Dissertations & Film Scores

This week my head is full of what I need to do for my 2 dissertations, Film Score composition, Orchestration and Big Band composition......

In 9 months I will be done with Uni (until the next time!) and will be scouring web sites etc for work.  Who knows I may even try my hand at the Great British Bake Off...

Autumn is really here now, the leaves are falling and the last roses cling on to their petals despite the wind.  Apples need harvesting (those really hard to reach ones at the top), but the grape is finally in the ground (which took a mamouth effort from my hubby) and gives us hope of a warm summer next year.

Life is mellow and cosy, before the winter sets in. :-)

An Opera loving cat and anxiety....

Another trip to the Vets with our lovely cat Parker - we've been going each morning now for a week, it appears he has some kidney problems at the moment (which we hope will be resolved shortly).  Interestingly he was quiet in the car on the way there when The Marriage of Figaro was playing, but loud and vocal with anything else!  Is there a thesis in there somewhere?  Hmmmm......

Tomorrow I am back at Uni for my final year.  In 9 months it will all be over (save for the award ceremony) and I can't believe how fast the time has gone.  It has been a great experience and I am really lucky to have a) got in and b) survived through to the final year.  I still can't believe that I achieved a 1st for composition..... WOW!  And to all those teachers who said I'd never achieve anything, well I think the 1st speaks for itself.

I am looking forward to life getting back on track again and today will spent cleaning windows, dusting and hoovering the house, playing piano and sorting out the stuff that I need for tomorrow.

I've walked a long walk, but have many more miles to travel......

Below - my pal Nikki who is to blame for all the fun and amazing stuff that I've done over the past 3 years...... I can't thank her enough for freeing me from a near nervous breakdown x