February 03, 2006

It’s a good thing she's so cute!!!

I feel like I am playing doggie interruptus or is it doggie interrupts us? I’ve set up some bells on the door for Lila to let me know when she has to go out. So now when I am on the phone, or she decides I am not paying enough attention to her, she rings the bells. It works. She gets my attention. At twelve weeks, I’m not sure if it is a genuine need for relief or for attention.

Yesterday Yoko came over and we played duets. The first time since October, I think. And Lila interrupted us. We played through the Dvorak piece three times. The first time my playing was really really awful (bad), the second time just not too good (bad), and the third time not too bad. It’s great to get back to our duets. With travels to Montreal and then two weeks in New York and then four weeks of Lila, I haven’t touched the piano much. And Lila was, at first, afraid of the sound (much different from the radio). I tried putting her in her kennel but her protest made it hard to play. So then I tied her up near the piano where I could see her but she couldn’t get to us. It worked. She calmed down and I think I will be able to practice so next week my playing will be better (okay).

Posted by leya at February 3, 2006 04:47 PM