| I've never known the days to be so full. I only realize in retrospect how leisurely the pace used to be, before Edie! Today, for instance, Zan went off to the training course at 0745, and I looked after Edie and managed to do quite a few chores at the same time. Then Edie and I went to playgroup (where she plays with other kids from 10-12 every Wednesday morning). It's at a local Baptist church, and it's great for Edie to spend time with other kids. We parents sit on the sidelines and get involved occasionally. Then straight to the training course, for the Wednesday Alexander group that I'm part of once a week (recent graduates from the training course working together under Karen's supervision -- great!). Then home for a quick lunch, an Alexander lesson to teach, a quick trip to the supermarket (with Edie) to do the shopping (while Zan teaches), a lute lesson to teach, half an hour to practice for Friday's concert, another Alexander lesson to teach (while Zan gets Edie to bed), and, at 8 pm, supper to cook and more chores. It's 10 pm and I've been on the go non-stop since 6.30 this morning! And so it goes more or less every day. And yet it's very rewarding in many ways. Edie is a complete delight. She's talking a mile a minute, and full of joy and energy (and occasionally rage).
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