience helping to run a recital and how to choose who goes where and when. I learned a lot from Karen and I am very thankful for what I was able to learn by watching and working with her. Dance studios may do a lot a crazy things, but I did learn a lot from my dance teacher, both what to do and what not to do. I also learned how to work with parents, another thing Kelly Lynn will learn with time.
My overall pain seems to be a bit higher than normal today. I am not sure why. I do hope I sleep well tonight. I had to move Breanna's lesson from 2 to 2:15 because I have an appointment at 3:15. This way, Breanna will finish at 3 pm so I have 15 minutes to get to the doctor's. It should work out well. I also have my first choir practice tomorrow night. I am not sure if I will be able to be at church this week because I did tell Rick he could have a lesson at 11 am. I don't know what services we sing for. I will find out tomorrow night!
Have a great night.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
is it a full moon or what?
What a day for lessons, or no lessons I should say. My 3:30 and my 6:30 were not here. They were no shows. I have no idea why, but they were. Apparently, the 6:30 did email the company to let them know they wouldn't be here, too bad no one told me. I have called 2 times before I talked to takelessons and found out. Then I talked to Brenda, my handsome Benjy and lovely Joiene's mom and made a mistake about what time they could switch too. It has now been fixed so that is good. Oh, and my Thursday, 7 pm guy, Logan, has quit. I did talk to his Mom and she will be dropping off the books that I need back. I am really bummed that he quit because he was really good. Well, perhaps later this school year he will start up again. It is hard to say. So it has been one of those days. Can I go back to bed and restart my day?
Tomorrow, Kelly Lynn is coming by at 3 to go over some competition stuff and concert stuff. I need one of the books she had borrowed for Rebecca. It is a book for Rebecca's classical category. This is the first time she is doing the classical category. We had a chat on Saturday about how she is going to be 11 so this is expected of her. She will still be in the 10 year old category because she doesn't turn 11 until March, after competition but it is a big deal for the young lady. This year she will be singing in 3 categories: Classical, Broadway, and Inspirational. She has picked the Inspirational song already. We are looking at different Broadway Songs and I will be looking this week for a classical song for her. I am not sure who all is going to competition this year. It is almost time to find out.
I was hoping to see Katie tomorrow but I haven't heard from her yet. She is working on Thursday and out of town this weekend. I just spoke to the lovely girl. I will see her on Tuesday next week for lunch. We are meeting at 11 am. I am very excited about that. I haven't been able to spend a lot of time with her since she is so busy now. Katie is an EMT who is about to take her Paramedic Exam. She will be taking her Practical Exam this weekend. I am so proud of her. I really am. I first met Katie when she was about 8 years old and she was in my homeschool choir. She has a very nice voice and plays piano beautifully. She also plays the clarinet too. I don't know if Katie still teaches piano or not with her very busy schedule. Katie is a wonderful teacher. She is very kind and gentle with such an amazing spirit that totally helps her being a good teacher. I DID get to see my lovely girl at her sister's, Jessie's wedding. Katie looked beautiful just like her sister did.
Tonight is NCIS night. It is a very strange case. This girl pretends to be a high school. She has been through high school about 4 times now. Her most recent foster parents are planning to help her through this. It is an interesting story, strange, but interesting. All I know, is that I would NOT want to repeat high school for ANY reason. I didn't like it at all and I don't think repeating it would make me like it even better the second time or a third time. Now on to NCIS Los Angeles. I do love these shows. After this one, I will go to bed or read for a while.
I am reading an interesting book by Lynn Austin. She is a historical fiction writer. So far the book is pretty good. I have only just started it. It is called Fire by Night. It takes place at the beginning of the civil war at the first battle of bull run when the people of Washington were picnicking during the beginning of the battle and when the Union Army started to retreat, well, you can imagine what happened to all the spectators. Quite frankly, a battle doesn't seem like a pleasant way to spend the afternoon. The story has two main characters, Phoebe, a woman dressed as a man and joins the Union Army, and Julia who is a society lady who overhears the man she has set her sights on discuss how shallow, and selfish she and her friends are. He also mentions that they can't seem to do anything by themselves or even for themselves. This has caused Julia to do some major thinking about her life and her friends lives. Thus the beginnings of two journeys in which sometime during the book, they must collide. I know I have read this before about 6 to 7 years ago but I can't remember it at all. I do remember that I really liked the other books by this author that I have read. Emptying the drawer that was full of books sure was a good idea because I have found treasures that I haven't read in years. I think because of the Fibro Fog that I get, I can't remember most of these books so it is like reading brand new books. What a beautiful treat for me!
It seems to be a missing Mom a lot night for me. I miss her all the time, but sometimes it is more intense than usual. Tonight seems to be an intense night. I would say it is because I had such a rough day with my students not showing up. I do hope tomorrow is a better day for me.
