1. Great times with old friends you've known since childhood. There's nothing better.

2. String quartet rehearsal. Lots of Mozart this time around, along with a bit of Dvorak.

3. I'm ready for a downtempo week. Time to get re-centered. It's exhausting to constantly be going, going, going. Looking forward to my upcoming staycation.

4. Dinner at a favorite restaurant for Mom's birthday.

5. Finally saw Mad Max: Fury Road. Life officially changed.

6. This week was spent thinking a lot about how to connect more fully with the music community here, and how to push myself more creatively. Ideas, ideas, ideas...