Sophia Yesterday I couldn't string two notes together and it felt like I was back to zero.
Quack quack quack ...
Sophia But today I played for about 30 minutes, and by the time I reached Jericho...
Ok, this sounds more like you. Jericho is on page 127, meaning you play over 4 pages per minute. C'mon, my metronome goes barely faster. 
<being guilty, but looking innocent>
Psst! WieWaldi! <distraction time>
<ok, let's try now that nobody is listening>
Well, I played through a few more pieces and I'm happy to say my mental block seems to have vanished. I even played <checks if earmuffs are still in place, oh good> I even played the first blues lesson lick again, the one I had started and then completely abandoned... and it went okay.
It seems that I'm back at my usual self and might leave you alone again with Alfred book 1 after today, @Kaydia - but of course will continue to cheer you on from the sidelines again 
<drops mic, leaves stage>
OMG.... I really must invest in better earplugs.... you weren't supposed to hear any of that! Should I mention that I played Jazz Ostinato from memory AND error free? No? Too soon?
I was just happy to finally get through the Country Blues. One time; error free. But veeeeeery slowly, no rhythm and without phrasing. Actually, I was very proud of me. It lasted for 15 minutes. And then this:
Sophia Should I mention that I played Jazz Ostinato from memory AND error free? No? Too soon?
Edit: Ahhhh -shut up. Gimme that earplugs.
That's great, @Sophia, that you're back to your usual self so quickly. Thanks for cheering me on! I'll see ya around. 
My latest two pieces, "Lavender's Blue" and "Kum-Ba-Yah!", took longer than expected. I spent some extra time on these to work on voicing the upper notes in the right-hand chords. I am happy to say I had some success. I can get the top note louder for the most part, just not at a very controlled volume. Also, for these two pieces, all the top notes were played with the #5 finger. So I haven't tried this with other fingers yet. But it's a start!
Nice! LB is a very pretty piece too, but I didn't care much for KBY. It was slightly interesting with the time changes, but once you know what to do it loses its luster quickly. LB is very lyrical, I really enjoyed playing it (again, recently).
