Last night I got 20 more Ebay things listed and got things out to pack and ship.
I also practiced before bed, getting in at least an hour. It's all getting easier and feeling a bit more natural. I started with the octave exercises for 15 or 20 minutes then started in on stuff in the book. I also did lots of partial scales using the notes I know and some random fooling around.
I seem to have something called "geographic tongue" and according to "Doctor Google" and the Mayo Clinic, it's not something that can be treated, really, it just kind of "is". What it means it the tip of my tongue and part of one side are red and smoother, and more sensitive. Fizzy drinks bother it for instance. It's actually a bit better today. I wonder if it's why I could not play above C in the staff the last couple of times I played the trumpet though. Trumpet is a "high pressure" system where you have to have high pressure air in your mouth and controlled by the tongue. Flute is much lower pressure. The sensitiveness of my tongue could have caused a protective reflex action to keep me from playing any but the lowest pressure notes.
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