Rise at the normal time but am delayed getting out of the house by some necessary cat duties. Still in to work at a reasonable hour, and able to prep for my 9:00 AM team meeting. This meeting is still a bit of a struggle, since I'm a remote manager. There is one team member, a good person, but I'm not clear on his capacity for independent action and for maintaining focus on a task. I've been after him for months to begin work to better monitor our systems, but there has always been "something" else that comes up which distracts him from the task. I just haven't found the way to get him there yet. Today I attempted a new tack: taking a small piece of the whole and making that a deliverable for next week. Perhaps by breaking this down into smaller pieces for him at the beginning, I get help him build up the required momentum to complete the task.
Some quick errands at lunch, then reluctantly back to the office to a meeting for the new panic project. It is beautiful out today, after several cool and overcast days. Basics laid out in preparation for the request, options proffered. The client sends an e-mail near the end of our meeting with an additional option which is quite good. I'm not above taking suggestions from the customer.
Afternoon interview, which ends up being a "preliminary" interview because one of the other interviewing directors is not available. A good phone call, and the person I talked to (who would be the hiring director, two levels above me) seemed to think I was suited for the position. Interestingly, he said that I sounded like I knew what I was talking about, even though I had only said a few words beyond "right", "I see" and "I agree" as he talked to me. We schedule a second call for Monday afternoon.
Home to install the rotisserie on the new grill and pack the fountain with Styrofoam to cut down on the hollow sound (which works well). Practice for about ninety minutes with ChrisP working on variations on C Major. Some good work, ending with some work on circulating the C Major Prelude from Book I of the WTC, with attention to the musicality.
Dinner with the wife, then final disassembly of the old workhorse of a grill, cleanup and into the house. Diary and then bed.
In reflecting on the past week, I notice I've been very distracted, and then I notice that I've maintained little contact with my body this week.
And an interesting side thought after reading David's journal: my first encounter with AT was through dressage. My wife and I rode for a few years when we first started dating, and we had several AT sessions with a gentleman out of Cambridge, MA that also worked with musicians. If you think watching the change in a person with hands-on AT work is amazing, you ought to see what a skilled teacher can do with a horse. Often, when I walk, I remember specific sessions of AT work from that time period, and it changes me.
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