Tomorrow, Kelly Lynn is coming by at 3 to go over some competition stuff and concert stuff. I need one of the books she had borrowed for Rebecca. It is a book for Rebecca's classical category. This is the first time she is doing the classical category. We had a chat on Saturday about how she is going to be 11 so this is expected of her. She will still be in the 10 year old category because she doesn't turn 11 until March, after competition but it is a big deal for the young lady. This year she will be singing in 3 categories: Classical, Broadway, and Inspirational. She has picked the Inspirational song already. We are looking at different Broadway Songs and I will be looking this week for a classical song for her. I am not sure who all is going to competition this year. It is almost time to find out.
I was hoping to see Katie tomorrow but I haven't heard from her yet. She is working on Thursday and out of town this weekend. I just spoke to the lovely girl. I will see her on Tuesday next week for lunch. We are meeting at 11 am. I am very excited about that. I haven't been able to spend a lot of time with her since she is so busy now. Katie is an EMT who is about to take her Paramedic Exam. She will be taking her Practical Exam this weekend. I am so proud of her. I really am. I first met Katie when she was about 8 years old and she was in my homeschool choir. She has a very nice voice and plays piano beautifully. She also plays the clarinet too. I don't know if Katie still teaches piano or not with her very busy schedule. Katie is a wonderful teacher. She is very kind and gentle with such an amazing spirit that totally helps her being a good teacher. I DID get to see my lovely girl at her sister's, Jessie's wedding. Katie looked beautiful just like her sister did.
Tonight is NCIS night. It is a very strange case. This girl pretends to be a high school. She has been through high school about 4 times now. Her most recent foster parents are planning to help her through this. It is an interesting story, strange, but interesting. All I know, is that I would NOT want to repeat high school for ANY reason. I didn't like it at all and I don't think repeating it would make me like it even better the second time or a third time. Now on to NCIS Los Angeles. I do love these shows. After this one, I will go to bed or read for a while.
I am reading an interesting book by Lynn Austin. She is a historical fiction writer. So far the book is pretty good. I have only just started it. It is called Fire by Night. It takes place at the beginning of the civil war at the first battle of bull run when the people of Washington were picnicking during the beginning of the battle and when the Union Army started to retreat, well, you can imagine what happened to all the spectators. Quite frankly, a battle doesn't seem like a pleasant way to spend the afternoon. The story has two main characters, Phoebe, a woman dressed as a man and joins the Union Army, and Julia who is a society lady who overhears the man she has set her sights on discuss how shallow, and selfish she and her friends are. He also mentions that they can't seem to do anything by themselves or even for themselves. This has caused Julia to do some major thinking about her life and her friends lives. Thus the beginnings of two journeys in which sometime during the book, they must collide. I know I have read this before about 6 to 7 years ago but I can't remember it at all. I do remember that I really liked the other books by this author that I have read. Emptying the drawer that was full of books sure was a good idea because I have found treasures that I haven't read in years. I think because of the Fibro Fog that I get, I can't remember most of these books so it is like reading brand new books. What a beautiful treat for me!
It seems to be a missing Mom a lot night for me. I miss her all the time, but sometimes it is more intense than usual. Tonight seems to be an intense night. I would say it is because I had such a rough day with my students not showing up. I do hope tomorrow is a better day for me.
Monday, September 26, 2011
a 3 lesson day
I only had 3 lessons for the day. I am thankful for the 3 though. Camille switched to Saturday and Emily switched to Friday so it isn't as if I lost lessons (thank goodness for that!). The lessons are pretty much about the same amount each day now so that is good. I still have room for a few more but then, that will be it. I don't expect to get to that point right now. I would be surprised if I did. It is a nice feeling to be where I am with lessons. I am glad they spread more during the week so I can rest and not overdo it. It is so easy to overdo it without even thinking about it.
I was so excited last night. I went and vacuumed the tile floor (dining room/kitchen/utility room). I did the dining room and kitchen and then rested. After about 30 minutes, I went to vacuum the utility room and the little 1/2 bathroom. I waited another 30 minutes and then went to scrub the kitchen area. Then I waited for the extra pain that often happens when I vacuum or scrub to arrive. It didn't arrive! That is right! Absolutely no extra pain, not then, nor in the morning. I was very tired, but I didn't get the muscle spasms that usually happen. I think resting in between made the difference. I usually try to do it all at once and then plan on lying down for the next few hours with muscle spasms running up and down the back of my legs. Well, the new plan worked well. I will be vacuuming the living room and the hallway tomorrow along with the stairs and the upstairs hallway. I will be able to keep up with the house cleaning much better now that I have a new plan and it works! Or at least it worked yesterday. I am hopeful it will work again. I am more tired today because of the housework last night, but I also expected that. I will just go to bed a bit earlier than usual. That won't be a problem. There isn't much on TV tonight anyways.
