It has been A MONTH. Nothing bad at all, but I am running on fumes. I got to have the evening free last night, but that was about all.

I am just running from thing to thing, keeping to do lists and barely keeping up, and really feeling like what I’d love to do is snuggle up in my warm bed and sleep…

Last weekend was great fun though. We took the weekend and did an organized bike/canoe trip, and had a blast! I’m going to spend a little time this week writing a more organized post on that (another thing on my to-do list, but FUN so I’ll leave it there now.

Then I hit the ground running. I tell you: it’s been teaching, gigs (so many weddings, funerals, etc), practicing (another baroque concert coming up!), rehearsing for various concerts, and trying to keep up around the house (grocery shopping, cooking, laundry are my main tasks). It’s been a balancing act, and the thing being balanced out is well being, most likely. I don’t know. I’m probably trying to do too much, but the thing I’d most want to cut back on is teaching, and teaching is my main source of income, so it’s a tricky situation. Do I give up more regular income to have the chance at other things, or do I just keep cramming it in? I keep thinking to myself, maybe I won’t grow my studio for the next year or so and see about dropping down a little more over time, and then see how that works out.

We’ve also had a friend staying with us this past week, which has been nice but is, you know, one more thing! Meals are a slightly bigger affair and don’t have as many leftovers, and honestly, I have hardly even been here, but I can’t just run in and out as easily.

I know this is “famous last words” and “never really happens” but I do think November will be a little more relaxing. I have a few weekends with much less stuff, though who knows, more things may pop up that I want to do, but I am hopeful that we will get some bike rides or hikes in, as well as getting some work done at the old house.

And it’s not all “bad”: I’ve made time for plenty of books this month: reading is easy to fit in in small breaks, over lunch, and of course at night. It’s something that I find relaxes me, and it’s easy to pop my kindle into my tote bag for the day and read a little bit if I get somewhere easy or need to “kill time” between gigs or something.

I often thing it might be worth doing a post about how I plan and organize my time, but I don’t know if I do anything that exciting or unique. Would that be something you’d like to read, or are there question about being a musician/teacher/freelancer that would be interesting to read about? Perhaps there are aspects of my life that are more unique than I realize?