Piano, and Knitting, and Running...

Oh my! Despite being snowed in for the majority of the week, I have been accomplishing quite a bit from my list. First of all, I completed 205: learn all of the major scales on the piano. Have I already learned this in my life? Perhaps. I did receive "A's" in all of my college piano classes, but even after competing in the "Scale Olympics", I have never felt confident in my piano abilities. Teaching has helped me to improve my skills exponentially, but it seems that a stable and structured practice routine couldn't hurt. In addition to practicing all of my major scales every day, I engaged in sight-reading practice and began writing a chord progression for 201: write an original song.

Last night, much to Anthony's amusement, I began 236: knit a wearable scarf. I'll admit, it was quite humorous to see me speaking the directions aloud while I continually made mistakes and restarted. I practiced again today while we watched football, but achieved very little success. However, I came home, and popped in a Dr. Quinn DVD, and sure enough, I have begun to knit! My masterpiece is far from perfect, or complete for that matter, but I am proud of it!

I also began the "Couch to 5K" program. According to c25k.com, I will be happily running a 5k in just nine weeks. I am planning for my first race to be the John Conlon Memorial 5D in May. The event has been organized to honor and benefit the family of Mr. Conlon, a former math teacher the high school I graduated from. It taxes my anxiety to run a race in my hometown, but I am excited to do it. The first installment of the C25K program was a GREAT workout--I loved it! I am psyched, albeit nervous, to keep training.

C25K

My friend Tia is joining me on this adventure, which is only appropriate considering we completed a 5K together last spring :-) Goals for this week include 206: learn all of the minor scales on the piano and 128: eat vegetarian for one week. I will also keep up on the other goals I have in progress.