Rachel had her lesson as usual. She is now learning 3rds and how to skip notes. She is doing really well with that. She did super well with her flash cards. Rachel is just so cute. So are Benjy and Joiene, they had their lessons too. I don't think they have practiced yet, (they have had about 4 lessons now) but Benjy knows his hand position very well, which is surprising since he doesn't practice. I don't know what the problem is. They have a keyboard so that would work well but I don't know. I will do as best I can with them. I do like them a lot. They are so cute. Joiene is 5 and Benjy is 6. Monday is definitely the evening for my little ones. I didn't have Bob, my retired guy because he fills in for the information desk at the hospital when they need him and he had to fill in today. I think he will be filling all week long so I don't think he will have a lesson this week. It is a bummer, but he rarely misses a lesson. He tries to make them up instead but he doesn't think he will be able to this week since he is planning to be at the hospital all week. Tomorrow, Brooke will not have her lesson tomorrow because of a volley ball game right after school. I was disappointed but I will see her next week. I also have to schedule her younger sister, Breanne.
I have a bit of a bad headache now. I am not sure why except I get them rather easy. It could be from the cold, the weather, or just plain Fibromyalgia. It is hard to say with me. I am going to take something for it shortly and then go to bed. It also could be because I am overtired tonight. When I went to bed last night I had an upset. All of a sudden I started crying really hard. I was missing Mom and it just hit me really hard at that moment. After about a half hour I calmed down and went down to read for a bit before heading back to bed for sleep. I just never know when it will hit me.
It has been a good day. I do hope your day has been good too.
I was so excited last night. I went and vacuumed the tile floor (dining room/kitchen/utility room). I did the dining room and kitchen and then rested. After about 30 minutes, I went to vacuum the utility room and the little 1/2 bathroom. I waited another 30 minutes and then went to scrub the kitchen area. Then I waited for the extra pain that often happens when I vacuum or scrub to arrive. It didn't arrive! That is right! Absolutely no extra pain, not then, nor in the morning. I was very tired, but I didn't get the muscle spasms that usually happen. I think resting in between made the difference. I usually try to do it all at once and then plan on lying down for the next few hours with muscle spasms running up and down the back of my legs. Well, the new plan worked well. I will be vacuuming the living room and the hallway tomorrow along with the stairs and the upstairs hallway. I will be able to keep up with the house cleaning much better now that I have a new plan and it works! Or at least it worked yesterday. I am hopeful it will work again. I am more tired today because of the housework last night, but I also expected that. I will just go to bed a bit earlier than usual. That won't be a problem. There isn't much on TV tonight anyways.
Rachel had her lesson as usual. She is now learning 3rds and how to skip notes. She is doing really well with that. She did super well with her flash cards. Rachel is just so cute. So are Benjy and Joiene, they had their lessons too. I don't think they have practiced yet, (they have had about 4 lessons now) but Benjy knows his hand position very well, which is surprising since he doesn't practice. I don't know what the problem is. They have a keyboard so that would work well but I don't know. I will do as best I can with them. I do like them a lot. They are so cute. Joiene is 5 and Benjy is 6. Monday is definitely the evening for my little ones. I didn't have Bob, my retired guy because he fills in for the information desk at the hospital when they need him and he had to fill in today. I think he will be filling all week long so I don't think he will have a lesson this week. It is a bummer, but he rarely misses a lesson. He tries to make them up instead but he doesn't think he will be able to this week since he is planning to be at the hospital all week. Tomorrow, Brooke will not have her lesson tomorrow because of a volley ball game right after school. I was disappointed but I will see her next week. I also have to schedule her younger sister, Breanne.
I have a bit of a bad headache now. I am not sure why except I get them rather easy. It could be from the cold, the weather, or just plain Fibromyalgia. It is hard to say with me. I am going to take something for it shortly and then go to bed. It also could be because I am overtired tonight. When I went to bed last night I had an upset. All of a sudden I started crying really hard. I was missing Mom and it just hit me really hard at that moment. After about a half hour I calmed down and went down to read for a bit before heading back to bed for sleep. I just never know when it will hit me.
It has been a good day. I do hope your day has been good too.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sunday 9-25
I stopped procrastinating on vacuuming the tile floor. I just finished the dining room and the kitchen. I am completely exhausted so I will do the utility room later after I have recovered. This is why I keep postponing doing the vacuuming but it has to be done and no one is going to do it for me. There isn't anyone here to do it for me. Maia used to but not anymore. I just have to scrub the floor now. I will do that tomorrow after lessons, I am too tired to do it now.
