A glimpse into the now

Things to stress about:
- "my" harp is once again being forced into the scary wide world. Due to harp shortage at Stadia (at the moment, one harp for three harpists and about three different happenings taking place simultaneously), I have been asked to give up the Venus Concert Grand for two weeks. Getting hold of the driver and arranging the transport is difficult enough, but also finding time to be at home when the harp is taken away and spending at least an hour driving it all over the place is, frankly, a pain in the ass.

- For our 20th century music course, I am supposed to compose a piece in the dodecafonic style for voice and some obscure insrtument I haven't yet thought of (piano is out of the question). We're supposed to find time to just relax and let inspiration flood our brains. I already have the twelve-tone melody in my head, but trying to make text, voice and harmony come together is enough to make dodecafony turn into cacofony.

- This blog entry, which, I fear, is not nearly as entertaining as usual.

Things to look forward to:
- The Great Escape to Tunisia on Friday. Four long days to go before that, though..

- Picking up my new glasses, hopefully on Thursday. The process of choosing new frames took long, and in the end, the ultracool dark green frames came second to the slightly more conservative but still hip brown spectacles.

Things to be pleased about:
- I have bit by bit learned the art of mastering Google Earth, which includes marking spots like Työsaari outside Joutseno and Nana's and Solhi's house in Damascus with placemarks.

- Today's Full House-rehearsal went as well as expected/hoped (see picture), which was probably due to the magnificent mushroom pie baked by Kaisa.

Some might have noticed that the points to stress about were considerably more elaborate than the others, but this is because I realised that it's time for bed and refueling for a hard day tomorrow.