Busy busy busy

Things I love about my new place:

Good water pressure in shower

Gas stove

Decrease in junk mail for the time being

Location (it IS nice to walk everyday to school)

Absent roommate

Free laundry

Closet space

Desk

Dresser

Sconces

Close to Trader Joe's

Things I miss about my old place:

Location (I LIKED having time on the T to do the crossword puzzle in the Metro)

Bamboo and Tasca and Chang's

Huge kitchen

Whole Foods

Garbage disposal

Molly and MK

In general, I think I've adjusted to the new place. It no longer takes me forever to remember where something is and I've stopped bumping into furniture no matter where I walk. Its quiet, peaceful, the roommate is almost never here, and I've fallen back into a good routine.

Things are busy this week. The first big concert for Emmanuel Music is this Friday at 8 pm. And its a big one - the first for Ryan Turner as the new Artistic Director. The first rehearsal went well today - its really exciting to be a part of things there right now.

Also on the docket is Arneis' performance of the Debussy Dances and Ravel Introduction and Allegro at the Boston Harp Festival. The Gala Concert is Sunday night, Sept 26th, at 8 pm at Seully Hall at Boston Conservatory. We will be rehearsing with the respective harpists starting tomorrow and then all week. (I'll be thinking fondly of Mary Keener during these rehearsals.)

ALSO being rehearsed this week is Arneis' first fall concert on September 28th. We're doing Mozart K589, Ravel, and Mendelssohn a minor (op. 13). And then the exact same program on October 3rd.

AND Hannah Ruth dearie is here this week as a nanny (aka Hanny) for Adelaide and Finnis!

update

I moved into a new place on August 30th. I lived on Ransom Road for four years, the same amount of time that I lived in the Eastman dorm. That scares me - the thought that for 8 years I lived in only two places and they are both now in the past.

I like my new place - there are things I miss about the old one - I loved that apartment - but it was time for a move.

My last year as a full time student started on Sept 2nd.

On Sept 2nd, I played my last orchestra seating audition at BU.

The summer of quartet insanity ended well and we are back to rehearsing for a concert of Mozart, Ravel, and Mendelssohn on September 28th (the repertoire wasn't really our choice - its necessary for other reasons I won't bore people with here). I miss quartet boot camp. A. Lot.

I'm glad that the heat of summer is pretty much gone. I hated returning to a muggy, sweltering hot Boston. With each passing year, I dislike hot summer weather less and less (I will most likely regret putting this on the internet for anyone to see around November 1st).

I want to play the Philip Glass Violin Concerto. I'm hoping to convince Peter that its a fantastic idea.