Indeed I did, Bryn!!

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Whooppeee!!! My report has about half an hour's work left in it, if that (the early start was worth it) and I can now really justify the long lunch break to go and hear I Fagiolini at Cadogan Hall.

Thank you, tp.  Of course having got back from the (very enjoyable) concert, I have been hit with not only a barrage of last-minute amendments  but also a couple of things that need to be done urgently on behalf of my boss (who's on holiday).  Ah well, I'm still happy, I'm still going to get out of here in time for this evening's Beethoven/Carter Prom, and it's a nice short one too, so I should get a reasonably early night even after doing the collection and visiting the bar

Congratulations from me too!  Not been around this weekend as we've been away visiting my oldest friends and having a great time!  Lots of food, good company and snow as well (we went to an indoor ski slope with real snow and did taboggoning)   

But t-p, the bad ones are probably saying about you that you are a good partner who helps them play better and understand what they are doing better.  Don't forget that.  It can feel near to despairing to play with people who you think are dragging you down, but it can lift you up again to think that maybe you can help and inspire them.

I'm in the Happy Room after a brief absence from the boards generally.  I've been away playing with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (my first time with them) in a festival in France.  The area was gorgeous, the people friendly - and I had the pleasure of playing the most enjoyable Brandenburg 3 I think I've ever done (so far).  The rehearsals in no way prepared me for how much fun the performance was going to be.  The entire concert (all Bach - first suite and B'burgs 1 and 4 as well) was a joy, but it was B'burg 3 that really made me happy.

I know it's not quite what you meant, T-P, but I have trouble getting computers to notice me too. Sometimes I can sit there in front of it for twenty minutes waiting for it to listen to me, twitching the mouse, tapping the keys.
It's almost as if I'm interrupting something more important, like a virus database update. Never mind the fact that it's me that plugged it into the mains, and me that wakes it up in the morning. And puts it to sleep at night.