Not much time to post this morning.

 

I'm heading off just after 6 to babysit. Poor old mum has had a hard time after her Caesar and young Henry wakes a lot through the night. This is where Grandad comes in. I've slept and can handle both boys, though poor old tired dad will be there to help. My aim is to give mum and dad as much sleep time as possible.

I remember when dad was born. Like his younger son, he wasn't a great sleeper. I had taken up a job at Databank (To get away from teaching, because I thought I might be becoming a grammar Nazi - a joke for Peter there!) to become a computer programmer. The problem was that I slept through all the classes on how to program computers. When redundancies happened to start, I was one of the first two to go. 

Not much time for violin and bass practice either. Though trumpet practice is easy to fit in because (in the spirit of Atomic Habits) I only do 5 minutes, but it is concentrated on correct deep breathing and hitting the notes in the centre. I always stop practising after ANZAC Day but, who knowns, I might carry on this year because I'm making good progress.

In any quiet times, like when Henry is cuddled into me and Harrison is occupied, I might do some violin practice in my head, like I did when I was in hospital. At the moment I'm concentrating on really getting on top of 3, 7 double stops - that's when you just play the 3rd and the 7th of a chord. It sounds really good in jazz, but it takes a bit of practice to get fluent through all the keys. I practise them playing the II- V7- I progression.

It was great to see Lynn yesterday. She is keen to move to Wellington. We didn't really talk much about Peter.  Well, what is there to say? It'll be nice to have them back in Wellington. 

That's it, time to go and get ready.

Ciao tutti.