A case of the Mondays

I’m actually writing this on Sunday night, but I can assume I’ll be a little annoyed to get back to work Smile

The weekend was a great success, but exhausting. I even skipped my spinning class to sleep in, but the time change is TOUGH at my age.

What did I do all weekend?

Winter Opera—two performances of Cavalleria Rusticana

Ran a race: St. Patrick’s Day 5 Mile Race in downtown St Louis (just a few short miles from my house, though we drove, rather than running there, which my trainer was planning to do)

Taught a group class at St. Louis School of Music

Went to Herbie’s and Café Mochi for dinner and Trattoria Marcella, and Sasha’s on Shaw with friends for drinks.

Went to the SLSO concert—fantastic performance of Shostakovich’s 1st Violin Concerto—one of my favorite concertos.

Ran 9 miles—I’m at 43 for the month—working towards 93, and I just might get there at this rate…

But now it’s back to Monday, and I’m sure regular blog readers are tired of me saying this, but I NEED SOME TIME OFF! I’m exhausted and overworked. What’s weird is that this is how I used to work every week in Cleveland—all the time. Strange that I’m so much healthier now, huh?!? I don’t know how I kept that schedule, but I do know I don’t want it ever again.

Next weekend though…I am OFF. Starting Friday—no work at all. No opera. No teacher workshops. No students. No teaching. I can’t wait!

Then I get into spring break season.

Spring break season, you ask? Well, since I teach at four different schools, the spring breaks don’t overlap, so there is a series of weeks where here and there things are canceled. I can’t plan a real vacation or anything, but it’s nice to have a bit more time to think. Plus the house is a mess—maybe I’ll get some cleaning done, or start on my taxes, or run, or “hit the gym”, or perhaps drink more coffee…(I do love coffee).

So this week is the last full week before spring breaks start, and it’ll be fantastic to have the weekend off. I’m hoping to go for a run in Forest Park with my friend Jen and maybe have some friends over to the house for drinks and dessert. One of the donors/good friends of Winter Opera gave me a bottle of “bubbly” after the concert tonight and I need to share it with another lover of the “champagne”.

Plus March Madness…I haven’t been watching as much basketball as I have in the past, but I still like to see Duke win Winking smile