giving myself musical credit where credit is due

I had a cello lesson today! And although it was frustrating and difficult, I got some great stuff out of it. She asked me how it was that I knew how to read and write music. I mentioned that I had piano lessons when I was 8 years old or so. She said that was remarkable that I still knew how to read and write music after all that time.

But later on I realize that I was selling myself short. I tend to do that. In music, I think of myself as a relative newbie. But check this out:

8 years old:
piano lessons 1-2 years, (didn't practice much)

elementary school:
played flute in band one year (didn't do well enough to continue on)

middle school:
choir 1 year, sang competitively once, won top prize and had a command performance recital.

college:
private vocal lessons for 1 year, plus singing class
composition class for 1 semester (probably where all the music writing came back)

pregnant with my son
singing lessons for 1 year


So you see, its not such a stretch that I would find my way back to music, or know enough to write. And the only one who is surprised is me :)