Back at it

Notes from the Berkshires, Day 52

Miss Hall’s School, 5.19 p.m.

Midnight it was, or close enough to. I slept in until nearly eight a.m. this morning, and still felt wiped out all day. Thanks to Steve and John, there weren’t any fires to put out with my pianos, so I was able to work on all three pianos in the Chamber Music Hall in the morning, and hit the Shed soloist room and the Carriage House upstairs M in the afternoon. Left the grounds at 3.30, and went for a run, which felt amazingly good after all the inactivity of the past five days. Inactivity might not actually be the best word, but there was definitely a LOT of sitting on my butt. I’ve decided to alter my morning routine starting tomorrow, and get to the grounds at 7.00, stopping only for a to-go cup along the way. Getting an earlier start will save me some scheduling hassles, and also will alleviate any possible guilt at cutting out early for exercise, as I did today. I think by the end of the day tomorrow I’ll be fully back into work mode, but it’s surprising how out-of-whack I felt today. Traveling: not easy on the body no matter how you slice it.