Thanks, @mookje.

I read, on another thread, that you've started lessons. That's a terrific new development. Having seen the amazing progress you made teaching yourself, I'm looking forward to hearing more about it.

I had my first lesson working on the 2nd violin part of three orchestra pieces this week. One I had prepared. My teacher made me sight read the two others and I was terrified... but so happy I bent to her insistance. Learned a lot about timing and counting (the notes in 1st position aren't that tough.)

On the other hand, my usually lovely sounding violin was moaning like a cow giving birth (never really heard a cow giving birth!) Whereas when we work out of the Suzuki books, my teacher is a real stickler for bowing, she let that slide during this particular lesson. When I mentioned at the end of the lesson that I thought my violin sounded out of sorts, she said: 
"No, it just sounded scared."
Oh, so true

Rehearsals are always Thursday evenings in snow bird season except school vacation breaks.