Running, Teaching

Lazy Sunday night

Finally an evening to relax!  I have been running around non stop for what feels like weeks so it’s great to have an evening (and much of the afternoon) off to recuperate and gear up for my upcoming week.

Jen and I did a six mile run in Forest Park earlier today.  It was hot, probably as hot as during the Go! Half, but we are just in training now.  I had some stomach cramping issues so we walked a few times.  Overall it was a great run though.  We did the six miles in about the same time that last week we did 5.5 miles!

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source (It was so crazy the first time I ran on this path by the interstate!)

This afternoon was the Festival Concert at the St. Louis School of Music.  The kids did a fantastic job playing music ranging from the Bach Double to Dill Pickle Rag to Twinkle, Twinkle.  I was proud to be part of the concert and look forward to more in the future.

In other news, I found a nice review of our concert last night.

On the docket for the week:

Orchestra concert at Good Shepherd Lutheran School

Concert at Child of God School

Going to look at some wedding venues!!

Benton Park 5K on Saturday…Ready to run, and might even have a fun 80’s outfit to wear.  Will I break 30 minutes?  I’m not going to stress over it but I’d love to…

Performing

Success

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Thanks to a friend for screen capping this.  Tonight was the internet Ocarina trio concert.  It went well!  Thanks to everybody for watching and perhaps purchasing CD’s (I’m new to the trio so I’m not on them.)  I hope to play with the group again, and I’ll keep you posted on any more performances.  Those of you who missed it, well, you missed a great concert 🙂

Performing, Teaching

May Day

What a beautiful Saturday it is!  I had originally planned to get an outdoor run in (haven’t done that all week due to my schedule and I don’t run outside in the dark) but then the mother of one of my students asked me if I could play at their school’s May Day Festival in Tower Grove Park.  I was free, so I said, sure.  Sometimes it IS nice to feel like part of a community.

They asked me if I could play a few tunes while the kids danced around a May Pole.  I brought some fiddle music and played some tunes.  It was actually a lot of fun, and the whole event looked like something that I would have LOVED as a child—singing, dancing in circles, and a picnic.  Good times.  If I have kids, I’ll make them do the same thing.  The other thing I loved was that all the kids and parents were outside being active…(don’t vom, yes, I have absolutely become my mother!) rather than sitting inside playing video games on such a gorgeous day.

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Singing in a big circle

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The May Pole—what they did was each person held onto a ribbon and danced around it.  You could go different directions and turn the ribbons into a pretty pattern as well.

I had quite a fan club of little kids at one point, standing all around me watching me play.  I love how little kids stare!  It’s hilarious.

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They made me a garland for my head.  I think I look fantastic!

Anyway, the whole event gave me a warm fuzzy feeling.  Now I’m off to rehearse with the Suzuki kids at the St Louis School of Music for tomorrow’s Festival Concert.  I have to lead the Twinkle Variations among other things.  Wish me luck!!

Random thoughts

The return of the Kindle

I came home from my long day (and my Modern Mexican dinner at Milagro with a friend) to an  Amazon box containing two of the greatest things ever.

One, the latest Harry Potter movie on DVD.  SWEET!  I hadn’t necessarily liked the first 6 HP movies, but Deathly Hallows Part 1 was great!  I did cry a lot.  I started crying pretty much as soon as I realized it was near the point where (spoiler alert?) Dobby dies.  I’m a cry baby 🙁

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Two, my new Kindle!  (My old one got stolen).  My new Kindle, WHICH as we speak is charging AND downloading all my previous 56 books to it…I am so ridiculously happy about this.  My parents gave me the first one for Christmas and I loved it.  Then it got stolen and I was sad and really missed it.  Now it is back!  Still haven’t gotten the insurance check yet, but all in good time I’m sure.  I was IN THE MIDDLE of a book, which I can now finish reading!!

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It will be another month before I get the case I had before (and I wanted the same one, I liked it, it was purple) but I’ll live.  I’m just thrilled that my life is beginning to return to normal.

Now for my stomach to return to normal.  OMG.  Milagro was delicious, though the service was a bit…overwhelmed?  We split the “street” corn off the cob and some guacamole, and I had the shrimp tacos.  YUM.  What makes it modern mexican?  I’m not entirely sure (I could guess but it would probably just sound racist.)

Remember tomorrow is the internet concert—tune in at 6 pm central 🙂

Random thoughts

Workout done

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I love the feeling of getting a great workout done in the morning.  I met with Mike this morning and he made me do all manner of squats, walking squats, and tons of shoulder exercises.  I also did a lot of side planking.  I am now ready to face my day! 

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Note how when Mike runs he actually leaves the ground.  Yesterday I was complaining about my running skills and Chris said, well you should have Mike coach you.  I said I didn’t want to pay for that…and he does occasionally make suggestions.  I just know I will go and run on my own but I won’t lift weights.  And without the weights I wouldn’t be quite as awesome.

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(I’ve used that before, but I still love it)

Okay, hate to blog and run, but I gotta go rehearse.  Don’t forget the concert is tomorrow night and you can all watch it!   (If you do, please let me know!!)

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