It will feel nice to be the way I actually am again after covid, in a daily routine to reach my goals and dating on weekends. Today, whilst practicing on a violin I have at my parent’s house I thought about my much more expensive one and the immense difference in sound quality. Nevertheless, it is all fine for practice or nobody walking by would really know what I am playing or anything about the tone quality of the instrument so long as it is basically in tune. There is getting into marathoner shape and then there is getting into violinist shape. I really appreciate the times I have been in both of those shapes sounding or looking fluid while being eloquent and confident, fluidity in the stride or bowing technique. I am planning on doing my marathon and recording of Autumn in October/ November. It is very possible I will wear a different red dress for every season, because I keep loving the reds. Dresses. having my hair and make-up done, playing these beautiful violin pieces will all make me bounce back from covid and feel happiness, the videography half of the project will probably make me laugh. I would like to record Winter at the same time as Autumn, but I feel like it will probably turn into two separate occasions, being that this is a year long project there is not really a rush. Perhaps my Christmas song compilation will be a stocking stuffer for everyone this year too, now that I am in a recording artist/ videography mood. Ten years ago I could record pieces, but I would never really think to make it into a video or something cool, so this is a very exciting project for me. Maybe it means more ten years later in life. I think about how I was really good at running ten years ago too, but not yet an elite marathon runner. That idea can equate to me being able to play though a lot of violin pieces then too, yet I may be even better now in some kind of way. You just never know. Running and violin are both lifelong passions that figuratively have a lot in common. Even when I am done with my PhD, I think I will still run and play my violin.

So, this morning I went on a ten mile run just after sunrise before the heat swept in which was very nice.