Day 42

This is getting repetitive.  Finally I got up early, like 7:30 early.  Unexpectedly, I went back to sleep for another 27 minutes or so.  No problems, as I had a shower, breakfast, some time to read articles from the BBC, and just sit there before I went to class.

So, it appears that we aren't going to have a quiz or test at all during this term.  Reason being, there's no place to move up, only to move down, and they can determine that from our homework and participation in class.  Today, we began "informal talk", or essentially the opposite of "keigo"/"formal talk."  The real challenge was knowing when to drop certain words, and switching back and forth between both speaking styles when answering questions from classmates and the sensei.

Yesterday, I started getting some exercise, mostly in the form of push-ups and sit-ups/crunches, but today I decided to take it a step further: an intense hour long bike ride (my legs will probably be feeling really good tomorrow) and the exercises to come after I'm done typing this.  It probably won't do anything immediately, but I just want to either get in shape or stay in the shape I'm in.

With about 2 hours worth of work tomorrow (or a bit more), I'll finally be finished with the first movement of my concerto; it tops out at just over 10 minutes.  So what do I do when I'm finished with that?  Well, two things: 1) probably some gloating, but more importantly, 2) start working on movement 2.  At least mvt. 2 is only going to be about 5 minutes long, as is mvt. 3.  Wish me luck!