I'm completely off schedule with weeknotes now, but I finally finished my work transition and hopefully will have a lot of free time from now on. As I wrote in the previous note, it’s been hard to keep up with all my habits and routines over the last three weeks, so I have big plans for April! The weather seems to be changing, and I think that in a week or two, it will be possible to start hiking season. I'm really looking forward to seeing some sunsets and sunrises in the mountains this spring (and maybe in summer, if the temperature is okay).

Because of work, almost nothing happened during the last week - I wasn’t doing much except working. However, there are a lot of new challenges workwise. I’m learning something new every time I edit anything at my new job, and it’s such a cool feeling! So, my last week in brief:

• Learned a few new tunes on guitar, trying to get into bossa nova. It’s not difficult technically, but you really need to play with feeling; otherwise, it just doesn’t sound right. It’s fun to learn all the different voicings and complex chords, but singing along is VERY hard, obviously.

• Listened to a lot of classical music - Idagio is still a huge help. I’ve noticed that I enjoy chamber music much more than large orchestral concerts. Solo piano or piano + violin / flute pieces are my favorites, but maybe it's just a stage of taste development. This week’s highlights: Chopin, Ravel, Debussy, Tartini, Schubert, & Schumann.

• Fiddling with plants - spring transplanting, care, propagation, and stuff like that. My calla is growing at a scary-fast pace - my apartment is going to look like a forest soon (which is great). And it’s finally blooming! Look at this:

That’s it for this week. I’d rather go bask in the sun than sit at my computer now!