Not much happening today. I vacuumed, went on Facebook, and read. That really is about it. The vacuuming didn't take too long really, just a little bit, but man, you would thing I was doing a marathon! Anyways, I don't have much to do tonight except for plan for lessons which I love to do. I am hoping I am meeting Kelly Lynn on Wednesday to discuss competition and concerts with the young lady. We may do our concerts together depending on how many students we have total. If she has a small amount, she can have her concert with mine unless she would rather just have her own. Whatever works for her, works for me. I have some information about competition to give her. The basic info and the some of the other info she asked about. The biggest question is repertoire. When you are a new teacher that is always the question. Where do you get the repertoire from and how do you pick. I will let her rummage through my files to see what she finds so she can figure out what to give her students. I think most of them are younger, which is actually a bit easier to choose material for. I have to choose some material for Rebecca for competition plus the Christmas Concert. I don't know what I will have all my students do this year but I will figure it out soon. I am not passing out Christmas music for another week anyways so I have some time to pick the stuff. It will be interesting this year with my advanced students. i have several and only 1 really good advanced Christmas book. I may have to get another although i don't want to spend a lot on Christmas music because I have to pay the taxes and that has to come first. Maybe Kelly Lynn will have something I can borrow or Diane. I shall see.
I am going to start working on the judges in mid-October. I figure that is a good time to start. I have one judge so far and then I will need 4 to 5 piano judges per day and 3 voice judges. I will sketch out a plan in my notebook so I can see when they want to do what. There are 5 categories for piano, 4 for voice, 3 for guitar, and 3 for drums not to mention evaluation for all instruments. I am excited about competition this year. I have let my student, Katie know that if her parents can't attend she can stay with me. She is 18 and technically she is an adult, but I am just worried about a young woman staying in the hotel room all by herself. I don't really want that to happen and fortunately, she agrees. It isn't because I think she will have a party (I know she wouldn't), it is a safety issue. She is young and pretty and I would worry so much about her being in the room alone without anyone else with her. This way she is with me and I won't worry although if she would rather stay with Aggie, that would be fine too. Aggie isn't sure what she is going to do about a hotel room this year since it is so early, but that is perfectly fine.
My friend, Donna, has been very ill. What she thought was just a cold ended up putting her in the hospital. boy was she mad. I don't understand it but okay, she was super mad. I guess she could have not gone and refused but she went. She was there 3 days. I talked to her yesterday for a while. She sounds much better and she says she is feeling much better so that is good. My cold is still lingering, but it is still just a mild one. I don't expect it to get worse at this stage. I expect it to stay mild. That works for me! I did sleep an awful lot today. I was just so tired and I think the week caught up to me today. I slept until the afternoon today. I am very tired now because of the vacuuming, but that was to be expected. That always happens when I vacuum. I will call her again in a few days to see how she is doing. I hope by then she will be even better than she was yesterday.
I am watching the news. It is all about the 2012 presidential race. I don't know. It is just crazy at this point because it is so early in the race. On my facebook, you can see different friends who like different candidates. I usually refrain from commenting because one of the best things in this country is that everyone can have their own opinion and voice. That is just so amazing when you look around the world and see how many people can't do that without getting put in jail or tortured. what a wonderful country we live in. I know that I am thankful everyday that my parents chose to move here when I was young. On my facebook, you can see different friends who like different candidates. I usually refrain from commenting because one of the best things in this country is that everyone can have their own opinion and voice. That is just so amazing when you look around the world and see how many people can't do that without getting put in jail or tortured. what a wonderful country we live in. I know that I am thankful everyday that my parents chose to move here when I was young. It makes me think about an episode of Law and Order, SVU last night. The maid in the story (the victim in the story) was from the Sudan. I couldn't even imagine living in Sudan. This woman (in the story) was raped and then was charged with prostitution. She was not a prostitute. The soldiers raped her after they killed her husband yet, she is the one charged not the soldiers. This may be a fictional story but this is happening around the world. Women are being hurt and then they are blamed for the crimes. It is just insane. I don't understand how this can happen in the world today. Shouldn't we have learned by now to treat each other better? It just boggles my mind how much Hate is in this world. Anyways, I digress.
I do hope your day is good and I hope you have a good week. I have about 19 lessons this week so my week will be wonderful and music filled. I am looking forward to a good week.
