Off duty today.

 I have a day off from babysitting, so I stayed in bed until nearly 6am. My plan is to pick up a prescription for some meds and get a haircut. My hair is getting quite long and a bit hard to manage, so I'll go for a regular bloke haircut. 

Nothing like this.

Anzac Day is getting close - three more practice days. Good, deep breathing and hitting those notes right in the centre. Thank you, Atomic Habits.

It is also good to get some violin practice done in the morning, when one is fresh. I have a small gig (no Peter, the people there will be of a normal size) on May 3rd with Daryl on piano. It's only half an hour long, so it'll virtually be over before it starts. I'll probably play four jazz standards and two originals. Yes, I'm playing violin. 

I'd better get a bit of double bass practice done today too.

I'd better squeeze in some practice on the Bach violin concerto. I have an ex-student who wants to play it with me but, to be honest, it is way down my list of things to practise. Still, I'd better put in some time on it. 

As you know, part of my violin 'habits' is to practise 3rds & 7ths as chords without a root or a fifth. These sound really good in jazz when you don't need another person banging out roots. Yes Peter, I know you have to get roots out when you are tidying up your section. (Gosh, sometimes I can hear those Peter jokes coming at me!)

My daughter is coming around today to borrow my weed eater and pick up a suitcase of hers. I had to reload the weed eater with more line and I'm hoping that I've put it in correctly. I'll try to find time to do a check. I'll lend her my two batteries and chargers because she has quite a big space to clear. I've found that a battery lasts for about 20 minutes to half an hour, so using two is the way to go when there is quite a bit of cutting to do. I hope she looks after my stuff and returns it in the near future. You can never count of this happening with children.

Yesterday I held Henry, my tiny grandson, for about 3 1/2 to 4 hours. I managed to keep him from crying by moving around and singing to him. I don't know if mum was impressed. I later got into trouble by telling Harrison that one of his toys was mine. That went against her rules. As a grandad you have to be very careful. I offered to work today, but I wasn't needed. Read into that what you will.

Well, it's nearly time for a shower and putting on the washing machine and dishwasher. Then I'll deliver a paper to our elderly neighbour's front door. Robert should be at work by now. I hope that Peter isn't laying around in bed. Lazy bugger.

Ciao tutti.