To be continued

2, ?, N

Rise at 6:30, morning routine, check e-mail and head in to work. Testing for today's planned release over breakfast (spinach & mushroom omelete), prep for a technical meeting (distributed file system), personal meeting with the boss. Lunch (veggie burger), and more testing.

Light afternoon, as the business couldn't get approvals in time for release. Out at a reasonable time, straight to Silver Lanes for a few practice games, while another league member pre-bowls for this week. 167, 141, 147 - all well above my current average.

Home for a quick dinner (1/2 a steak w/grilled poblano, corn on the cob, cucumber salad), then more rearranging of the practice space.

The evening practice (75 minutes):
2nd primary, 1 string, 2 strings
1st primary, 1234, 7th position:
- 1 string with open string after each note
- 1 string with open string after every 4 notes
- 2 string with open string after every 4 notes
- 2 string with no open string
- Hammerhead variation 1234, 4321 across 6 strings
Geballe twisty-finger two string exercise, ascending and descending
Bach, Gm Cello Prelude bars 1-11, 38-42

Finding some stickier transitions in bars 3 to 4 and bars 9-11. I need to approach these differently, otherwise, I'll just be learning them incorrectly, and that will become the habit.

More cleaning of the practice space, uncovering things that are no longer necessary and can be recycled, others that need a decision made. Also, many gifts from small, furry creatures.

Now computing, and to bed.

Monday, yet again...

1, ?, N

Rise at 6:30, morning routine, then out to work. Cheese omelete with mushrooms, onions and tomatoes (my normal breakfast), and checking on QA status. A couple of meetings in the morning to get the week going, and more testing for the current release. Lunch of a veggie quesadilla, then out to a quarterly group meeting in Windsor. The meeting is mildly informative, but I struggle to stay involved with the presentations. Some attention exercises keep me focused. After the meeting, our immediate manager takes us out for ice cream, then back to the office for the last hour of the day - setting up our final QA run before release.

Home about 6:00, a quick errand for pet foods, a storage box for cat food and a couple of human food items for the next couple of days. Dinner (left-over biryani), then 20 minutes further preparing the practice space. This will continue for about the next week, as I divest myself of some older and unused paper and books, as well as reorganizing equipment (some drums that need to return to their owner). Once this is complete, mark the beginning of the AAD, then 75 minutes of practice:
Metronome @ 60
2nd primary, 1 string, 2 strings
1st primary, 1234, 7th position:
- 1 string with open string after each note
- 1 string with open string after every 4 notes
- 2 string with open string after every 4 notes
- 2 string with no open string
- Hammerhead variation 1234, 4321 across 6 strings
Bach, Gm Cello Prelude bars 1-8, 38-42

Final cleaning for the evening, computing, and to bed.