But I File My Nails Daily for Extra Credit.

I sat down on the bench and put my books on top of the piano.
"Okay. Did you do your scales?"
I don't have a lot of patience, so I spent my piano time doing finger exercises, not finger exercises and scales. But I didn't want to tell my teacher that.
"Yes."
"Which did I have you do?"
"...no."
The moral, of course, is do your homework so your piano teacher won't think you're an idiot.

I'm Still Looking for the Fourth Book

There's a frum guy who works behind the counter at the music store. I don't know who he is, but he looked familiar to me. When I went to the desk, he said, "Trutinsky?" as though that were my name. I was confused, so I said, "what?" He repeated what he had said.
"Trutinsky?"
"Oh," I said in response. Then I filled him in on what my last name actually is (phonetically similar, but not quite the same).
"Yeah!" he said, "How are you?"
"Good. I need a couple of books, I'm figuring they're in the store a door down--you moved that section?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, great." I walked toward the door.
"Nice seeing you again."
"Bye."
I have a habit of getting thrown off when I'm confused and didn't even realize until after I had left that I never asked what his name was. I also acted rude. That was by mistake. Just know that when I get thrown off I'm not in my element.

Sometimes I Have Something to Say, Other Times I Just Ramble

Thursday was my birthday. Indeed, I was born on the ides of March. Thursday was one of those days when something keeps happening. On my way to sign up for piano lessons at the conservatory (awesome birthday present), I spilled coffee all over my skirt. After going from store to store to find a new skirt and not being able to find one in my size that was neither white nor see-through, I found a raincoat long enough to cover the coffee spot on my skirt. When I got to the conservatory, I spent the whole time across the desk from the reception area. The desk came up to my chest and blocked my skirt in completion. But then I had a party and things turned awesome. Also, I went away for a shabbaton with a few friends and had a lot of fun. Then we went skiing on Sunday. Can you say best birthday weekend ever? More instructions will follow.