there's good news and bad news (61/365g)

Woke up to the news that Iran's Ayatolla had been killed. Spent way too much time worrying about world events.

Contra dance rehearsal with Phil, all new pieces to learn for Friday, got through about 70% of them. House is a mess, chaotic, now music is all over the floor too. 

We're playing all tunes written by women, which is a gigantic amount of research, and then we still have to try things out. 

Brian and Felix got back at midnight where I was already long asleep. At least I saw a good news report of them finding the 19th century film that captured a robot. "A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema." 

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centa's nirthday (59/365g)

Today was Centa's Nirthday, which we didn't celebrate very spectacularly either. It's also Josef F' Nirthday, and he was having an open house at his Galcisstrasse Gallery. Centa came too, but leaved after I started playing a few little folksongs with people. Was a really nice mood. I picked up Theodore and Henry from their singschul probe but couldn't convince them to look around the gallery or enjoy themselves or really even eat anything. 

There was an interner Vorspielstunde for Organ for Theodore afterwards, which Henry and I attended. Only one other person played. He still has a lot to learn before Prima La Musica next week.... He stayed an practiced another hour after Henry and I biked home.

first time at tango baustelle (58/365g)

didnt have my doctors appointmet to get my iron levels fixed today which was a bummer, because i really could have used a bit of a pick-me-up right about ... now.

mostly spend the day preparing for the upcoming gig with eva. since brian and felix are gone, it was just me and the other two, who had lots of sing-schule and such. the gig was really special, even irmi came to see us play together, since she brought us together in the first place. evas brother robert was there too, and he told me i had very strange but very nice vibrato, so cool on that.

on the way back home i stopped in at miles jazz club where chuck le monds was playing with a great blues harmonica. it was such a good concert, even though i only caught the last few songs and spent another hour chatting up the harmonica player for some tips.

i got a message from him at midnight saying i had left my wallet at the bar and that i could pick it up the next day... oops.

theodore's birthday (57/365g)

my first baby turned 16 today, and was not enthusiastic about his newfound right to buy alcohol or stay out all night. he'll be allowed to vote in the upcoming elections.

A 9am rehearsal with eva b. for women's concert, and then i met with brian in the city to buy food without packaging. it's VERY expensive to buy food without plastic, but the nuts and raisins are very good. on his way there, brian got a nice 50euro ticket for answering his phone on the bike. i feel guilty now for calling him.

i picked up theodore's violin from getting fixed another 370 euros. 

then i drove felix and brian to the airport for their trip to york. it was a borrowed e-car, with a 30km range when we left, and the airport is 10km away. i thought, why not park and charge real quick at the airport before heading back, but the thing wouldn't charge, and the cable wouldn't get out of the car either. i put it in but couldn't take it out. i totally melted down in the parking lot feeling completely alone and stupid, especially because i had apparently left my phone at home. the info-desk inside told me to go waaay far to the other side of the airport to the parking attendant, who told me to go to the info-desk. on the way two people at a car rental also told me they knew absolutely nothing to help me. the info-desk let me call brian, who was only reachable because his plane had a slight delay. he told me i had to unlock the car again in order to take the cable out. the info-desk lady walked me there and took the cable out. woohoo, i made it back with 12km to spare and i was annoyed with myself the whole time. that was my stupid tax for the day. 3,30euros for the hour i spent parked at that horrible place.

did kammermusik with dario and dropped my bike off for repair. low-key celebrated theodore's birthday with centa and henry and a guggelhupf, and then enjoyed my downtime alone on my hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor.

packing in piles (56/365g)

Eva was here to rehearse at 9am, and I was still groggy from sleep. She was a bit sick too, so our rehesraal was dementsprechend. I cooked a full meal before leaving for my baroque violin lesson. So happy that Dario is back! Got to play a sonata by Élisabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, which was so nice. 

Then I went to kG, where I got to help carry artworks inside for the next exhibition. At home I found Brian and Felix still not packed for their trip tomorrow, and little piles everywhere. I helped Felix find clothes that are the right size for him, and also cooked an entire "fantastic" (felix's words) second meal for  everyone. - edward's favorite. Linsen mit Spätzle

We all went to bed way too late, since the packing lasted till almost 10pm.

chained trip* (55/365g)

Rushed to get to a frauen rehearsal on-time only to find that Eva had forgotten. Sofija (Eva forgot!) - We rehearsed a string duo zu zweit. 

i was alone at work for most of my 4 hours - kind of left in charge. 

Niko an I met up at a cafe and chatted books until the cafe closed, and then we went for a nice walk along the Mur. we would have walked the whole time, but I still had my viola on my back, and I don't enjoy walking long distances that way. I learned that he has hyperphantasia, and that his mother died after being struck by lightning 20 years ago.

I went directly from there to the conservatory to record sad music with Philipp for Edward to possibly use in a memorial video for lydia.

And from there, I went upstairs one flight to where Sina had a room key and we made ourselves a nice work evening - first time it actually worked out after talking about it for years. we stayed until conservatory closed.

I am brutally tired from the day of essentially one chained trip.

* Trip chaining is a relatively new way to look at the series of trips made by people every

day, and at its most basic level, a chained trip includes a stop on the way to another destination.