Suzanne asked me to play for her while she packed, so I got a little playing in earlier in the day ... played scales, Bist du bei Mier, Liebestraum, and even worked some of my exercises. The last time Suzanne heard me play was about 2 1/2 years ago after I'd been playing for about a month - that was on that Very cold ferry ride around Southeast ... anyway, I could scarcely squeak out a note then.

Goal this evening, after a busy Saturday of making jalapeno salmon boats (~110 of them) for the Symphony cruise, seeing Suzanne off, then moving my mom's storage unit:

• Jack's warmup ... you know the routine, the G, etc.
• Allegro piece. Start on the last line as that is still tricky for me. I played this earlier and it is speeding up and getting more flowing. I wan to work on it every day.
• William Tell. Work on that ta-ka, double-tonguing. Play it right, don't throw in goofy pauses.
• Then play Hansel & Gretel through. I have to be working on my symphony pieces and sometimes my exercises take all of my time.
• One of the duets
• The third movement of the Mahler! Ha!

Let's see if I can get through this ... I am starting at 7:30 pm and would like to work straight through to 9 unless the mouth gives out, or I become too starving.