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Ok, I really, really have had enough of being ill now. It's lasted over a week, surely it should be thinking about going away? I've been resting and drinking vast amounts of water and orange juice, what more does it want? But I keep thinking I'm getting better then waking up the next morning feeling atrocious. And this means I've neither finished unpacking nor done any Latin nor started on my dissertation. Grrr.
On the other hand, I now have a new distraction in the form of a guitar. It took me 45 minutes to tune the thing the first time, but I can now do 3-4 chords and the scale of C major. Gosh. I also have very sore fingertips. I'm finding it much harder than the piano to get started on, since there are different ways of playing each note and you have to think about both strings and frets not just a single key, and also the fingers are numbered differently which just confuses me, and are further apart than on the piano, so it hurts more. On the other hand, it is a lot easier to learn having already done music theory and the piano.
In fact, it's a long time since I've had to learn anything so entirely new. I'm not sure my brain can cope.
Oh, and I'm not liking distance. Maybe it has bright sides.
On the other hand, I now have a new distraction in the form of a guitar. It took me 45 minutes to tune the thing the first time, but I can now do 3-4 chords and the scale of C major. Gosh. I also have very sore fingertips. I'm finding it much harder than the piano to get started on, since there are different ways of playing each note and you have to think about both strings and frets not just a single key, and also the fingers are numbered differently which just confuses me, and are further apart than on the piano, so it hurts more. On the other hand, it is a lot easier to learn having already done music theory and the piano.
In fact, it's a long time since I've had to learn anything so entirely new. I'm not sure my brain can cope.
Oh, and I'm not liking distance. Maybe it has bright sides.