So long!

Ah! I thought I'd updated a bit more recently than Feb 24th. Apologies to reader(s?!) out there.
Anyway, uni started. It has been very busy. Even before uni started.
Did more travelling by going on QC Mentor Camp to Foster North (for the 3rd year in a row!). I've been to more mentor camps than not in my time haha....
We were a bit worried given that there were fires around that area, but they were pretty far from where we were going, so it was ok.

Uni really snuck up on me. I really need a holiday now. I needed one three weeks ago.....how sad!
Still getting my head around my timetable, all my homework (which has seriously snuck up on me - how did this all happen?!). I thought final year was going to be more of the same....but it's not really. It feels like I have a couple of large projects due, which I didn't expect at all..
Feeling fairly stressed - really still haven't figured out this whole uni thing again! I'm fitting in an Accompanying lesson as well (which isn't on campus) as well as a couple of hours of work a week. I've found that Monday-Wednesday is super super busy and then it all just disappates and Thursday has no classes (though possibly a Concert Class appearance) and Friday has a rehearsal and only one class!

Got asked to play in MYO for their performance of Shostakovich's 7th Symphony. It's pretty exciting - this is my fifth orchestral pianist experience, and the fourth time it's Shosta! It's fairly well-run, which is cool, plus I have a couple of friends in the orchestra so it makes it exciting to actually go to the rehearsals, and know that I'll be playing on stage with these friends!

Trio got super-organised and put in all our plans for this semester - all our rehearsals (all the regular ones anyway, with possible emergency ones to be scheduled as we go along) put in, as well as our first tute confirmed, as well as our final date of performance (read: assessment) and the dates that we'll play in class. It's nice to have that all in concrete (I think it's pretty set anyway!).

I'm sad to have left Apollo - but think they're in fairly safe hands :) But now I'm seeing I couldn't have managed it - probably a wise decision (I'd like to think so anyway!) Again, I'm pulling weird hours (though you know, fairly usual Gladys-hours...)

Okay, I should get off the internet and you know, actually go get some of that sleep that I'm desparately craving!

ps. Went to MSO last weekend (thanks J!). Pretty cool. Ashkenazy conducted and Janine Jansen played pretty darn amazingly! I forgot how much fun going to concerts were. And how many musos you see when you go! Plus, I ran into my old school's now-retired deputy principal (the one whose farewell concert I played at, the same one the school flew me home for!). How coincidental - it was fun :) I love those weird funny stories!