Well! Friday is here and I have not been! Yesterday was a wonderful, busy, very very long day. It had its downside, but otherwise was excellent.

I have had my old saddle for sale for quite a while - it is a beautiful old saddle in great condition, but the current style of both horse breeds and saddle fitting tends to make it too narrow for a lot of people. I finally had a serious enquiry from someone who has the right kind of horse and ideas about saddle fitting! So I met her yesterday, met her very tall and rangy mare, and dropped it off for her to try for the week. I hope she likes it! Then I was close to where I rehearse with my duo partner, and we had a productive and fun rehearsal for the whole afternoon. Then I drove the rest of the way to Montreal to hear a concert in memory of a colleague who passed away recently. It was so good to see all my old colleagues, hear some music together, and talk about old and new times. I got home after midnight, but it was worth it!

The downside was I did not have time to prepare food in advance, the things I thought I'd be able to find to eat for lunch were not available, and I ended up with some pretty poor choices. I had a healthy dinner, but kept snacking on the long drive home. Because I had bought it. And it was in the car.

Needless to say, my weekend will be time for repair and improvement! I actually skipped breakfast this morning since I snacked until so late that I was not hungry at all. I'll have a salad-based lunch, and go from there. My weekend will not have any skipped workouts or messy meals - hopefully I'll stick to it well! I will also practice more this weekend - the inspiration to get playing more is starting to increase gradually. I was interviewed for an article this morning about playing and teaching music - it helped me to verbalise a lot of my ideas and kick myself in the butt for doing the minimum for a while now. So back to taking it more seriously. Spring energy is going to help a lot.