Violin!

In the morning I waited around until my violin bow arrived, playing Factorio. Once it arrived and I examined it, I went to the secondhand shop to buy the actual electric violin. Knowing that it didn't have a violin case with it, I first checked around to see if I could find a used one. There was one violin case, but it was quite battered, with the latches just barely holding on, and the bow holders broken, and it smelled funny. It was only $5, but it was such junk that I wasn't sure I would even take it for free. So instead, I bought a cheap tennis racket case (which I needed anyway) for $8 and put the violin in it. It was a bit of a tight fit (probably would have been almost perfect if I had thought to take off the shoulder rest), but I felt that it was better than just carrying the violin in a bag, as I could keep it close to me and carry it easily.

I got home without incident, although I was really nervous, and tried it out. It turned out that there were no batteries, but I was surprised at how decent it sounded even without them. After buying some batteries, I practiced a little longer. Overall I was impressed and excited. However, my left arm started going numb within 5 minutes of playing, so I had to take a break. It happened again, so I decided that I needed to relearn the basics of how to hold a violin.

I did some more cleaning up, but otherwise I didn't do much besides read fanfiction and play Factorio. Unlike Wednesday, it seemed like a short day.