Not much happening today. I vacuumed, went on Facebook, and read. That really is about it. The vacuuming didn't take too long really, just a little bit, but man, you would thing I was doing a marathon! Anyways, I don't have much to do tonight except for plan for lessons which I love to do. I am hoping I am meeting Kelly Lynn on Wednesday to discuss competition and concerts with the young lady. We may do our concerts together depending on how many students we have total. If she has a small amount, she can have her concert with mine unless she would rather just have her own. Whatever works for her, works for me. I have some information about competition to give her. The basic info and the some of the other info she asked about. The biggest question is repertoire. When you are a new teacher that is always the question. Where do you get the repertoire from and how do you pick. I will let her rummage through my files to see what she finds so she can figure out what to give her students. I think most of them are younger, which is actually a bit easier to choose material for. I have to choose some material for Rebecca for competition plus the Christmas Concert. I don't know what I will have all my students do this year but I will figure it out soon. I am not passing out Christmas music for another week anyways so I have some time to pick the stuff. It will be interesting this year with my advanced students. i have several and only 1 really good advanced Christmas book. I may have to get another although i don't want to spend a lot on Christmas music because I have to pay the taxes and that has to come first. Maybe Kelly Lynn will have something I can borrow or Diane. I shall see.
I am going to start working on the judges in mid-October. I figure that is a good time to start. I have one judge so far and then I will need 4 to 5 piano judges per day and 3 voice judges. I will sketch out a plan in my notebook so I can see when they want to do what. There are 5 categories for piano, 4 for voice, 3 for guitar, and 3 for drums not to mention evaluation for all instruments. I am excited about competition this year. I have let my student, Katie know that if her parents can't attend she can stay with me. She is 18 and technically she is an adult, but I am just worried about a young woman staying in the hotel room all by herself. I don't really want that to happen and fortunately, she agrees. It isn't because I think she will have a party (I know she wouldn't), it is a safety issue. She is young and pretty and I would worry so much about her being in the room alone without anyone else with her. This way she is with me and I won't worry although if she would rather stay with Aggie, that would be fine too. Aggie isn't sure what she is going to do about a hotel room this year since it is so early, but that is perfectly fine.
My friend, Donna, has been very ill. What she thought was just a cold ended up putting her in the hospital. boy was she mad. I don't understand it but okay, she was super mad. I guess she could have not gone and refused but she went. She was there 3 days. I talked to her yesterday for a while. She sounds much better and she says she is feeling much better so that is good. My cold is still lingering, but it is still just a mild one. I don't expect it to get worse at this stage. I expect it to stay mild. That works for me! I did sleep an awful lot today. I was just so tired and I think the week caught up to me today. I slept until the afternoon today. I am very tired now because of the vacuuming, but that was to be expected. That always happens when I vacuum. I will call her again in a few days to see how she is doing. I hope by then she will be even better than she was yesterday.
I am watching the news. It is all about the 2012 presidential race. I don't know. It is just crazy at this point because it is so early in the race. On my facebook, you can see different friends who like different candidates. I usually refrain from commenting because one of the best things in this country is that everyone can have their own opinion and voice. That is just so amazing when you look around the world and see how many people can't do that without getting put in jail or tortured. what a wonderful country we live in. I know that I am thankful everyday that my parents chose to move here when I was young. On my facebook, you can see different friends who like different candidates. I usually refrain from commenting because one of the best things in this country is that everyone can have their own opinion and voice. That is just so amazing when you look around the world and see how many people can't do that without getting put in jail or tortured. what a wonderful country we live in. I know that I am thankful everyday that my parents chose to move here when I was young. It makes me think about an episode of Law and Order, SVU last night. The maid in the story (the victim in the story) was from the Sudan. I couldn't even imagine living in Sudan. This woman (in the story) was raped and then was charged with prostitution. She was not a prostitute. The soldiers raped her after they killed her husband yet, she is the one charged not the soldiers. This may be a fictional story but this is happening around the world. Women are being hurt and then they are blamed for the crimes. It is just insane. I don't understand how this can happen in the world today. Shouldn't we have learned by now to treat each other better? It just boggles my mind how much Hate is in this world. Anyways, I digress.
I do hope your day is good and I hope you have a good week. I have about 19 lessons this week so my week will be wonderful and music filled. I am looking forward to a good week.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
busy Saturday!
I am just waiting for Katie to arrive for her lesson. That will be the 5th lesson of the day. I haven't been this busy with lessons in months and I do like it. I am getting hungry for dinner though. I am going to make dinner after Katie's lesson. I need to go to Walmart but I am going to go tomorrow. I am just too tired to do it today after all these lessons and I have no lessons scheduled for tomorrow.
Sandra, a new student, she has had 2 lessons so far, is doing very well. I really like her a lot. Camille moved her lessons from Monday to Saturday because of homework schedule. She has been getting so much homework on Mondays that trying to fit in piano lessons on that day just haven't worked at all. She is doing very well. She reads notes super well and is only having a bit of trouble with the new hand position today. This is the first day she has actually struggled with a hand position. By the time she left her lesson she seemed to have the new position down pat. The problem was that this hand position is one note different from another so she was getting the two mixed up. G was where F was and A was where G was and so forth so you can see how that would confuse a young lady like Miss Camille. She is such a doll. I simply adore all my students from the youngest of 5 to the retired gentleman. They are all awesome and I am so glad I teach them all. So far, the fall schedule is really shaping up well. I may have a new student start not this week but next week on Thursday at 6 pm. I believe it is piano. I was notified by the online company about the potential new student. That is pretty exciting, I think.
