TGIF

There's nothing like waking up a little later on Friday mornings. Most of my friends give me grief for my "schedule" this fall. I'm a full time student in graduate school and although I'm not in class all that many hours, that doesn't mean I'm not working hard. Although I'm sure they think I'm hardly working!

This morning was nice. I was able to sleep in until 7:40am when Lilly decided she had had enough and needed to go out. Today is low key. I'll admit, my day will be better than sitting at a cubicle at SunLife Financial or even being a wine connoseur at the Hopkins Vineyard - the places of employment of my two best friends.

Today will be a relaxing start to the weekend. I am meeting my friend Melissa for coffee at 11am at the hot spot for music people at ASU - Breugger's Bagel shop. Hot spot? Okay, that might be a bit generous, but it is where most music people head when they need a little pick-me-up; that is if they can safely get across Mill...without getting hit by the Flash.

After coffee I will head to my office, W141, in the music building where I will either attempt to get some work done or play the piano. I'll have about an hour and a half until a meeting with the choral department from 1-2pm. Today's agenda: High School Leadership Workshop...scheduled for Saturday September 17th. Then as the finale to my day, I will be having a voice lesson at 2pm. Burr Phillips is from Texas. I just met him a couple of weeks ago but so far so good. It's nice to be singing again.

That is pretty much it. I can then spend the rest of my afternoon running errands, playing with Lilly and enjoying my Friday night as my "no work" night. So while it might seem that I've got it pretty good, and yes overall I do, today is quite calm compared to my other days here at ASU. Just wait until I tell you about yesterday and my participation in ASU's African Drum Ensemble. We'll save that for another time.