Valentine's Day, etc

I had a very nice, relaxing Valentine's Day. Phil and I cooked a Greek-ish meal...pictures follow the post...we had Mousakka with beef instead of lamb, a Greek Salad, garlic-parmesean bread, and Mocha Blackout Cake with whipped cream for dessert. Everything turned out really well, and we had a nice time just talking and sitting in our little apartment. We found out the last 2 episodes of Six Feet Under had FINALLY downloaded (yep, illegally, but hey...not everyone can afford HBO), so we watched those between courses. It was a sad ending, I thought. I'm petrified of death, and so even though I really like that show, sometimes it's a little hard to watch in large quantities.

Just got back from the gym where I did some intervals...somehow it was a lot easier last week and I wasn't able to really up the intensity as much as I had wanted, which makes me kind of nervous for Saturday's 5K...I really wanted to break 24:00, but I know it's okay if I don't...there will be plenty more races, eh?

My students keep cancelling on me, and even though I usually still get paid when they do this, it's really irritating because I plan my day according to a schedule, you know? When all of a sudden I have these unplanned holes in my day, I get all stressed out. I know people have good reasons for not being able to come, and flute lessons aren't exactly No.1 on a list of priorities for most of them...but still...I need to have a little better organization within my studio, somehow. The problem is that I travel a fair amount and need to have the leeway to change lessons when I'm away...so it's hard for me to just inforce some really strict rule about make-ups, because then I would have to follow it too, ya know? I guess it's not that much longer that I'm going to be in this liminal living situation, so I should just suck it up for now, eh?

Meanwhile, it's beautiful outside and so I'm going to go enjoy it by taking a walk with my Baruch. It's supposed to be oh-so-cold again this weekend, so I've got to take advantage while I can!