I am planning to go to the 25th class reunion next month. It is on Homecoming Weekend. There is the parade on Friday, the actual reunion on Saturday, and meeting at the Cider Mill on Sunday. I am not going to march in the parade like a lot of the alumni are with the alumni float. One - I could not walk that far and two - I don't know if my scooter would be able to keep up so I am just not going to do it. I will meet some friends Friday night for dinner so that will be lots of fun. I am actually looking forward to this reunion. It is shocking to me because when I graduated high school, I was like, wow, I never have to see these people again and now I want to. I think facebook has made the difference. I am face book friends with so many of my classmates and we talk enough where I want to spend a evening with them. It also helps that Kathy and her husband are going too. If Kathy wasn't going, I may have decided not to go but my friend, Jennie is going too and so is Karlyn so I have several friends who are going to be there. It shall be a good time. Depending on my teaching schedule, I may or may not be able to make the Yates Cider Mill thing. I will play that one by ear. I am excited to see some people I haven't seen in well, 25 years. I got to have lunch with my friend, Kathleen this summer and I hadn't seen her since high school. She is married and has 4 children, the oldest is 20 and married, then 14, 3, and 1. Yes, she started all over again! Her children are wonderful and I really got a chance to see the littlest one, Gianna. We had a good time, Gianna and I. Kathleen has since moved back down to Florida so she isn't sure she will be able to come to the reunion although she has tickets. I do hope that it works out for her so she can come.
I don't have any plans for tomorrow. I should do the kitchen/dining room/utility room floors but I may ignore them and do them Monday although I have lots of lessons on Monday. Hm, I better do them tomorrow. I have been putting them off a little too long. That is not a good idea. Yup, I will do them tomorrow after I go to Walmart for my medicine. I need to call in a refill for my meloxicam. I better remember to do that tomorrow. I also need to vacuum the stairs and hallway tomorrow. Tomorrow would definitely be a good day for housework because then afterwards if I need to, I can lie down and rest or read in the dining room or living room.
Tomorrow also is the start of a new season of Home Make Overs or something like that on ABC. It is a 2 hour premiere. I like that show because the houses that these people live in are so dangerous and wow, in horrible shape. They do all sorts of things in addition to the houses. First they send the family on vacation, often to Disney World or some place like that, then they help with other things too. For example, one family, the father was over in Iraq and the bank paid off his mortgage. Another had a chronically ill child and CVS helped start a fund to pay for treatments so it is pretty cool what they do. Tomorrow also starts the new show Pan Am, which sounds rather interesting. I may stay awake long enough to check it out. Tonight, I have no idea what I am going to watch. I will probably flip channels until I find something fun to watch.
With 5 lessons, what could be better?
Sandra, a new student, she has had 2 lessons so far, is doing very well. I really like her a lot. Camille moved her lessons from Monday to Saturday because of homework schedule. She has been getting so much homework on Mondays that trying to fit in piano lessons on that day just haven't worked at all. She is doing very well. She reads notes super well and is only having a bit of trouble with the new hand position today. This is the first day she has actually struggled with a hand position. By the time she left her lesson she seemed to have the new position down pat. The problem was that this hand position is one note different from another so she was getting the two mixed up. G was where F was and A was where G was and so forth so you can see how that would confuse a young lady like Miss Camille. She is such a doll. I simply adore all my students from the youngest of 5 to the retired gentleman. They are all awesome and I am so glad I teach them all. So far, the fall schedule is really shaping up well. I may have a new student start not this week but next week on Thursday at 6 pm. I believe it is piano. I was notified by the online company about the potential new student. That is pretty exciting, I think.
I am planning to go to the 25th class reunion next month. It is on Homecoming Weekend. There is the parade on Friday, the actual reunion on Saturday, and meeting at the Cider Mill on Sunday. I am not going to march in the parade like a lot of the alumni are with the alumni float. One - I could not walk that far and two - I don't know if my scooter would be able to keep up so I am just not going to do it. I will meet some friends Friday night for dinner so that will be lots of fun. I am actually looking forward to this reunion. It is shocking to me because when I graduated high school, I was like, wow, I never have to see these people again and now I want to. I think facebook has made the difference. I am face book friends with so many of my classmates and we talk enough where I want to spend a evening with them. It also helps that Kathy and her husband are going too. If Kathy wasn't going, I may have decided not to go but my friend, Jennie is going too and so is Karlyn so I have several friends who are going to be there. It shall be a good time. Depending on my teaching schedule, I may or may not be able to make the Yates Cider Mill thing. I will play that one by ear. I am excited to see some people I haven't seen in well, 25 years. I got to have lunch with my friend, Kathleen this summer and I hadn't seen her since high school. She is married and has 4 children, the oldest is 20 and married, then 14, 3, and 1. Yes, she started all over again! Her children are wonderful and I really got a chance to see the littlest one, Gianna. We had a good time, Gianna and I. Kathleen has since moved back down to Florida so she isn't sure she will be able to come to the reunion although she has tickets. I do hope that it works out for her so she can come.
