Only half an hour tonight after a busy day, including grocery shopping and dinner out with our son's step-folks. Started off with Wexford Carol then miscellaneous tunes from the Hal Leonard book plus Simple Gifts. No major accomplishments, but at least didn't just blow off practicing.

A little different tonight, 40 minutes of Christmas Carols and a couple of run-throughs of Wexford Carol. Just didn't feel like an intensive night.

After a 4 day sabbatical, half hour tonight starting with G maj scale, and then Dark Island, Wild Mountain Thyme, Wexford and The Wellerman. Had trouble getting motivated again, but glad I'm back.

@Mark  and @ELCBK - Thank you for your thoughts and concern. And that's good to know, Mark. Not currently a panicking situation and the only reason I was there so long was to try some drug and dosage changes with extensive blood work monitoring. They also determined that there might be a bronchial tube blockage caused by one of the cancerous lymph nodes that may require a stent.

@stringy - No stent yet, going to see the lung doc in a week or so. And the latest stint in the hospital was just testing and drug change monitoring. Interesting side note, since I went originally for a regular visit, I drove and parked in their parking lot. I buy prepaid tickets which reduces the cost to about a 1/3 or $6.00 per day. I was there for 5 days and would have cost $30, but I was unsure about how to use them, so contacted the social worker who ended up getting me a fully prepaid ticket! Checked the non prepaid amount when leaving and it would have cost me $124 if paying with credit or debit card!!!!!!

Got 40 minutes tonight playing Dark Island, Wild Mountain Thyme, Wexford, and The Wellerman. Pretty reasonable night with almost adequate intonation. Looking forward to recording Wexford Carol for the party in the near future and adding a combo of Dark Island and Wild Mountain Thyme to my YouTube account. It's been too long since I added anything to it.

@SharonC - Thanks, it good to be back and I was really glad I checked with the hospital social worker about how to pay for the five days. I appreciate all the prayers and thoughts!

Took a couple of nights to get back in the swing of things but got in an easy 50 minutes tonight playing Wexford Carol only. Took the last portion of the session getting bowing in line with Pierre's requirements for up bow. I now have an annotated score! I was especially happy that I was able to practice after a fairly long day with family celebrating our son's oldest son's 16th birthday with his family and our daughter-in-law's family. Went to a Chinese restaurant (our daughter-in-law is Malaysian Chinese) and stuffed ourselves. Then went to her dad's and mother's place for cake, ice cream and a whole lot of fun and conversation. Our son and I, along with three of his sons went to Blick's for art supplies before joining the rest of the family.

Good times reigned!

After another length lapse in practice, I got in TWO sessions today. The first for 40 minutes playing Wexford Carol for most of the time and then Amazing Grace and Improv. The second session for 30 minutes playing Wexford Carol mostly and also Dark Island, Wild Mountain Thyme, and The Wellerman. I'm now able to play through Wexford without the sheet music, for the most part. I should be able to record it in a few days and see if it is acceptable by @Fiddlerman.

Forty minutes playing Wexford Carol mostly and also Dark Island, Wild Mountain Thyme, and The Wellerman. I'm afraid every practice is going to be a boring repetition of this until I get Wexford recorded, submitted, and accepted. But I'm still enjoying this!