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Watsons Bay, Sydney
There has been a slight easing of restrictions and it looks like we are coming out the other side. Hope! They talk of a second wave, but hopefully this won’t happen. I wonder if the leaves of the lemon tree at Bowral are yellowing, and hoping that the roses are still alive.
I enjoy my own company and can easily occupy myself at home, but the days are feeling very long. I find myself looking out of the window at the morning ocean, and at the pink and mauve sunsets, and not remembering what I have been doing all day. I’m down to one online yoga class each week, which is not enough. I need to create new routines. I need to feel purposeful again.
Schools in New South Wales have now resumed teaching and so I’ve taken on my piano children again. Phew. So relieved to be back in routine and so happy to see the kids. They’ve become expert at coughing into their elbows! I’ve only lost a couple of students. Their parents tell me that their lethargic children have adapted very well to being at home, and have lost a lot of motivation.
I’ve no work at the university, and so have been relying solely on piano teaching. I’ll need to find more students. Sitting distanced from children during lessons, and not being able to touch the piano or sing, is so hard. It’s really affecting the quality of my teaching, and also my enjoyment. I’ve realised just how much young children need hands-on instruction and close interaction to learn well. At least I still have a job. I’m very lucky.
I must dose the television news I’m taking in– the COVID statistics around the world feel overwhelming.
There has been a slight easing of restrictions and it looks like we are coming out the other side. Hope! They talk of a second wave, but hopefully this won’t happen. I wonder if the leaves of the lemon tree at Bowral are yellowing, and hoping that the roses are still alive.
I enjoy my own company and can easily occupy myself at home, but the days are feeling very long. I find myself looking out of the window at the morning ocean, and at the pink and mauve sunsets, and not remembering what I have been doing all day. I’m down to one online yoga class each week, which is not enough. I need to create new routines. I need to feel purposeful again.
Schools in New South Wales have now resumed teaching and so I’ve taken on my piano children again. Phew. So relieved to be back in routine and so happy to see the kids. They’ve become expert at coughing into their elbows! I’ve only lost a couple of students. Their parents tell me that their lethargic children have adapted very well to being at home, and have lost a lot of motivation.
I’ve no work at the university, and so have been relying solely on piano teaching. I’ll need to find more students. Sitting distanced from children during lessons, and not being able to touch the piano or sing, is so hard. It’s really affecting the quality of my teaching, and also my enjoyment. I’ve realised just how much young children need hands-on instruction and close interaction to learn well. At least I still have a job. I’m very lucky.
I must dose the television news I’m taking in– the COVID statistics around the world feel overwhelming.