I don't have any plans for tomorrow. I should do the kitchen/dining room/utility room floors but I may ignore them and do them Monday although I have lots of lessons on Monday. Hm, I better do them tomorrow. I have been putting them off a little too long. That is not a good idea. Yup, I will do them tomorrow after I go to Walmart for my medicine. I need to call in a refill for my meloxicam. I better remember to do that tomorrow. I also need to vacuum the stairs and hallway tomorrow. Tomorrow would definitely be a good day for housework because then afterwards if I need to, I can lie down and rest or read in the dining room or living room.
Tomorrow also is the start of a new season of Home Make Overs or something like that on ABC. It is a 2 hour premiere. I like that show because the houses that these people live in are so dangerous and wow, in horrible shape. They do all sorts of things in addition to the houses. First they send the family on vacation, often to Disney World or some place like that, then they help with other things too. For example, one family, the father was over in Iraq and the bank paid off his mortgage. Another had a chronically ill child and CVS helped start a fund to pay for treatments so it is pretty cool what they do. Tomorrow also starts the new show Pan Am, which sounds rather interesting. I may stay awake long enough to check it out. Tonight, I have no idea what I am going to watch. I will probably flip channels until I find something fun to watch.
With 5 lessons, what could be better?
Friday, September 23, 2011
Friday 9-23
I met with Diane for lunch/tea this afternoon. It was so much fun. I have an idea of where to start for the judges for competition. I also have one potential judge already for guitar so I am happy about that. After leaving the restaurant and Diane, I headed to Joann's for a new table cloth. Unfortunately, they did not have any fall tablecloths. They had plenty of Halloween ones, which I already have one of those but none of the Thanksgiving or Fall in general ones. I will check Walmart tomorrow when I go to pick up some more cold medicine and a few other items. I will go after my lessons tomorrow. I have 5 lessons tomorrow so I am very excited about that. I think on Sunday I will make a roast. That sounds like a good plan.
Emily had her lesson this evening. She did very well with her lesson book song but is still struggling with her flash cards. I do hope that in the next few months she will know them well and be comfortable with her notes. Acer and Calli were absent this afternoon because they are on a retreat! I do hope they are having a good time. Heather, their Mom, is not feeling too well. She has a sore throat. She was able to go to the doctor and get medicine. Fortunately, she is not contagious so she can attend the retreat with her family. I do hope by next week she is on the mend. I am hoping that my cold is gone by the end of next week too. It is almost gone. It has stayed mild so that is great. I didn't have to cancel any lessons or anything except not attend the meeting on Sunday. That was the only thing that I missed. Thankfully, the meeting is only the thing I missed this week.
There isn't much on TV tonight even with the new shows. I am watching an old episode of without a trace. I haven't watched a lot of this in a long time. I remember liking the show when I saw it, I just never saw it a whole lot. I plan to go to bed a bit earlier than I usually do because I am getting up a bit early tomorrow for my lessons and I am still tired from this cold. I find going to bed earlier has helped me a lot this week. I have worked very hard to not read so late in the night. I was getting to the point I was reading until about 2 or 3 in the morning. It was just ridicules because then I wouldn't get up until 1 or 2 in the afternoon! I am a 10 to 12 hour sleeper. I always have been except for the time I was in college. Somehow most of the week I could survive with 5 to 6 hours of sleep a night. I did this for about 6 years before I just couldn't do it anymore. That was about the time that the Fibro really started making it hard to do anything. After college, I worked 3 mornings a week as a secretary and taught about 4 days a week. The rest of the time I was either resting or sleeping. My mom would wake me when she got up in the morning to help me get dressed and then I would go back to sleep until it was time to go to work or teach or start the day. Sometimes, the pain was so bad, Mom had to rub my legs so I could get out of bed. My mom was very supportive once the pain really took hold of me. My brothers would joke, where is Heather? Oh she must be in bed because I was in bed a lot. Turns out that was the worst I could have done but I didn't know what was wrong with me. I went to so many doctors until Mom started going with me. We stopped after that horrible doctor said I was emotional disturbed. After that Mom and I decided to stop going to the doctor to see what was wrong. Mom and I figured we would just do what we can do for the pain and fatigue. It wasn't until 2003, when I got the Vasculitis that we got the official diagnose. What a surprise it was to find that the doctor I had been going to since 1996 knew all about Fibromyalgia and I could have been diagnosed back then! When I switched to him, mom and I decided not to say anything about the pain and fatigue because of what had happened at the other doctors office. Turns out that was a bad decision. Hindsight is 20/20 though, isn't it? I thought I was doing the right thing at the time.
