Feeling Dizi and grateful.

No it's not a typo it's actually a musical instrument! To listen how it's pronounced here you go http://dictionary.hantrainerpro.com/chinese-english/translation-dizi_bambooflut.htm I don't speak mandarin, but the closest sounding English word would be deeds.

Musical instruments make me deliriously happy. Just like the smell of a new book or that feeling when you crack the spine on a brand new book that no one ever has read before, getting a brand new instrument is a kindred experience. Getting an old instrument is like when you opened a loved book and you wonder just where it has been before almost as if it has it's own story, receiving or buying used instruments is a joy as well.

My Dizi came in the mail a couple weeks behind my fife. I carefully unwrapped it and took a look at it. I'm not really familiar with wind instruments save for my penny whistle that I've been hacking at for a while. But I'm starting to amass them. Currently I have a new Dizi in the key of D, fife in the key of C, 2 tin whistles in the key of D (I'd like a Low D tin whistle and an Irish keyless flute) and a recorder which may or may not be in the key of F.

I've been really ill of late even though I've made a brave face to go out in public I haven't been well at all. The Dizi lifted my spirits and I've been pretty pleased of late with my deals from amazon. (Single mom saves money where she can). I'm also really grateful for a friend who spotted me some cranberry pills to expedite my recovery. I learned my lesson about reading labels painfully well.

I've been banging on my guitar a lot and of late I have gotten the paparazzi treatment. A couple friends snapped pictures and one of my friends shot a video of me. (I thought she was illuminating the words as it was dark in my yard) I'm not coming out with my Dizi or my fife for a long while. I do not want my squeaks and funny noises recorded for posterity.

Although I haven't been well at least I've got some new instruments and I'm content :D