For instance, yesterday I woke up at 6:30 and was in a practice room by 7:00, practiced for two hours and was late to Chinese class by 15 minutes. After class, I did another hour of practicing, ate lunch and continued practicing. At 2:30 I rehearsed with my piano trio so that we would do well in our coaching at 4:30. After our coaching, I ran to the metro station so I would be at orchestra on time at 7:00. I didn't get home until around 11:15. If you tally all of that, you'll see that yesterday alone, I played the violin for at total of...wait for it...wait...10 hours. That's right...10 hours.
Needless to say, I needed a break. So today, with no Chinese class, Joanna and I had a girlie, spa, do nothing kind of day. We went and saw the new Fast and the Furious at a real movie theater (not a bootleg DVD...go us) at 10:40 am, followed by window/boutique shopping (though neither of us actually bought anything), then a pedicure that took an absurdly long time. And for dinner, we made crepes with strawberries and ice-cream. Unfortunately, then we both had to go to "work"...Joanna to teach and me to orchestra. At the moment, I am waiting for her to get off of Skype so that we can go get the massages we so desperately need.
Anyway, I know this update is probably not all that interesting or informative for you. I'm just too darn tired to come up with anything witty or cute! I promise to try harder next time.
Countdown to France: 2 weeks! (Also, I have no idea how this happened...seriously, France seemed a long way away, and now suddenly it's here and we still don't know exactly where in France we are going. This might be a problem.)