So anyways, I am heading to bed soon. I reading a really good book now called "Love Proof" by Catherine Palmer. It is a book I have read before, but I haven't read it in so long that I can't remember anything about it. It is one of the many books I found in my dresser drawer. I still have about 15 books to read again. I seriously can't remember most of those books when I looked at the titles. I still plan to get the rest of the O'Malley series but I have other things I need to pay for first. Eventually, I will have the entire set. I just need 2 books for the series, number 4 and the prequel. They are really good books. I am really enjoying re-reading a lot of these books. I also need to look downstairs and see what books I have down there to start re-reading when I am done with the ones in my room.
It has been a good day with fun visiting and fun phone calls. Georgette and I talked for over 2 hours this afternoon. I do hope your day has been fun too.
Emily had her lesson this evening. She did very well with her lesson book song but is still struggling with her flash cards. I do hope that in the next few months she will know them well and be comfortable with her notes. Acer and Calli were absent this afternoon because they are on a retreat! I do hope they are having a good time. Heather, their Mom, is not feeling too well. She has a sore throat. She was able to go to the doctor and get medicine. Fortunately, she is not contagious so she can attend the retreat with her family. I do hope by next week she is on the mend. I am hoping that my cold is gone by the end of next week too. It is almost gone. It has stayed mild so that is great. I didn't have to cancel any lessons or anything except not attend the meeting on Sunday. That was the only thing that I missed. Thankfully, the meeting is only the thing I missed this week.
There isn't much on TV tonight even with the new shows. I am watching an old episode of without a trace. I haven't watched a lot of this in a long time. I remember liking the show when I saw it, I just never saw it a whole lot. I plan to go to bed a bit earlier than I usually do because I am getting up a bit early tomorrow for my lessons and I am still tired from this cold. I find going to bed earlier has helped me a lot this week. I have worked very hard to not read so late in the night. I was getting to the point I was reading until about 2 or 3 in the morning. It was just ridicules because then I wouldn't get up until 1 or 2 in the afternoon! I am a 10 to 12 hour sleeper. I always have been except for the time I was in college. Somehow most of the week I could survive with 5 to 6 hours of sleep a night. I did this for about 6 years before I just couldn't do it anymore. That was about the time that the Fibro really started making it hard to do anything. After college, I worked 3 mornings a week as a secretary and taught about 4 days a week. The rest of the time I was either resting or sleeping. My mom would wake me when she got up in the morning to help me get dressed and then I would go back to sleep until it was time to go to work or teach or start the day. Sometimes, the pain was so bad, Mom had to rub my legs so I could get out of bed. My mom was very supportive once the pain really took hold of me. My brothers would joke, where is Heather? Oh she must be in bed because I was in bed a lot. Turns out that was the worst I could have done but I didn't know what was wrong with me. I went to so many doctors until Mom started going with me. We stopped after that horrible doctor said I was emotional disturbed. After that Mom and I decided to stop going to the doctor to see what was wrong. Mom and I figured we would just do what we can do for the pain and fatigue. It wasn't until 2003, when I got the Vasculitis that we got the official diagnose. What a surprise it was to find that the doctor I had been going to since 1996 knew all about Fibromyalgia and I could have been diagnosed back then! When I switched to him, mom and I decided not to say anything about the pain and fatigue because of what had happened at the other doctors office. Turns out that was a bad decision. Hindsight is 20/20 though, isn't it? I thought I was doing the right thing at the time.
So anyways, I am heading to bed soon. I reading a really good book now called "Love Proof" by Catherine Palmer. It is a book I have read before, but I haven't read it in so long that I can't remember anything about it. It is one of the many books I found in my dresser drawer. I still have about 15 books to read again. I seriously can't remember most of those books when I looked at the titles. I still plan to get the rest of the O'Malley series but I have other things I need to pay for first. Eventually, I will have the entire set. I just need 2 books for the series, number 4 and the prequel. They are really good books. I am really enjoying re-reading a lot of these books. I also need to look downstairs and see what books I have down there to start re-reading when I am done with the ones in my room.
It has been a good day with fun visiting and fun phone calls. Georgette and I talked for over 2 hours this afternoon. I do hope your day has been fun too.
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