Improvement

Sometimes I wonder if I have depression. And yes, I definitely get depressed. But God always carries me through. I feel like things are improving. Although last time I thought that my day turned out horribly. But I'm making more of an effort, even though it's setting me back in my studies. Now I need to work on at least acting happy. Because lately I'm always grumpy. I think it may have to do with stress. A lot is piling up right now. But I am doing my very best to trust God. He knows best.

Sin and misery

My Cozy Bed

Is there anything nicer late at night than new pajamas, fresh flannel sheets and a soft pillow?

Nerves

Nerves. 

Shaking knees shaking hands ruining my song shaking the pedal losing control blurring my notes nearing on panic

done.

Made it through.

It's over. Played through my mistakes.

Done

Bad Piano Teachers

I would like to take a moment to comment on the deplorable lack of good piano teachers. I was just watching my brother perform in a music festival competition. He is in grade 6 piano, playing against other grade 6 pianists, and the amount of kids who didn't even know something as basic as how to sit properly at the piano was abominable, and just a foretaste of badly played music. At this stage in piano I expected the playing to be much better than the music that was put forward. I do not blame the students. It takes a gifted and especially determined student to rise above the mistakes of a bad teacher. I do not say I am a good teacher, I have only been teaching for a year. I just think it is depressing how many people who play piano, or any instrument, think that just because they can play they can teach, and it is to the students's detriment that teachers seem to think that just teaching a student how to read music can actually be classified as teaching an instrument. Dear music teachers, please learn how to teach properly.

Dutch Blitz

Dutch Blitz with a bunch of tweens.

Loud.

Loud.

Loud.

But fun.

Hogan's Heroes

A laugh with lunch every day. :)

Pure Peppermint Oil

Apparently it scares away the spiders

Because

For spiders

Peppermint is deadly

$9.60 for 30 mL 

It better work

If it does 

It will be worth

Every penny

Change

I want to change

It's just so hard

When you're living in fear

And you feel ridiculous for being afraid.

But now it's out

And what they do with that knowledge

Will affect so much

God help us all.

Approaching Things

Life is busy

Work

Piano

Work

Piano

My piano teacher kept reminding me that music festival is getting close, and my song isn't ready.

Obviously she doesn't know me.

I did my best to not let that stress me out. 

It will be ready.

It always is.