A realisation.

One thing I immediately noticed that was different about having a 9am start as opposed to a 10/11am start was simply, the overcrowding on trains.

Part of me is kicking itself that I hadn’t realised that sooner, since I had already known that with the introduction of the Early Bird ticket for our public transport services, car spaces were filling up much earlier, meaning that more people would be taking the train earlier anyway. Another part is just saying, ‘Oh well, big deal, it’s not like you’ll be late anyway’ and the last part is going, ‘Dude, have you forgotten what typical office work hours are like?’.

The kicker was that I’d prepared to do some pre-tutorial reading to do on the train, but obviously it’s pretty impossible to do when your carriage is crowded to the last inch meaning I couldn’t take out that semi-thick textbook to read. It wasn’t all in vain, though, I’d managed to wire up my iShuffle and put on Mozart’s Violin Concerto in G Major which kept me in a light and happy mood.

At least I know not to do such a thing anymore 😉

I find that I need to maintain some form of balance of listening to music throughout the day, too much and I get a headache or a feeling of lethargy, too little and my head just feels dry. Luckily the free lunchtime concerts and my Concert Class on Thursdays help make some of that easier, as well as listening to my iShuffle on the train. The main problem with such a thing is usually picking out the appropriate music for the appropriate situation – I need to get a new mp3 player so I can have playlists =P.