this week's catch up

apparently i'm on the star wars plan.
which makes it okay that i'm confused and have a lot of thinking to do at the moment.
but also means that adrian and i are having a 'yoda' meeting on monday to discuss intense things.
so i have a lot of thinking about thinking about music psychology to manage in only a few days to prepare for the yoda meeting.

from this large metaphor adrian concocted yesterday, i moreso have the desire to rewatch star wars as i haven't seen it in many years.

in other news, it's day 3 of my ESM pilot study. monday - day 1- had a bunch of glitches which i think are now worked out. day 4 and the final day is tomorrow so hopefully it all works out. hopefully the data will exist and things like that. and the it guy came and showed me where the computer with webremark version 4 is today, so that means i await a fun foray into relearning that program (hopefully better).

today was also the third day of actual training. went to a 'stretch'n'bend' class today following two days of elliptical work outs. today was supposed to be a flexibility day and from what i gathered from the class, i'll need to work on that and will be able to do so with the class. i'm excited as i've created a training plan that aligns with going to 3 of the gym's classes each week. hopefully i'll be able to manage that.

on monday i also enrolled myself in an 'adult education' course with the council. a pottery class for 8 weeks on monday mornings. i'm pretty excited. although i totally underestimated the enrollment process. i got to the place a few minutes before the time posted on the website and got ticket number 98 and sat in a large room filled with mostly elderly edinburgh residents waiting to enroll. i am excited though. good use of some christmas scottish pounds.

let's see, what else can go in this week's catch up? oh yesterday i made some delicious chili. this evening i made some dirt cake, but had to use scottish whipping cream. that took for-ev-er to whip. and i'm not sure if it'll taste quite right. i'll find out shortly.

today, i also managed to finish my first draft of my dissertation for article publication. it's taken a lot longer than i thought to do, but i'm happy with it as a first draft. it is, however, about 1000 words too long. so i'm hoping david will tell me some sections to delete or something to remedy that.

on monday, in addition to signing up for the pottery class, i also attended this semester's first orchestra rehearsal. the conductor was nice, which is a relief after last year's terrible experience. it was really nice to play the oboe again. although my lip still hurts a bit - i'm not used to it. my lungs too. although it's incredible how much it was like i had never stopped playing. there are apparently two other oboists in the group - which added to the two bassoons as well - means the double reed section is far stronger than i would have imagined. i'm excited to play in an orchestral ensemble again. and i even got two free tickets to the scottish chamber orchestra concert tomorrow which will be cool.

i think that's a good review. i'll have to fill in other bits from before this week as i've been neglectful of the blog. but as i've created somewhat of a momentum in accomplishing things i think it just might happen.