Hardly Working

The twilight before dawn

It seems I underestimated my sleep time last night.  The broken washer left my clothes soaking wet, requiring not one, but two 65 minute dry cycles.  With the waiting and the folding and the putting away, that meant going to bed at 5:30!  I saw some sunlight coming up behind the clouds at 5, with the warbling of the birds to inform me that morning is approaching.

I woke up embarrassingly late.  And went to school as fast as I could, grabbing something along the way to eat.  I did not work very long, but at least I was able to have NetBeans realize where the cplex.h file was for the compilation of the sample c code.  It didn't compile, but at least it understood some things.  From then till the night, I didn't do any work.

First, it was the voice lesson.  This warm-up was like nothing I had ever done.  Every warm-up I've ever done has been with groups where the focus is on breath and posture.  But he focused a lot on the hard palate, and getting to create a crisp and hard tone.  It is hard for me, but I will practice.  Then on to piano, where I got away with not improvising to my teacher.  Instead, he showed me the blues, and I took away as much as I could in the time we had together.  I have a week to practice and get good at it - no problem!

After that, I went back to my office briefly before going out to the farmer's market.  I didn't buy anything, but am planning on doing that next week.  It was a wonderful atmosphere.  There was a band playing there, people selling crafts and food.  Many activities for children.  All of this in some amazing weather.  I saw Refah there, and we walked around a bit.

The deepening group (guess who is the photographer)

Then I headed home to catch my ride to the Baha'i deepening, where they were studying God Passes By.  It worked out for me since we at home the I left the Ruhi Book 4 group right around the time we were looking at events that we read about today - the Garden of Ridvan.  There were seven people there, including Adib and his mother and sister.  They are leaving in the morning, each going to a different place.  And he made sure to pass on the Bozeman Baha'i blog torch to me.  So now I have two blogs!  Woah!

When Adib dropped me off, I said my final good byes to him, his mother, and his sister.  I have only known him a week, and his family even less, but I will miss them enourmously.  Adib had helped me with a lot, and I am thankful to know him.  I already miss them! 

The evening winded down with Insanity, now with four people: Alicia, Maggie, Kate, and me.  I made sure to practice piano and voice and the Raven.  And after this blogging is finished, I am off to get some real work done - in my research.