Decluttering, Teaching and Singing

I was up early this morning as the people are due around 9 am to see all the audio and video equipment. They pay cash and will take anything they buy away with them today. I've decided that I will take everything they're not interested in to the recycling yard later this morning. Hopefully they will want some of it at least but if they don't I can't see any reason to keep it in the hope I can sell it to someone else. It's mostly obsolete technology so, one way or another, today is the day it all leaves the house! 

If I do need to do a skip run I have a couple of bags of rubbish to take as well so that will clear additional space in the dining room. It's looking a lot better in there now. I'm not quite ready to start using the room for meals yet but it won't be long before I can sit at the table again. The next push is on some music items - various instruments, cases, music books and music reference books - which will be a task for March.

This afternoon I'd like to continue recipe hunting until I stop for the first lesson at 3:30 pm. One child is poorly so there's a gap after the first lesson and the last child will turn up at 4:50 pm. I'll have time for a light meal before I leave home for choir practice. Tonight we will continue with Stand By Me and For Good, and will start learning Brave - M lets us know what we will be singing via email.

Once I get home I'll have a soak in the bath and read for a while before bedtime at 10:30. I'm hoping to re-establish a better and more regular sleep pattern so to aid this I will go back to no TV or screen time after 9pm for the time being on weekdays as this does affect how well I sleep. The days are getting longer and Spring will soon be here so I want to have the energy to be out and about doing all the things I've planned for this year ... a decent amount of sleep every night is just one essential part of that plan!