May you have love, kindness, and compassion for all living things

I'm drinking a cup of Yogi tea, and the above is its wise saying for my evening.

Today began as my Sundays typically do here - wake up later than I intend to, go to school, teach classes, come home and make dinner. Today was the first day that I actually had to yell at my ear-training class for being late and then being impossible during class. One of my students said, "but miss, I was only 4 minutes late and you said I was 10 minutes late. Why?" And I said, "Are you asking because you're embarrassed that I called you out in front of everyone? Be on time and you won't have to worry about it." I hate being that teacher. Form was amazing as always. As was my 11-year-old rock-star flute student.

Two months of eating every-which-way is finally catching up with me. I don't think I'm going to go back to strict veganism (I might actually starve to death trying to do that here), but I need to make some changes in the direction of normality. I forget that when I start eating every-which-way I forget to eat for many hours at a time, and then feel anxious and tense. Simple changes will be helpful. Like no more Nutella for breakfast. ;)

Tomorrow, our guest conductor from Holland will run two rehearsals with the orchestra - 10:00 - 1:00, and again from 6:35 - 10:05. I think it's going to be a long day, but I'm excited to meet him.