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[jianantonic]

I've finally got some days off to relax at home!  It's been a while since I've had nothing going on...and that's not even really true for today, but it feels more low-key because I at least have half a day before my plans kick in.  I had to wake up early for my post-BLS phone call with the trainer, but that only took two minutes.  She had very nice things to say to me and now I can move on with my progress toward leading meetings.  Woo!  

I have a session with my trainer at 3 today -- it'll be my first time seeing him in over a month, so I'm a little terrified that I'm gonna get my ass kicked, but I haven't let my fitness slide even though I've been out of town, so I think I'm ready.  It'll definitely be a challenge, but I'll be okay.  After that I'm heading over to Shanon's to play with my nephew and catch up with her, and then that's all for today.  Oh, somewhere in there I'm gonna shop for a new laptop, too.  Other goals for today include tidying up my bedroom (I have a huge pile of clean laundry to put away -- at least it's clean!) and practicing more clarinet.

I've been really good about practicing daily, and going over scales and whatnot in addition to trying to play new pieces.  I have a problem with sight reading, though.  I'm actually decent at reading music, and I'm complete shit at playing by ear, but when I know what a song is supposed to sound like, I get lazy with my counting and just play it 'cause I know it.  So I'm really out of practice with the whole sight reading biz, and when faced with music I don't know, it turns out I kind of suck a lot.  I'm trying to work on that some, but of course it's more fun and thus quite tempting to just play all the stuff I already know and love, but that doesn't make me any better.  The lesson books I ordered on Amazon should show up in the next day or so, and that will hopefully guide my practice a little better.

Yesterday I drove to Mount St Helens with my friend Dylan to go hiking.  We picked a very challenging 5-mile trail called Lava Canyon.  It wasn't anywhere near the challenge of Table Mountain, but it was definitely one of the most difficult hiking trails I've ever done.  It had a rickety bridge over a gorge and everything!  It was really awesome, and I'll post some pictures eventually.  Man, I love hiking...

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[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty out of shape, but I looooove hiking. AND rickety bridges! Unfortunately, there's really nowhere around here for things like that. Any time my boyfriend and I visit the mountains in western NC, we try to find places to visit with stairs made out of tree roots, sketchy bridges, and stepping stones across swift streams, but it's not often enough! So I'm kind of jealous of your Mount St. Helens adventure (though I definitely wouldn't be able to handle 5 miles).