Days Seven Through Nineteen: ENERGY!

Okay, I have not been ignoring this blog! What I really have been doing instead of blogging is enjoying this strange newfound energy that I have not experienced in a long time. I tell you, it's like someone upstairs finally saw that my batteries needed changing. And change them they did! I can't really recall exactly what I did most of the days, but I do have some fun pictures that I will be posting. All I know is that I did a lot of things, many of which would have killed me, and yet somehow, they didn't! Only those who deal with chronic fatigue and have to choose only one thing they can do a day know what I am talking about, and I tell you it was miraculous!

First, I got pretty busy with my music studio again, revamped some business cards, and gave them to my old band director to pass to kids looking for a teacher. I also began preparing for a recital, and prepping my students for that recital too.

At one point during the last two weeks, I ran out of underwear. My sister caught me in a swimming suit and wrap with a towel still on my head, waiting for the washing machine to finish cleaning my whites. And then for some crazy reason I asked her to take a picture! I thought that it was probably the ultimate mommy moment. And since I am determined to enjoy all of my moments, no matter how embarrassing (and since this was a little comical) I needed to record this event somehow.

The big thing that happened recently was the recital. I have a very small studio at the moment and so a whole month of preparation turned into about a fifteen minute recital. But it was so worth it to see those kids work hard to work up a piece to play, and then to see them perform in front of their families and afterwards feel that great sense of achievement! It was the highlight of my whole month, I would say. Even little Cuddlebug wanted to play the piano!

We held the recital on Valentine's Day. That made it easy to decorate for the recital. We held it in my old high school choir room where they had a newer baby grand piano. Oh, it was fun to see how my students were so excited to get to play on that kind of a piano. It made the event more special, I thought.

My old band teacher saw my little studio and said that it was good for my students (no matter how small the event) to have an event where they have to perform. It's highly motivating, and keeps them from "slacking off" he said, although I haven't seen any slacking off in my students. But I agree with him. Music is a performing art, and was meant to be shared with an audience. Recitals are certainly good things for the up and coming artist!

 But yes, it has been a crazy few weeks, but I was so glad that I had the chance to have a recital, and I have been exercising like crazy, and I am starting to love the way I feel after coming home from the gym--I never thought that would be possible! The energy I have had has been my own personal miracle, and I thank my loving Heavenly Father for that blessing. I has enabled me to do many wonderful things.

And, it's something that I can fully take advantage of without distractions this month!